Shanghainese accent? This question is quite tricky to explain, so I'm going to ask in English this time. I'm studying Mandarin Chinese in Sweden, and I have two Chinese teachers, one from Beijing and one from Shanghai. I've noticed that their pronunciation differs when it comes to pronouncing 问. My teacher from Beijing pronounces 问 as "wen", as a regular "w" is pronounced in English. However, my teacher from Shanghai pronounces 问 more like "ven", as a "v" is pronounced in English. The teacher from Shanghai speaks much better Swedish than the teacher from Beijing does, and I'm not sure if this has something to do with her pronunciation. The letter "w" doesn't exist in Swedish except for in loanwords, so it's very typical of Swedes to pronounce a "w" as a "v" (in all languages). So, I was wondering if the teacher from Shanghai was somehow accommodating for the Swedish students, or if this is typical of a Shanghainese accent?