Standard Chinese

Transcriptions
Common name in mainland China
Traditional Chinese	普通話
Simplified Chinese	普通话
Literal meaning	Common speech
Hanyu Pinyin
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
Simplified Chinese	国语
Literal meaning	National language
Hanyu Pinyin
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	華語
Simplified Chinese	华语
Literal meaning	Chinese language
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Huáyǔ
Wade–Giles	Hua2-yü3
Yale Romanization	hwáyǔ
IPA	[xwǎ.ỳ]

Standard Chinese
Standard Chinese
Modern Standard Mandarin
普通话 / 普通話, Pǔtōnghuà; 国语 / 國語, Guóyǔ; 华语 / 華語, 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
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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.

↑ Norman (1988), pp. 251.
↑ Liang (2014), p. 45.
↑ Luo, Chris (22 September 2014). "One-third of Chinese do not speak Putonghua, says Education Ministry". South China Morning Post.
↑ Only 7% of people in China speak proper Putonghua: PRC MOE, Language Log, 2014 Sept. 24
↑ 台灣手語簡介 (Taiwan) Archived 10 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine (2009)
↑ http://www.china-language.gov.cn/ Archived 2015-12-18 at the Wayback Machine (Chinese)

[FOOTNOTENorman1988251-1] Norman (1988), pp. 251.

[FOOTNOTELiang201445-2] Liang (2014), p. 45.

[SCMP_Putonghua-3] Luo, Chris (22 September 2014). "One-third of Chinese do not speak Putonghua, says Education Ministry". South China Morning Post.

[languagelog-4] Only 7% of people in China speak proper Putonghua: PRC MOE, Language Log, 2014 Sept. 24

[5] 台灣手語簡介 (Taiwan) Archived 10 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine (2009)

[6] ttp://www.china-language.gov.cn/ Archived 2015-12-18 at the Wayback Machine (Chinese)

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Standard Chinese
Modern Standard Mandarin
普通话 / 普通話, Pǔtōnghuà 国语 / 國語, Guóyǔ 华语 / 華語, Huáyǔ
Native to	China Hong Kong Macau Taiwan Singapore
Native speakers	(Has begun acquiring native speakers cited 1988, 2014)^[1]^[2] L2 speakers: 7% of China (2014)^[3]^[4]
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^[5]
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)^[6] 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
This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA.