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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 ...
- Chinese given name
Chinese given names are almost always made up of one or -...
- Taiwanese Mandarin
Taiwanese Mandarin, frequently referred to as Guoyu (...
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Mandarin Chinese. Mandarin Chinese, [2] or simply Mandarin,...
- Chinese given name
Lan 1 兰, 岚, 蘭, 嵐 f & m Chinese, Vietnamese. From Chinese 兰 ( lán) meaning "orchid, elegant" (which is usually only feminine) or 岚 ( lán) meaning "mountain mist". Other Chinese characters can form this name as well. As a Vietnamese name, it is derived from Sino-Vietnamese 蘭 meaning "orchid".
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Chinese names are personal names used by individuals from Greater China and other parts of the Sinophone world. Sometimes the same set of Chinese characters could be chosen as a Chinese name, a Hong Kong name, a Japanese name, a Korean name, a Malaysian Chinese name, or a Vietnamese name, but they would be spelled differently due to their varying historical pronunciation of Chinese characters.
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Chinese characters reflect attributes, virtues, hopes and values that parents want to pass on to their child. The meaning behind the characters is carefully deliberated. For example, names may incorporate characters symbolizing positive traits like: 强 (qiáng) – strength, power. 智 (zhì) – wisdom, intellect.
