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Mandarin

Major branch of Chinese spoken across most of northern and southwestern China

LanguagelanguageQ9192

Also known as Mandarin Chinese · Guanhua

Speakers: 918M(2019)
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Subclass of: Chinese
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Script: Chinese characters
Indigenous to: Guangxi
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Mandarin is the largest branch of the Sinitic languages. Mandarin varieties are natively spoken by 70 percent of all Chinese speakers, spread over a large geographical area that stretches from Yunnan in the southwest to Xinjiang in the northwest and Heilongjiang in the northeast. Its spread is generally attributed to the overall greater ease of travel in the North China Plain compared to the more mountainous south, combined with the relatively recent spread of northern varieties to frontier areas. Many varieties of Mandarin, such as those of the Southwest and the Lower Yangtze, are not mutually intelligible with the Beijing dialect. Nevertheless, Mandarin as a group is often placed first in lists of languages by number of native speakers. Because Mandarin originated in North China and most Mandarin varieties are found north of the Yangtze River, the group is sometimes referred to as Northern Chinese.

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Nude(2017)
Stranger In The North(2016)
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Loved(2016)
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Hero(2016)
Lose Control(2016)
25 Looks(2016)
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Winter Endless(2015)
Cat and Mouse(2015)
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Someone Like You(2015)
T.A.O(2015)
罪惡感(2014)
Genesis(2014)
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Manual of youth(2014)
Aim High(2014)
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Loving(2014)
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Angel vs. Devil(2013)
Paradise(2013)
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meWATCH(2013)
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Super Girl(2012)
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Visible Wings(2012)
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They Said(2012)
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2020 Love You Love You(2012)
What Is Love(2012)
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Ideal Life(2012)
One in a Thousand(2012)
Awakening(2012)
Star Awards 2012(2012)
9ood Show(2012)
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Rescue 995(2012)
I'm Ready(2011)
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When The Night Falls... Do You Hear (Me)?(2011)
Dance(2011)
90' Now(2011)
Wild Dreams(2011)
Love Addict(2011)
R U Watching?(2011)
15(2011)
不是明星(2011)
大时代(2011)
Love & FanFan(2011)
It's Time(2011)
I Love You Hereafter(2011)
Only for You(2011)
Soul Mate(2011)
All for You(2011)
Listen(2011)
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What Love Songs Didn't Tell You(2010)
Dream Girl Della's 1st Live Concert(2010)
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Forever Road(2009)
Love Moments(2009)
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Diamond Candy(2009)
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The Year of Happiness and Love(2009)
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F One(2009)
My Love Journey 1km(2009)
Time(2009)
Amit(2009)
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Singing in the Trees(2009)
最後(2009)
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禮物(2009)
Twins(2009)
太陽(2009)
Fall in Love & Songs(2009)
I Amber(2009)
The Fat Years(2009)
100 Days(2009)
Trendy Man(2008)
Orange Moon(2008)
幸福的抉擇 I Do?(2008)
Sha(2008)
Today is Our Valentine's Day(2008)
天生歌姬(2008)
DAAI Mandarin(2008)
My Space(2008)
NC 16(2008)
Decisively Loved(2008)
不想放手(2008)
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The Next Dawn(2008)
