> the word for "good night" in Mandarin is 晚安, but there is simply no way to say this at all in Wu (e.g. Shanghainese, Suzhounese) Chinese! This example is wea

> the word for "good night" in Mandarin is 晚安, but there is simply no way to say this at all in Wu (e.g. Shanghainese, Suzhounese) Chinese! This example is weak because "晚安" is not a built-in in Mandarin, it's a translation word (loanword tried to express in Chinese characters)[1]. We should ignore those loanwords when comparing different terms in Chinese dialects. [1]: http://www.wenqujingdian.com/Public/editor/attached/file/3/008/002/250841.pdf http://www.wenqujingdian.com/Public/editor/attached/file/3/0...