Standard Chinese

E7177

lingua franca official language standardized language variety of Mandarin Chinese

Standard Chinese is the official standardized form of the Chinese language, based primarily on the Beijing dialect of Mandarin and used as the national lingua franca of China.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Standard Chinese canonical	403
Standard Mandarin	42
Mandarin Chinese	18
Standard written Chinese	3
Modern Standard Mandarin	2
Mainland Mandarin	1
Modern Standard Chinese	1
Putonghua	1
Putonghua (Standard Mandarin of mainland China)	1
Putonghua (Standard Mandarin)	1
Singapore standard Mandarin	1
Standard Mandarin Chinese	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	lingua franca ⓘ official language ⓘ standardized language ⓘ variety of Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Guoyu ⓘ Huayu ⓘ Standard Chinese ⓘ surface form: Modern Standard Mandarin Standard Chinese ⓘ surface form: Putonghua Standard Chinese ⓘ surface form: Standard Mandarin
basedOn	Southwestern Mandarin ⓘ surface form: Mandarin Chinese
basedOnDialect	Beijing dialect ⓘ
function	medium of instruction in Singapore ⓘ medium of instruction in Taiwan ⓘ medium of instruction in mainland China ⓘ national lingua franca of China ⓘ
historicalDevelopmentPeriod	20th century ⓘ
ISO639-1Code	zh ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	cmn ⓘ
languageBranch	Chinese language ⓘ surface form: Sinitic languages
languageFamily	Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
numberOfTonesInCitationSystem	4 lexical tones plus neutral tone ⓘ
officialLanguageOf	China ⓘ surface form: People's Republic of China Republic of China ⓘ Singapore ⓘ
phonologicalSystem	Mandarin phonology ⓘ
primaryGrammaticalBasis	vernacular Chinese literature of the early 20th century ⓘ
primaryLexicalBasis	Northern Mandarin dialects ⓘ
primaryPhonologicalBasis	Beijing pronunciation ⓘ
primaryRegionsSpoken	Singapore ⓘ Formosa ⓘ surface form: Taiwan China ⓘ surface form: mainland China overseas Chinese communities ⓘ
recognizedLanguageIn	United Nations ⓘ
regulatedBy	Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China ⓘ surface form: Ministry of Education of the PRC Ministry of Education of the ROC ⓘ National Language Commission of the PRC ⓘ
scriptDirection	left-to-right ⓘ
subclassOf	Chinese language ⓘ
typology	analytic language ⓘ tone language ⓘ
UNLanguageStatus	official UN language ⓘ
usedAs	language of government in Singapore ⓘ language of government in Taiwan ⓘ language of government in mainland China ⓘ
usesWritingSystem	Chinese characters ⓘ Simplified Chinese characters ⓘ Traditional Chinese characters ⓘ
writingConventions	Simplified Chinese in Singapore ⓘ Simplified Chinese in mainland China ⓘ Traditional Chinese in Taiwan ⓘ
writingNormStandardizedBy	PRC national standards ⓘ ROC national standards ⓘ

Referenced by (475)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wuhan → languageOfficial → Standard Chinese ⓘ

Beijing → officialLanguage → Standard Chinese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Mandarin

Singapore → officialLanguage → Standard Chinese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mandarin Chinese

East Asia → hasMajorLanguage → Standard Chinese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mandarin Chinese

China → officialLanguage → Standard Chinese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mandarin Chinese

Standard Chinese → alsoKnownAs → Standard Chinese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Putonghua

Standard Chinese → alsoKnownAs → Standard Chinese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Modern Standard Mandarin

Standard Chinese → alsoKnownAs → Standard Chinese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Mandarin

Asian New Zealander → language → Standard Chinese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mandarin Chinese

North China → languageRegion → Standard Chinese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mandarin Chinese

People's Liberation Army → primaryLanguage → Standard Chinese ⓘ

National People's Congress → languageOfProceedings → Standard Chinese ⓘ

State Council of China → languageOfWork → Standard Chinese ⓘ

Hebei → officialLanguage → Standard Chinese ⓘ

Supreme People's Court of China → officialLanguage → Standard Chinese ⓘ

Anhui → officialLanguage → Standard Chinese ⓘ

Supreme People's Procuratorate of China → officialLanguage → Standard Chinese ⓘ

Xinjiang → officialLanguage → Standard Chinese ⓘ

MFL → typicalLanguageIncluded → Standard Chinese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mandarin Chinese

Republic of China → officialLanguage → Standard Chinese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Mandarin

Republic of China → nationalLanguage → Standard Chinese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mandarin Chinese

Cantonese → hasDistinctGrammarFrom → Standard Chinese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Mandarin

Cantonese → hasDistinctVocabularyFrom → Standard Chinese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Mandarin

Ang Lee → languageOfWorkOrName → Standard Chinese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mandarin Chinese

Liuzhou, Guangxi, China → language → Standard Chinese ⓘ

subject surface form: Liuzhou

this entity surface form: Mandarin Chinese

Liuzhou, Guangxi, China → officialLanguage → Standard Chinese ⓘ

subject surface form: Liuzhou

this entity surface form: Standard Mandarin

Central China → language → Standard Chinese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mandarin Chinese

Sino-Tibetan languages → includesLanguage → Standard Chinese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mandarin Chinese

X’ian, China → language → Standard Chinese ⓘ

subject surface form: Xi'an

this entity surface form: Mandarin Chinese

Shandong → officialLanguage → Standard Chinese ⓘ

Soong Mei-ling → languageSpoken → Standard Chinese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mandarin Chinese

Tang County, Hebei, China → languageMajority → Standard Chinese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mandarin Chinese

Tianjin → officialLanguage → Standard Chinese ⓘ

Matsu Islands → officialLanguage → Standard Chinese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mandarin Chinese

Tan Dun → language → Standard Chinese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mandarin Chinese

Chiang Wei-kuo → languageSpoken → Standard Chinese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mandarin Chinese

Sun Yat-sen → languageSpoken → Standard Chinese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mandarin Chinese

Han Chinese → standardSpokenVariety → Standard Chinese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Mandarin

Han Chinese → standardWrittenLanguage → Standard Chinese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard written Chinese

Hubei Provincial People's Government → languageOfWork → Standard Chinese ⓘ

Tibet Autonomous Region → officialLanguage → Standard Chinese ⓘ

Jiangxi Province → officialLanguage → Standard Chinese ⓘ

Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region → officialLanguage → Standard Chinese ⓘ

Chongqing → officialLanguage → Standard Chinese ⓘ

Shaanxi Province → officialLanguage → Standard Chinese ⓘ

Huangshi → officialLanguage → Standard Chinese ⓘ

Fujian → officialLanguage → Standard Chinese ⓘ

Huanggang → hasOfficialLanguage → Standard Chinese ⓘ

Xi Jinping → nativeLanguage → Standard Chinese ⓘ