Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable)A group of related Chinese dialects spoken across most of northern and southwestern China.

    the dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China

  2. (uncountable)Standard Mandarin.

Examples

10 sentences
  1. Promoting Mandarin Chinese is China's national plan.

  2. My dream is to study Mandarin Chinese in Beijing.

    deMein Traum ist es, in Peking Chinesisch zu studieren. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. Mastering pinyin is the absolute foundation for speaking Mandarin Chinese correctly.

  4. Mandarin Chinese is renowned for its highly systematic, logical and mathematical structure.

  5. How do you handle learning languages with complex tonal systems, such as Mandarin Chinese?

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

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