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Standard Chinese

Standard Chinese proper noun: synonym of Standard Mandarin.

Proper noun

Standard Chinese (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of Standard Mandarin.
    • The symbols (and short descriptions) used for all these tones are abstractions intended to describe the general appearance of the tones in two languages, Standard Chinese and Cantonese....We cannot say that a particular tone has certain frequency values. The Standard Chinese examples were spoken by...2005, Peter Ladefoged, Vowels and Consonants, 2nd edition, Blackwell Publishing, →ISBN, pages 12–13
    • Country Facts
      Capital: Beijing
      Official Language: The official language is Standard Chinese, also called Mandarin. Many other languages are also spoken, including Cantonese.2016, M.M. Eboch, Walking the Dragon's Back, Rourke Educational Media, →ISBN, page 89

Synonyms of Standard Chinese

Origin of Standard Chinese

Compare Chinese 現代標準漢語／现代标准汉语 (xiàndài biāozhǔn hànyǔ, “Modern Standard Chinese”).

Questions about Standard Chinese

What does Standard Chinese mean?
Standard Chinese means synonym of Standard Mandarin.
What part of speech is Standard Chinese?
Standard Chinese is a proper noun.

Words near Standard Chinese in the dictionary

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