Huayu

E57598

Huayu is a term used primarily in Singapore, Malaysia, and other overseas Chinese communities to refer to the standardized form of Mandarin Chinese used in education and media.


Statements (30)
Predicate Object
instanceOf linguistic term
standard variety of Mandarin Chinese
associatedWith Chinese diaspora
basedOn Putonghua (Standard Mandarin of mainland China)
distinguishedFrom dialects of Chinese such as Hokkien, Cantonese, and Teochew
hasAlternativeName Mandarin Chinese
Standard Mandarin
hasRegister colloquial register used in daily conversation
formal register used in news and education
influencedBy English loanwords in Singapore
Malay loanwords in Malaysia
local pronunciation norms in Malaysia
local pronunciation norms in Singapore
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages
promotedBy language policies in Malaysia
language policies in Singapore
refersTo standardized form of Mandarin Chinese
standardizedIn Malaysian education system
Singaporean education system
usedAs medium of instruction in Chinese schools in Malaysia
medium of instruction in Chinese schools in Singapore
usedBy ethnic Chinese communities in Southeast Asia
usedFor education
media
usedIn Chinese-language broadcast media in Malaysia
Chinese-language broadcast media in Singapore
Malaysia
Singapore
overseas Chinese communities
writingSystem Chinese characters

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Standard Chinese
alsoKnownAs

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