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1 day ago · Standard Chinese (simplified Chinese: 现代标准汉语; traditional Chinese: 現代標準漢語; pinyin: Xiàndài biāozhǔn hànyǔ; lit. 'modern standard Han speech') is a modern standard form of Mandarin Chinese that was first codified during the republican era (1912‒1949).
5 days ago · Taiwanese Mandarin, frequently referred to as Guoyu (Chinese: 國語; pinyin: Guóyǔ; lit. 'national language') or Huayu (華語; Huáyǔ; 'Chinese language'), is the variety of Mandarin Chinese spoken in Taiwan.
1 day ago · This article is about the Chinese language, which includes many varieties. For the standardized form, see Standard Chinese. For other languages in China, see Languages of China. For different varieties, see Sinitic languages.
Sep 18, 2024 · 漢語 又稱 華語 [6][7]，是 汉族 的 语言 [7][8]，是由 先秦雅言 发展而来、 书写 使用 表意文字 （汉字）的 东亚 分析语，为 汉藏语系 最大的一支 语族。 如把整个 汉语族 視為單一語言，则汉语为 世界上母语使用者人数最多的语言，目前全世界有五分之一人口将其作为 母語 或 第二語言。 漢語在 以其做為母語的地方 有不同通稱，且有多種 方言变体，其中以 北方 汉语为基础的 官話 最為流行，其衍生而來的 現代標準漢語 （有 國語 、 普通話 、 新加坡 标准华语 等變體）是 大中华区 的主要 通用语。 此外，漢語還是 聯合國正式語文 [9]，並被 上海合作组织 等國際組織採用為 官方語言。
Sep 3, 2024 · Mandarin language, the most widely spoken form of Chinese. Mandarin Chinese is spoken in all of China north of the Yangtze River and in much of the rest of the country and is the native language of two-thirds of the population. Mandarin Chinese is often divided into four subgroups: Northern.
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Sep 10, 2024 · What is pinyin? Pinyin is the official romanization system for Standard Mandarin Chinese. It was developed in the 1950s and uses the Latin alphabet to represent Chinese sounds.
1 day ago · Top Questions. How big is China? What are the major ethnic groups in China? Does China have an official language? How long has China existed as a discrete politico-cultural unit? What crops are grown in China? Recent News. Sep. 23, 2024, 11:25 AM ET (AP)
