Standard Chinese
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Standard Chinese, often colloquially called Mandarin Chinese, is the modern standardized form of Mandarin Chinese, largely based on the Beijing dialect. It is the official lingua franca of the People'
A poster outside a high school in Yangzhou urges people to "Speak Putonghua to welcome guests from all around, use the language of the civilized to give your sincere feelings".
Chinese language
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Chinese is the umbrella term for almost all Sinitic languages except Macro-Bai languages, widely recognized as a collection of language varieties, natively spoken by the Han Chinese and some ethnic mi
Standard Chinese
…Among foreigners, the term Hanyu is most commonly used in textbooks and Standard Chinese education, such as in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK) test. The Chinese language has had considerable dialectal variation throughout its history, including prestige dialects and linguae francae used throughout the territory controlled…
Ji gui inscription, a bronze vessel inscription from the Western Zhou period, representing an early form of written Chinese.
The Tripitaka Koreana, a Korean collection of the Chinese Buddhist canon
"Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion" by Wang Xizhi, written in semi-cursive style
Calligraphy by Emperor Huizong of Song (12th century), written in the Slender Gold Style (瘦金体). It reflects the developed tradition of calligraphy as a literary and aesthetic art in Chinese language.