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  1. Tip: The character dictionary gives detailed information about separate Chinese characters; the word dictionary contains words consisting of 1 or more Chinese characters.

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  2. It is designated as the official language of mainland China and a major language in the United Nations, Singapore, and Taiwan. It is largely based on the Beijing dialect. Standard Chinese is a pluricentric language with local standards in mainland China, Taiwan and Singapore that mainly differ in their lexicon. [7]

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  4. Texts & Literature. • History of Chinese literature by Herbert Giles (1901) • Notes on Chinese literature with a list of translations from the Chinese into various European languages, by Alexander Wylie (1867) • LyrikLine: poems in Chinese, with translation (+ audio) → Chinese philosophy: texts of Confucianism, Taoism.

  5. Mandarin ( / ˈmændərɪn / ⓘ MAN-dər-in; simplified Chinese: 官话; traditional Chinese: 官話; pinyin: Guānhuà; lit. 'officials' speech') is a group of Chinese language dialects that are natively spoken across most of northern and southwestern China. The group includes the Beijing dialect, the basis of the phonology of Standard ...

  6. Other articles where Modern Standard Chinese language is discussed: Chinese languages: Modern Standard Chinese (Mandarin): The pronunciation of Modern Standard Chinese is based on the Beijing dialect, which is of the Northern, or Mandarin, type. It employs about 1,300 different syllables. There are 22 initial consonants, including stops (made with momentary, complete closure in the vocal…

  7. English-Chinese dictionary of the standard Chinese spoken language ... and handbook for translators, including scientific, technical, modern and documentary terms. This is an uncurated book entry from our extended bookshelves, readable online now but without a stable link here.

  8. Searches can be conducted by Chinese (using either the GB, Big5, or Unicode encodings), pinyin, or English. Results will show the Chinese word, the pinyin representation of the word, and the English definition. You can choose to have the Chinese characters appear as GIF pictures. You can also click on the pinyin to hear how it is pronounced.

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