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WEBStandard 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).
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WEBStandard Chinese is a modern standard form of Mandarin Chinese that was first codified during the republican era (1912‒1949). 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.
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WEBStandard Chinese is a standard form of Mandarin Chinese with de facto official status in China, Taiwan, and Singapore. Background. The Chinese language has always consisted of a wide variety of dialects; hence prestige dialects …
Modern Standard Chinese language | Britannica
WEBMandarin Chinese in the form spoken in and around Beijing forms the basis for Modern Standard Chinese —Guoyu, “National Language,” usually called putonghua “common language” by the Chinese. Modern Standard Chinese is also spoken officially on Taiwan.
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WEBStandard Chinese is the official language of China and Taiwan, as well as one of the four official languages of Singapore. It is also used as one of the official languages of the United Nations.
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WEBStandard Chinese, or Standard Mandarin, is the official modern Chinese spoken language used in mainland China and Taiwan and is one of the four official languages of Singapore. It is based off the Mandarin dialect and should not be …
Chinese languages - Dialects, Mandarin, Writing | Britannica
WEBModern 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.
Chinese languages | History, Characteristics, Dialects, Types,
WEBApr 12, 2024 · Modern Standard Chinese has four tones, while the more archaic Cantonese language uses at least six tones, as did Ancient Chinese. Chinese words often have only one syllable, although modern Chinese makes greater use of compounds than did the earlier language.
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WEBIn English. Among linguists, Standard Chinese has been referred to as Standard Northern Mandarin [8] [9] [10] or Standard Beijing Mandarin. [11] [12] It is colloquially referred to as simply Mandarin, [13] though this term may also refer to the Mandarin dialect group as a whole, or the late imperial form used as a lingua franca.
Standard Chinese | 49 | The Routledge Encyclopedia of the Chinese …
WEBThe term Standard Chinese commonly refers to a number of different but related linguistic forms. One of them is Putonghua ‘the common language’, the official Standard Spoken Chinese being promoted by the government of the …
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