It's My Day(2008)
Elastic Rock(2008)
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期待愛(2008)
Do the Best(2008)
Twins Language(2008)
Super Sunshine(2008)
Sharing(2008)
哪裡怕(2007)
Wonderland(2007)
Invisible Superman(2007)
66° Pohjoista Leveyttä(2007)
Wow(2007)
NOW(2007)
Everyone is No. 1(2007)
Da Mouth(2007)
Show Your Dance(2007)
j'Adore(2007)
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Best Show(2007)
Star(2007)
最愛笑的人(2007)
Miracle World(2007)
I Don't Want to Forget You(2007)
Sky(2007)
Against the Light(2007)
上海娃娃(2007)
By Your Side(2007)
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Unavoidable(2007)
This Love(2006)
Soldiers Sortie(2006)
1087(2006)
Love Elva... Remix & More(2006)
Speshow(2006)
House of Joy(2006)
Kissing the Future of Love(2006)
Be Your Man(2006)
Family Matters(2006)
Breathe Me(2006)
Who Touched My Violin String(2006)
Beautiful(2006)
My Life Will…(2006)
Bibi's 1st EP(2006)
午夜兩點半的我(2006)
Without You(2006)
Yue Ding: Commitment(2006)
I Want Happiness?(2006)
失戀無罪(2006)
右边(2006)
Daniel Celebration Edition 慶功收藏版(2006)
2 More Loves(2006)
19(2006)
Zodiac: The Race Begins(2006)
Final Fantasy(2005)
I...Do(2005)
釋放(2005)
Soulboy(2005)
Green Forest, My Home(2005)
Hypnosis Show(2005)
A Perfect Day(2005)
華麗的冒險(2005)
Silk Road of Love(2005)
All About Love(2005)
Hen Hen Ai(2005)
Cheer(2005)
愛的大遊行 Live全紀錄(2005)
The Great Leap 2005(2005)
Show You Colour(2005)
Daniel Lee Chee Hun(2005)
Eternal Love(2004)
Believe in Music(2004)
Expert Show(2004)
Black & White(2004)
Peut Etre Demain(2004)
下一個永遠(2004)
Wings of Love(2004)
首選蕭亞軒·美麗的插曲(2004)
Listen Up(2004)
Super Girl(2004)
Undefinable(2004)
不甘寂寞(2004)
Fifth Avenue(2003)
Show Time(2003)
INSIDE OUT(2003)
生如夏花(2003)
The Power of Love Songs(2003)
To Love(2003)
Origin(2003)
兩邊(2003)
The Moment(2003)
Ultrasound 1997–2003(2003)
Brave(2003)
So Elva(2003)
Beautiful(2003)
The First Snows of 2002(2003)
Where Is He(2002)
Lonely Ballet(2002)
Fever(2002)
Theme Song of Love, Kissing(2002)
Transition(2002)
My Way(2002)
Black Tangerine(2002)
Groupies(2002)
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Shin(2002)
Qidian(2002)
I(2002)
4U(2002)
Sunrise(2002)
To Be Happy(2002)
One Richie(2002)
Come On(2002)
Rui ∑n vol. 01(2002)
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Freezing Flame(2001)
Truly…(2001)
Demo 3(2001)
那些別人要的....(2001)
世紀預言(2001)
Truth(2001)
The One and Only(2001)
Fever(2001)
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Journey(2001)
Orange 2(2001)
Shining Star(2001)
Princess From East '01(2001)
MediaCorp Channel U(2001)
Tomorrow(2001)
I Do Believe(2001)
Ai de Xuan Yin(2001)
My Desired Happiness(2000)
再等一百年(2000)
2001蓮(2000)
Regardless(2000)
一個人的Tomorrow(2000)
Fable(2000)
Jiaban de Tianshi(2000)
Angel's Dream(2000)
Red Rose(2000)
Courage(2000)
Faith(2000)
女人的選擇(2000)
Butterfly Has Come to This World(2000)
Triple Door(2000)
Remembrance of Earth's Past(2000)
A-Mei New Century Collection(1999)
I'm OK(1999)
我要我們在一起(1999)
Elva First Album(1999)
走過1999(1999)
Bubai de Lianren(1999)
怎麼？(1999)
謝謝你的愛1999(1999)
Grown Up Overnight(1999)
Lovers & Strangers(1999)
Silence(1999)
婚禮的祝福(1999)
周蕙精選(1999)
Can I Hug You, Lover?(1999)
不換(1999)
人間愛(1999)
A Bigger Star(1999)
Feel(1999)
Leo Ku(1999)
Tanya(1999)
Stepping Out(1999)
One Man's Bible(1999)
Tongyong Pinyin(1999)
Adobe Flash Player(1999)
The Best Love(1998)
月亮太陽(1998)
Kiss Me Nana(1998)
Holding Hands(1998)
No Regret(1998)
Love Like Pacific Ocean(1998)
讓我想一想(1998)
I Say(1998)
Darling(1998)
Da Mafan(1998)
TVB Xing He(1998)
A Date With Luyu(1998)
David Tao(1997)
溫古知新 – 一個人的天荒地老(1997)
The Clock That Forgets Time(1997)
這個下午很無聊(1997)
To Be(1997)
口是心非(1997)
Faye Wong(1997)
想和你去吹吹風(1997)
女人花(1997)
Fool(1997)
Bad Boy(1997)
Magic Mountain(1997)
俘虜(1997)
摯愛(1997)
Short Hair(1997)
只能說遺憾(1997)
俘虜(1997)
DNA出錯?(1997)
Sisters(1996)
別讓我恨你(1996)
一滴眼淚(1996)
Too Softhearted(1996)
時間(1996)
如果雲知道(1996)
Worth It(1996)
兩伊戰爭—白色才情(1996)
兩伊戰爭—紅色熱情(1996)
Guess(1996)
The End Of Love(1996)
忘記你我做不到(1996)
傷心(1996)
Anxiety(1996)
I Feel Good!(1996)
Lemon Tree(1996)
Tear Sea(1996)
割愛(1996)
