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
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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The 22-year-old, identified by the Mandarin Chinese surname Hsieh, went to the small island's harbor area to swim, the Central News Agency reported.
The Rossett agency filmed interviews on the day and combined them with footage from the event, as well as provided subtitles in Mandarin Chinese.
The native French speaker used online resources and school classes to become fluent in English, Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, German, Japanese, Italian and Portuguese.
Chimdi Maduagwu, says the institute has trained no fewer than 6,000 persons in Mandarin Chinese language since its inception in 2009.
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Filipino teachers who would want to be trained in Mandarin Chinese or teach English in China will soon have more education, cultural and professional opportunities.
Only 983 million people speak it as opposed to 1.1 billion who speak Mandarin Chinese. Which makes English the first runner-up, with the second runner-up spot going to Hindustani (544 million) in a close finish with Spanish (527 million).
Mandarin Chinese is fast challenging English in African classrooms with Kenya announcing that by 2020, primary school students will be able to choose China's dominant language as a subject.
Reporting the story in both English and Mandarin Chinese is a move aimed at tapping into the Chinese market, says chief government spokeswoman Dora Siliya.
The institute offers a selection of seven popular languages from beginner to advanced proficiency levels in Arabic, French, German, Italian, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese and Spanish.
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