In English
Among linguists, Standard Chinese has been referred to as Standard Northern Mandarin or … See more

In both mainland China and Taiwan, Standard Chinese is used in most official contexts, as well as the media and educational system, … See more

The pronunciation of Standard Chinese is defined as that of the Beijing dialect. The usual unit of analysis is the syllable, consisting of an optional initial consonant, an optional medial See more

Many honorifics used in imperial China are also used in daily conversation in modern Mandarin, such as jiàn (賤; 贱; '[my] humble') and guì ( See more

The Chinese language has had considerable dialectal variation throughout its history, including prestige dialects and linguae francae used throughout the territory controlled … See more

In both mainland China and Taiwan, Standard Chinese is taught by immersion starting in elementary school. After the second grade, the … See more

Chinese is a strongly analytic language, having almost no inflectional morphemes, and relying on word order and particles to express relationships between the parts of a sentence. Nouns … See more