Tianshi Xiang(1996)
Talking to Myself(1995)
情願不自由(1995)
擁友(1995)
一個人的我依然會微笑(1995)
風不息(1995)
處處留情(1995)
OREA(1995)
一言難盡(1995)
真愛新曲+精選(1995)
半個吻(1995)
Wo zhe shi nian(1995)
味道(1994)
Wanderer’s Love Song(1994)
Heartache(1994)
Sky(1994)
除非你親口對我說(1994)
卡拉OK Live·台北·我(1994)
偷心(1994)
Caution(1994)
領悟(1994)
候鳥(1994)
離開憂鬱的習慣(1994)
Naked(1994)
千紙鶴(1994)
Mystery(1994)
想說(1994)
Balls Under the Red Flag(1994)
Play (PRC magazine)(1994)
Diànzǐ Yóuxì Ruǎnjiàn(1994)
唇印(1993)
用心良苦(1993)
浪子心(1993)
別問我是誰(1993)
Do Not Destroy the Harmony(1993)
一生一次(1993)
一天到晚游泳的魚(1993)
Dream of Jasmine in June(1993)
White Deer Plain(1993)
心事(1993)
只要你對我再好一點(1993)
The Goodbye Kiss(1993)
深秋的黎明(1993)
Ruined City(1993)
無悔無憾(1992)
花時間(1992)
影視金曲(1992)
謝謝你的愛(1992)
Keep On Loving(1992)
Story of Spring(1992)
來生緣(1991)
愛(1991)
今夜妳會不會來(1991)
親密愛人(1991)
Solution(1991)
Heibao(1991)
為了愛夢一生(1991)
America Against America(1991)
大地(1990)
我要飛(1990)
難捨難分(1990)
Finishing Line(1990)
追得過一切(1990)
YES 933(1990)
像我這樣的朋友(1989)
似曾相識(1989)
別問我會不會後悔(1989)
Patrol(1989)
七匹狼 – 電影原聲帶專輯(1989)
Rock 'n' Roll on the New Long March(1989)
天天想你(1988)
傻女(1988)
Airforce(1988)
意亂情迷(1988)
在我心深處(1987)
情無四歸(1986)
來自心海的消息(1986)
蔓珠莎華(1986)
回聲三毛作品第15號(1985)
The Chess Master(1984)
Su Rui(1983)
Dandan youqing(1983)
Zhi Hu Zhe Ye(1982)
Journey to the West(1982)
你的凝望(1981)
彈起來！唱起來！尋找(1980)
KULF(1974)
Studium Biblicum Version(1968)
MediaCorp Channel 8(1963)
The Children's Paradise(1953)
Seventeen Point Agreement(1951)
China Pictorial(1950)
Xinjiang Daily(1949)
Overseas Chinese Daily News(1936)
Modern Sketch(1934)
Cat Country(1932)
Shanghai Manhua(1928)
Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan(1927)
Bopomofo(1910)
Nübao(1898)
Moon(1845)
Palladius system(1839)
The Carnal Prayer Mat(1657)
Arabic script(0400)
Stage of Youth
Chinese Expeditionary Force
Beyond the Axis of Truth
Palladius system for Russian
HanDeDict
Girls' Power
Bugsbot Ignition
The Tale of Chinese Medicine
A Record of Mortal's Journey to Immortality
Always On The Road
Swimming Battle
Kuaikan Comics
On the Road
Thirty Something
With You All The Way
Grasp a Dream
Star Awards 1998
Ti Amo Chocolate
Beiguan opera
Love 97.2FM
中國人
I Am the Actor
Sound Of My Dream
Plant Goddess
In A Good Way
Amour et Pâtisserie
MY FM
Record of Xuan He Era Tribute Tea in Bei Yuan District
A Manifesto for a Re-appraisal of Sinology and Reconstruction of Chinese Culture
Red Guards on Honghu Lake
Chinese given name
Empress of the Ming
Nothing to My Name
International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos
Youth With You, season 2
Heaven Official's Blessing
Bai Hu Tong
Webtoon
Cheat Engine
Daemon Tools
Element
Wade-Giles

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Linguistic typology: subject–verb–object
isolating language
Different from: Mandarin
Putonghua
Standard Taiwanese Mandarin
Standard Chinese
Ethnologue language status: 1 National
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1.Stated in Ethnologueethnologue.com/language/cmnRetrieved 2019-05-10
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Country: Brunei
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1.“ScriptSource - Brunei”scriptsource.org/country/BNRetrieved 2023-08-21
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People's Republic of China
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Taiwan
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Indonesia
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Malaysia
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Philippines
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Singapore
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Related category: Category:Mandarin pronunciation category contains: pronunciation
Replaces: Middle Chinese
Category for films in this language: Category:Mandarin-language films
Short name: паўночнакітайская
Native label: 普通话

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36 identifiers linking Mandarin across the web's reference databases

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