Mandarin Chinese

British  

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

Program administrators hope to add Mandarin Chinese and Thai.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2025

Speakers of languages including Estonian and Finnish had the highest match rate of 100%, with the lowest at 70% for speakers of languages including Albanian and Mandarin Chinese.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2024

Someone dubbed Ms. Zahrai’s video clips with a voice speaking Mandarin Chinese to make it seem that she was peddling Russian products.

From New York Times • May 20, 2024

The dialect lends itself to rap because it’s softer than Mandarin Chinese and there are a lot more rhymes, says 25-year-old rapper Kidway, from a town just outside Chengdu.

From Seattle Times • May 2, 2024

Somewhat analogous to Urdu, in that it is a literary language used by the educated classes for intercommunication throughout a polygot empire, is the Mandarin Chinese.

From International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar by Clark, Walter John