The Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects () is a compendium of dictionaries for 42 local varieties of Chinese following a common format. The individual dictionaries cover dialects spread across the dialect groups identified in the Language Atlas of China:
Mandarin Northeastern Mandarin: Harbin dialect Ji–Lu Mandarin: Jinan dialect Jiao–Liao Mandarin: Muping dialect Central Plains Mandarin: Luoyang dialect, Wanrong dialect, Xi'an dialect, Xining dialect, Xuzhou dialect Lanyin Mandarin: Urumqi dialect, Yinchuan dialect Southwestern Mandarin: Chengdu dialect, Guiyang dialect, Liuzhou dialect, Wuhan dialect Lower Yangtze Mandarin: Nanjing dialect, Yangzhou dialect Jin: Taiyuan dialect, Xinzhou dialect Wu Taihu Wu: Chongming dialect, Danyang dialect, Hangzhou dialect, Ningbo dialect, Shanghai dialect, Suzhou dialect Wuzhou Wu: Jinhua dialect Oujiang Wu: Wenzhou dialect Hui: Jixi dialect Gan: Lichuan dialect, Nanchang dialect, Pingxiang dialect Xiang: Changsha dialect, Loudi dialect Min: Fuzhou dialect, Haikou dialect, Jian'ou dialect, Leizhou dialect, Xiamen dialect Yue: Dongguan dialect, Guangzhou dialect Hakka: Meixian dialect, Yudu dialect Pinghua: Nanning dialect Each dictionary was prepared by specialists in the dialect, and opens with an introduction to the characteristics of the dialect. The main body of each dictionary has between 7,000 and 10,000 entries.
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