Abstract: A lot of words and expressions of the Xinzhou dialect are “local”, for example,[ts‘o¹¹] [diau¹¹][kε³³][ko²¹²][xo¹¹][lin³⁵][miε¹¹]and so on But after detailed observation, the “local” words and expressions are practically of classical elegance. They have original characters in shuowen and many other ancient literature.

Key words: Xinzhou dialect, shuowen, original characters