Jilu Mandarin (simplified Chinese: 冀鲁官话; traditional Chinese: 冀魯官話; pinyin: jìlǔguānhuà) is a Mandarin dialect spoken in the Chinese provinces of Hebei and Shandong. Despite these areas being quite near Beijing, Jilu sounds quite different from Beijing dialect, which is the basis for Standard Mandarin, the standard Chinese spoken language.

Regional variations

• Hebei dialect 河北话, incorporating a large part of Hebei province
  • Baoding dialect 保定話
  • Xingtai dialect 邢台话
  • Shijiazhuang dialect 石家莊話
• Shandong Mandarin 山东话, incorporating a large portion of the province of Shandong
  • Jinan dialect
  • Weihai dialect
• Tianjin dialect 天津話

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