What does Fangxi mean in Wuxi dialect?

Fangxi in Wuxi dialect means tenant, and the owner is called landlord.

Wuxi dialect is a dialect of Wu dialect, which spreads in Wuxi city and its jurisdiction and belongs to Taihu dialect in Wu dialect. Wuxi dialect can basically communicate with Suzhou dialect, Changzhou dialect, Jiaxing dialect, Shanghai dialect, Huzhou dialect, Hangzhou dialect, Shaoxing dialect and Ningbo dialect.

According to the linguistic features, Wu dialect can be divided into seven dialect areas: Taihu, Taizhou, Oujiang, Shangshan, Jinqu, Chuzhou and Xuanzhou, among which Taihu can be divided into six dialect areas: Su Hu, Piling, Tunxi, Shao Lin, Hangzhou and Yongjiang.

Wuxi is located in the transitional dialect zone of Wu dialect-Taihu Lake-Piling and Wu dialect-Taihu Lake-Suhujia, so the western town near Wujin in Changzhou is obviously different from the eastern town near Suzhou and Changshu. Wuxi dialect can still distinguish sharp group sounds, most people in suburban towns can distinguish flat tongues, and the tongues below minors in urban areas have degenerated, but the sharp group sounds are still intact.