Standard Chinese

Transcriptions
Common name in mainland China
Traditional Chinese	普通話
Simplified Chinese	普通?
Literal meaning	Common speech
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	P?t?nghua
Wade?Giles	P'u 3 -t'ung 1 -hua 4
Yale Romanization	P?t?nghwa
IPA	[p?ùt??́ŋxwâ]
Common name in Taiwan
Traditional Chinese	國語
Simplified Chinese	??
Literal meaning	National language
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Guoy?
Wade?Giles	Kuo 2 -yu 3
Yale Romanization	gwoy?
IPA	[kwǒ.ỳ]
Common name in Singapore and Southeast Asia
Traditional Chinese	華語
Simplified Chinese	??
Literal meaning	Chinese language
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Huay?
Wade?Giles	Hua 2 -yu 3
Yale Romanization	hway?
IPA	[xwǎ.ỳ]

Standard Chinese
Standard Chinese
Modern Standard Mandarin
普通? / 普通話 , P?t?nghua ; ?? / 國語 , Guoy? ; ?? / 華語 , Huay?
Native to	China ; Hong Kong ; Macau ; Taiwan ; Singapore
Native speakers	(Has begun acquiring native speakers cited 1988, 2014) ; L2 speakers : 7% of China (2014)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Chinese Mandarin Beijing dialect Standard Chinese ; ; ; ;
Early form	Middle Mandarin
Writing system	Traditional Chinese ; Simplified Chinese ; Mainland Chinese Braille ; Taiwanese Braille ; Two-Cell Chinese Braille
Signed forms	Wenfa Shouyu
Official status
Official language in	China (as Putonghua) ; Taiwan ( de facto ; as Guoyu ) ; Singapore (as Huayu ) ; United Nations ; Shanghai Cooperation Organisation ; Myanmar ( Wa State ) ;
Regulated by	National Language Regulating Committee (China) ; National Languages Committee (Taiwan) ; Promote Mandarin Council (Singapore) ; Chinese Language Standardisation Council (Malaysia)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	?
ISO 639-6	goyu (Guoyu) ; huyu (Huayu) ; cosc (Putonghua)
Glottolog	None
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Standard 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 confused with other varieties of Chinese .

Common phrases [ change | change source ]

English	Chinese ( Traditional )	Chinese ( Simplified )	Pinyin
Hello	?好	?好	N?h?o
What's your name?	?叫什?名字？	?叫什?名字？	N? jiao shenme mingzi?
My name is...	我叫...	我叫...	W? jiao...
How are you?	?好?？/ ???樣？	?好?？/ ????？	N? h?o ma? / N? z?nmeyang?
I am fine, and you?	我?好，??？	我?好，??？	W? h?n h?o, n? ne?
Yes	是的	是的	Shi de
No	不	不	Bu
I don't want it.	不要。	不要。	Bu yao.
Thank you	謝謝	??	Xiexie
Welcome! / You're welcome!	歡迎?！/ 不用謝！	?迎?！/ 不用?！	Hu?nying nin! / bu yong xie!
When?	什?時候？	什??候？	Shenme shihou?
How much (money)?	多少錢？	多少?？	Du?sh?o qian?
How long (distance)?	多長？	多?？	Du? chang?
Can you speak a little more slowly?	?能講得再慢些?？	?能?得再慢些?？	Nin neng ji?ng de zai man xi? ma?
Good morning!	早上好！ (早安！ in Taiwan)	早上好！	Z?oshang h?o! (Z?o an in Taiwan)
Goodbye!	再見！	再?！	Zaijian!
How do you get to the airport?	去機場??走？	去机???走？	Qu j?ch?ng z?nme z?u?
I want to fly to London on the eighteenth	我想18日坐飛機到倫敦	我想18日坐?机到?敦	W? xi?ng shib? ri zuo f?ij? dao Lund?n
My Chinese isn't so good.	我的中文講得不太好.	我的中文?得不太好.	W? de Zh?ngwen ji?ng de bu tai h?o.
How much will it cost to get to Munich?	到慕尼黑需要多少錢？	到慕尼黑需要多少?？	Dao Munih?i x?yao du?sh?o qian?

Related pages [ change | change source ]

Mandarin Chinese

References [ change | change source ]

↑ Norman (1988) , pp. 251.
↑ Liang (2014) , p. 45.
↑ Luo, Chris (22 September 2014). "One-third of Chinese do not speak Putonghua, says Education Ministry" . South China Morning Post .
↑ Only 7% of people in China speak proper Putonghua: PRC MOE , Language Log , 2014 Sept. 24
↑ 台灣手語簡介 (Taiwan) Archived 10 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine (2009)
↑ http://www.china-language.gov.cn/ Archived 2015-12-18 at the Wayback Machine (Chinese)

Norman, J., Chinese , Cambridge University Press, (Cambridge), 1988.
Ramsey, R.S.(1987). The Languages of China. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-01468-X
San Duanmu (2000) The Phonology of Standard Chinese ISBN 0-19-824120-8

Other websites [ change | change source ]

General Introduction of Chinese Language
Stroke order for Chinese character Archived 2009-03-17 at the Wayback Machine Official website of the Ministry of Education
Introductory Course for Mandarin Chinese Archived 2022-03-22 at the Wayback Machine
New Asia--Yale-in-China Chinese Language Center of the Chinese University of Hong Kong

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[FOOTNOTENorman1988251-1] Norman (1988) , pp. 251.

[FOOTNOTELiang201445-2] Liang (2014) , p. 45.

[SCMP_Putonghua-3] Luo, Chris (22 September 2014). "One-third of Chinese do not speak Putonghua, says Education Ministry" . South China Morning Post .

[languagelog-4] Only 7% of people in China speak proper Putonghua: PRC MOE , Language Log , 2014 Sept. 24

[5] 台灣手語簡介 (Taiwan) Archived 10 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine (2009)

[6] ttp://www.china-language.gov.cn/ Archived 2015-12-18 at the Wayback Machine (Chinese)

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