The Chinese spoken in Dali 大理话 is a subform of the Yunnan Dialect 云南话. It has a few special expressions, particularly for forming questions.
咋 is in 大理话 frequently used instead of 怎么. An equivalent form is 咋个.
| 大理话 | 普通话 | English |
| 你咋了? | 你怎么啦? | What happened? |
| 咋个整? | 怎么办? | What to do? How to handle? |
| 大理话 | 普通话 | English |
| 整得成 | 行,可以,好 | Ok |
| 整得来 | 会做嫫件事儿 | able to to something |
| 整哪样 | 干什么 | what on earth? |