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Varieties of Chinese
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There are hundreds of local Chinese language varieties forming a branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family, many of which are not mutually intelligible. Variation is particularly strong in the more m
A school in Guangdong with writing "Please speak Standard Chinese. Please write standard characters" on the wall.
A school in Guangdong with writing "Please speak Standard Chinese. Please write standard characters" on the wall.
Chinese classifier
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The modern Chinese varieties make frequent use of what are called classifiers or measure words. One use of classifiers is when a noun is qualified by a numeral or demonstrative. In the Chinese equival
The phrase 车chēcar辆liàngCL车 辆chē liàngcar CL has the classifier after the noun. It could refer, for example, to "the cars on the road".
The phrase 车chēcar辆liàngCL车 辆chē liàngcar CL has the classifier after the noun. It could refer, for example, to "the cars on the road".
裤子 kùzi '[pair of] pants'
裤子 kùzi '[pair of] pants'
河 hé 'river'
河 hé 'river'
凳子 dèngzi 'long bench'
凳子 dèngzi 'long bench'