Mandarin Chinese

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(Languages) the official language of China since 1917; the form of Chinese spoken by about two thirds of the population and taught in schools throughout China. See also Chinese, Pekingese
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Noun1.Mandarin Chinese - the dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of ChinaMandarin Chinese - the dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China
Beijing dialect, Mandarin dialect, Mandarin
Chinese - any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system
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