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The Chinese Wikipedia ( traditional Chinese: 中 文 維 基 百 科; simplified Chinese: 中 文 维 基 百 科; pinyin: Zhōngwén Wéijī Bǎikē) is the written vernacular Chinese (a form of Mandarin Chinese) edition of Wikipedia. It is run by the Wikimedia Foundation.
- 11 May 2001; 22 years ago
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Traditional Chinese characters are one of several standard sets of characters used to write Chinese languages. In Taiwan, the set of traditional characters is regulated by Taiwan's Ministry of Education, standardized in the Standard Form of National Characters.
- since c. 2nd century CE, standardized in Taiwan since 1979
Chinese (simplified Chinese: 汉语; traditional Chinese: 漢語; pinyin: Hànyǔ; lit. ' Han language' or 中文 ; Zhōngwén ; 'Chinese writing') is a group of languages [d] spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and many minority ethnic groups in China .
- 1.35 billion (2022)
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Mandarin (/ ˈ m æ n d ər ɪ n / ⓘ 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.
- 920 million (2017), L2 speakers: 200 million (no date)
- most of Northern and Southwestern China (see also Standard Chinese)
Feb 10, 2024 · Contents. Simplified vs. Traditional Chinese: In a Nutshell. Differences Between Simplified and Traditional Chinese. Where They’re Used. What They Look Like. Number of Characters. The Four Types of Simplified Characters. 1. Components as Characters. 2. Left-side Radicals. 3. Fully Simplified. 4. Shorthand Characters.
Traditional Chinese characters are one of the two commonly used forms of Chinese characters. As its name shows, it is the "traditional" written form of the Chinese language that first came about during the Han Dynasty (shortly after the Qin Dynasty) in 206 BC. The name "traditional" is used to set them apart from simplified Chinese characters.
Dec 13, 2023 · “Traditional Chinese” refers to Chinese text written using traditional Chinese characters. In the 1950’s, Mainland China's communist government began reforming the writing system by simplifying Chinese characters. The goal of these reforms was to reduce illiteracy by making Chinese characters easier to learn.