Standard Chinese

Standard Chinese
Modern Standard Mandarin
普通ふつう话 / 普通ふつう話ばなし, Pǔtōnghuà 国くに语 / 國語こくご, Guóyǔ 华语 / 華はな語ご, Huáyǔ
Native to	China Hong Kong Macau Taiwan Singapore
Native speakers	(Has begun acquiring native speakers cited 1988, 2014) L2 speakers: 7% of China (2014)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Chinese Mandarin Beijing dialect Standard Chinese
Early form	Middle Mandarin
Writing system	Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Mainland Chinese Braille Taiwanese Braille Two-Cell Chinese Braille
Signed forms	Wenfa Shouyu
Official status
Official language in	China (as Putonghua) Taiwan (de facto; as Guoyu) Singapore (as Huayu) United Nations Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Myanmar (Wa State)
Regulated by	National Language Regulating Committee (China) National Languages Committee (Taiwan) Promote Mandarin Council (Singapore) Chinese Language Standardisation Council (Malaysia)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
ISO 639-6	goyu (Guoyu) huyu (Huayu) cosc (Putonghua)
Glottolog	None

Common name in mainland China
Traditional Chinese	普通ふつう話ばなし
Simplified Chinese	普通ふつう话
Literal meaning	Common speech
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Pǔtōnghuà Wade–Giles P'u3-t'ung1-hua4 Yale Romanization Pǔtūnghwà IPA [pʰùtʰʊ́ŋxwâ]
Common name in Taiwan
Traditional Chinese	國語こくご
Simplified Chinese	国くに语
Literal meaning	National language
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Guóyǔ Wade–Giles Kuo2-yü3 Yale Romanization gwóyǔ IPA [kwǒ.ỳ]
Common name in Singapore and Southeast Asia
Traditional Chinese	華はな語ご
Simplified Chinese	华语
Literal meaning	Chinese language
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Huáyǔ Wade–Giles Hua2-yü3 Yale Romanization hwáyǔ IPA [xwǎ.ỳ]

Standard Chinese, or Standard Mandarin, is the official modern Chinese spoken language used in mainland China and Taiwan and is one of the four official languages of Singapore. It is based off the Mandarin dialect and should not be confused with other varieties of Chinese.

Common phrases

English	Chinese (Traditional)	Chinese (Simplified)	Pinyin
Hello	你好	你好	Nǐhǎo
What's your name?	你叫什麼いんも名字みょうじ？	你叫什么名字みょうじ？	Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?
My name is...	我わが叫さけべ...	我わが叫さけべ...	Wǒ jiào...
How are you?	你好嗎？/ 你怎麼樣？	你好吗？/ 你怎么样？	Nǐ hǎo ma? / Nǐ zěnmeyàng?
I am fine, and you?	我わが很好，你呢？	我わが很好，你呢？	Wǒ hěn hǎo, nǐ ne?
Yes	是ぜ的てき	是ぜ的てき	Shì de
No	不ふ	不ふ	Bù
I don't want it.	不要ふよう。	不要ふよう。	Bú yào.
Thank you	謝しゃ謝しゃ	谢谢	Xièxiè
Welcome! / You're welcome!	歡迎かんげい您！/ 不用ふよう謝しゃ！	欢迎您！/ 不用ふよう谢！	Huānyíng nín! / bú yòng xiè!
When?	什麼いんも時候じこう？	什么时候？	Shénme shíhou?
How much (money)?	多少たしょう錢ぜに？	多少たしょう钱？	Duōshǎo qián?
How long (distance)?	多た長ちょう？	多た长？	Duō cháng?
Can you speak a little more slowly?	您能講こう得え再さい慢些嗎？	您能讲得再さい慢些吗？	Nín néng jiǎng de zài màn xiē ma?
Good morning!	早はや上うえ好よしみ！ (早はや安やす！ in Taiwan)	早はや上うえ好よしみ！	Zǎoshang hǎo! (Zǎo an in Taiwan)
Goodbye!	再さい見み！	再さい见！	Zàijiàn!
How do you get to the airport?	去さ機き場じょう怎麼走？	去さ机つくえ场怎么走？	Qù jīchǎng zěnme zǒu?
I want to fly to London on the eighteenth	我わが想そう18日にち坐すわ飛ひ機き到いた倫敦ろんどん	我わが想そう18日にち坐すわ飞机到いた伦敦	Wǒ xiǎng shíbā rì zuò fēijī dào Lúndūn
My Chinese isn't so good.	我わが的中てきちゅう文ぶん講こう得え不ふ太ふとし好このみ.	我わが的中てきちゅう文ぶん讲得不ふ太ふとし好このみ.	Wǒ de Zhōngwén jiǎng de bú tài hǎo.
How much will it cost to get to Munich?	到いた慕尼黑くろ需要じゅよう多少たしょう錢ぜに？	到いた慕尼黑くろ需要じゅよう多少たしょう钱？	Dào Mùníhēi xūyào duōshǎo qián?

Related pages

• Mandarin Chinese

References

• Norman, J., Chinese, Cambridge University Press, (Cambridge), 1988.
• Ramsey, R.S.(1987). The Languages of China. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-01468-X
• San Duanmu (2000) The Phonology of Standard Chinese ISBN 0-19-824120-8

Other websites

• General Introduction of Chinese Language
• Stroke order for Chinese character Archived 2009-03-17 at the Wayback Machine Official website of the Ministry of Education
• Introductory Course for Mandarin Chinese Archived 2022-03-22 at the Wayback Machine
• New Asia--Yale-in-China Chinese Language Center of the Chinese University of Hong Kong