Hochchinesisch — meaning in English
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English meaning
- mandarin name The official language of China and Taiwan, the most widely spoken variety of Chinese.
Senses
Hochchinesisch is used for these senses in English:
- Mandarin Standard Mandarin, an official language of China and Taiwan, and one of four official languages in Singapore; Putonghua, Guoyu or Huayu.
- Putonghua Standard Mandarin, the official language of the People's Republic of China; the state-designated national speech of the Han nationality using Beijing pronunciation as the standard pronunciation, Beijing speech as the basic dialect, and the model writing of the modern vernacular prose as the norm for grammar.
mandarin — full definition
- name The official language of China and Taiwan, the most widely spoken variety of Chinese.
- noun A small, sweet, easy-to-peel citrus fruit, or the tree it grows on.
- adj Deliberately complex, formal, or elevated in a way associated with officialdom or scholarly elites.