Jinan dialect
The Jinan dialect is a Mandarin Chinese dialect spoken in Jinan in Shandong province, China. It is a variety of Jilu Mandarin.
Phonetics and phonology
Tones
| Tone number | Tone name | Tone contour | Description |
| 1 | yin ping | dipping | |
| 2 | yang ping | high | |
| 3 | shang sheng | rising | |
| 4 | qu sheng | low |