Want you very own Shanghainese Tutor to propel your language skills forward as fast as possible?

Then you’ve come to the right place because we are the experts of teaching China’s local dialects.

Shanghainese, which is the Shanghai dialect or can be known as the Hu language, is actually a dialect of Wu Chinese.

We specialise in teaching the dialect of Shanghainese with our expert group of local, and certified teachers.

Why Learn Shanghainese?

• Gain a stronger understanding of Mandarin
• Build a stronger understanding with the locals in Shanghai
• Build friendships with locals using the language
• Few foreigners can speak Shanghainese, it’s a unique skill
• Make your life in Shanghai even easier

Why Learn with LTL?

• The best Shanghainese teachers, period
• China’s #1 ranked school in 2020
• Over a decade of experience teaching Chinese to foreigners
• Join a community of students from around the globe
• Over 5,000 happy students

Characters

Shanghainese is actually written using Chinese characters.

Sometimes this can be confusing for native Mandarin speakers though. But why?

There are actually many instances where Shanghainese is written in an informal manner. It uses a number of homophones that only exist in Shanghainese.

Pronunciation

We know Mandarin has four tones. Shanghainese has five!

Shanghainese implements voiced initials in many words. This is not the case with Mandarin

Another difference between Mandarin and Shanghainese is the fact that tones affect only words in Mandarin, but in Shanghainese an entire phrase can be affected.