“吴侬软语”所称的“吴侬”是什么意思?简单说就是指吴人。那吴地又是包括哪些地方呢?从吴语方言区来看，应是从苏南到浙南，也就是包括原来的越国，其外围还涉及闽北，这是通过方言调查而划定的。《汉语方言概要》一书所举的吴语，苏南以苏州话为代表，浙南以永康话为代表。 “Wu Nong soft language” what is meant by “Wu Nong”? Simply refers to Wu people. Wu dialect area from the point of view, should be from southern Jiangsu to southern Zhejiang, that is, including the original Vietnam, its periphery also involved in northern Fujian, which is delineated by dialect investigation . The Wu dialect in the Outline of Chinese Dialects, the southern Jiangsu province is represented by Suzhou dialect, and the southern Zhejiang province is represented by the Yongkang dialect.