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Standard Mandarin, or Standard Chinese, known by various names to native speakers, is the official modern Chinese spoken language used in mainland China and Taiwan, and is one of the four official languages of Singapore. The phonology of Standard Mandarin is based on the Beijing dialect of Mandarin, a large and diverse group of Chinese dialects spoken across northern and southwestern China. The vocabulary is largely drawn from this group of dialects. The grammar is standardized to the body of modern literary works written in Vernacular Chinese, which in practice follows the same tradition of the Mandarin dialects with some notable exceptions. As a result, Standard Mandarin itself is usually just called "Mandarin" in non-academic, everyday usage. However, linguists use "Mandarin" to refer to the entire language. This convention is adopted in this article. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License  firstaidtraining.com.sg 281px x 500px | 99.20kB [source page]  firstaidtraining.com.sg 281px x 500px | 103.90kB [source page] Picture 18 of 53 From Yahoo Image Search: "Standard Mandarin"  thelanguageclass.info Admin Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:38:58 GM Such corporate how to learn mandarin chinese as Hanyu Pinyin system you might have the days the National . Standard Mandarin. overnight? No, of reasons that you can test and flexible than ever to learn Chinese characters. ...  languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu Victor Mair ue, 27 Jul 2010 02:58:34 GM The written form is same as . mandarin. . A paragraph written in . standard. chinese can be read aloud in cantonese and be perfectly understood by cantonese speakers. Indeed- that is how written chinese is taught in Hong Kong. ...  lingobasics.com admin ue, 20 Apr 2010 07:40:29 GM I am an experienced . Mandarin. tutor online, the original Chinese woman who speaks . Mandarin. and fluent English. You can learn . Mandarin. fun with me. contact me and I'll give you a free trial lesson. my skype not. lily0013979 Learn Japanese ... From Google Blog Search: "Standard Mandarin"  news.google.com Daily Mail Something like this could not have happened in the past, when a very different type of mandarin stuffy, upper-class, punctilious to a fault typified ... and more » news.google.com NSW Police Online (press release) Many are from non-English speaking backgrounds 19 recruits are fluent in a second language including Hindi, Mandarin , Arabic, Shona and Spanish. ... news.google.com Florida Times-Union Celebrate Recovery, 6 pm Fridays, dinner; 7 pm worship and teaching; Mandarin United Methodist Church, 11270 San Jose Blvd., (904) 268-5549. ... From Google News Search: "Standard Mandarin" Official pinyin spelling, Beijing Mandarin dialect, please? Q. . Does anyone know if there is an online engine that would give the official spelling for: "Beijing" and "Zhongguo" according to the beijing dialect, (this is distinct from the "Standard Mandarin")? In other words, is "Beijing" and "China", spelled in pinying the same way in Standard Mandarin as it is in Beijing dialect? [[ The question is not frivolous. For example, in the Beijing dialect "Wo" is written "Wor", as is appropriate considering the added "r" sound added by beijing speakers, and Thus the official spellling in pinyin for Beijing dialect comes to be "Wor". Thank you very much for your help. Asked by American Dreamer - Fri Jun 1 17:06:43 2007 - - 3 Answers - 4 Comments A. The standard language of China is called "putonghua" (standard speach). This language is Mandarin to us. The language of Beijing, beijinghua, which is a regional Chinese dialect is not spelled in any way what so ever. The only two languages of China that have romanized spelling are Putonghua and Guangdonghua (Cantonese) from Hongkong, not including the phonetic systems of Taiwan. Putonghua is based on the language of North China, where it is spoken with slight variations from location to location, sometimes only within a 10 mile radiace you will find dialectiacal variances. Take for instance the difference between beijinghua and tianjinhua from Tianjin only 100 km from Beijing. They are very different, but both are Northern Chinese… [cont.] Answered by China Guru - Fri Jun 1 20:26:21 2007 Anyone know any sites where I could learn Chinese? Q. I want to learn Standard Chinese, or Mandarin. Do you know any good sites where I could learn this? Asked by gs56ca - Wed Aug 22 22:12:30 2007 - - 5 Answers - 1 Comments A. google is your best friend. Answered by Pew - Wed Aug 22 22:19:21 2007 How much Mandarin I need to know to read "San Guo Yan Yi" (Romance of the Three Kingdoms) ?
Q. And i mean read it in the Mandarin form. By the way, do the mandarin versions come in traditional mandarin only? By reading, I mean just the content at least, not needing to appreciate every choice of word or sentence structure like a poem. And without having to consult a dictionary too often. Basically, to read it and understand the basic content, even if not understanding some words that will not change the meaning of the sentence, In terms of learning Mandarin in University (in america), how many semesters would it take (for those who took mandarin in univ and know the standard) ? Or in any other terms you might be able to express this in? Asked by San Fran tourist - Thu Dec 11 12:34:39 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. Mandarin form - You mean read it in the Simplified Chinese form or the original literature version? The book was written in the 14th century (?) and is considered one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. Because it's a novel based on the events during the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms era of China. It might be helpful if you already know a bit about the major historical events and figures that led up to that time as well as the way speech and words are used during those days. Either way, unless you're fluent in Chinese and have spent years studying the Chinese language and literature, you'll need to consult a dictionary. In regards to your other question, let's just say that I am Chinese and I can speak and read… [cont.] Answered by KathyM - Thu Dec 11 13:33:29 2008 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Standard Mandarin" |
