Standard Chinese

Standard Chinese
Modern Standard Mandarin
普通话 / 普通話, Pǔtōnghuà
国语 / 國語, Guóyǔ
华语 / 華語, Huáyǔ
Native to China
 Hong Kong
 Macau
 Taiwan
 Singapore
Native speakers
(Has begun acquiring native speakers cited 1988, 2014)[1][2]
L2 speakers: 7% of China (2014)[3][4]
Early form
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Mainland Chinese Braille
Taiwanese Braille
Two-Cell Chinese Braille
Wenfa Shouyu[5]
Official status
Official language in
Regulated byNational Language Regulating Committee (China)[6]
National Languages Committee (Taiwan)
Promote Mandarin Council (Singapore)
Chinese Language Standardisation Council (Malaysia)
Language codes
ISO 639-3
ISO 639-6goyu (Guoyu)
huyu (Huayu)
cosc (Putonghua)
GlottologNone
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Common name in mainland China
Traditional Chinese普通話
Simplified Chinese普通话
Literal meaningCommon speech
Common name in Taiwan
Traditional Chinese國語
Simplified Chinese国语
Literal meaningNational language
Common name in Singapore and Southeast Asia
Traditional Chinese華語
Simplified Chinese华语
Literal meaningChinese language

Standard Chinese, or Standard Mandarin, is the official modern Chinese spoken language used in mainland China and Taiwan and is one of the four official languages of Singapore. It is based off the Mandarin dialect and should not be confused with other varieties of Chinese.

  1. Norman (1988), pp. 251.
  2. Liang (2014), p. 45.
  3. Luo, Chris (22 September 2014). "One-third of Chinese do not speak Putonghua, says Education Ministry". South China Morning Post.
  4. Only 7% of people in China speak proper Putonghua: PRC MOE, Language Log, 2014 Sept. 24
  5. 台灣手語簡介 (Taiwan) Archived 10 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine (2009)
  6. http://www.china-language.gov.cn/ Archived 2015-12-18 at the Wayback Machine (Chinese)

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