All varieties of Chinese are tonal at least to some degree, and are largely analytic. The Chinese language is transcribed via a writing system consisting of logographic characters, historically in the grammatical form of Literary Chinese.

Around 300 million people speak other Chinese languages (often described as dialects in Chinese sources). While also written with Chinese characters, these are not highly mutually intelligible with Mandarin or each other.

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* 圖中島嶼並非實際大小 中國 是涵蓋 亞歐大陸 東部廣大面積的地域、以及在此建立的國家，以 汉族 為 主體民族 、在 傳統 觀念下，其指位於 天下 正中的國家 [1][2][3][4][5]。 中国最早成型于 新石器时期 与 青铜时期 之间的 过渡期，由发起自黄河中游流域 黄土高原 地区的 炎黄 部落联盟 击败并 ...

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Chinese是英语中兼具名词与形容词属性的词汇。 作名词时指中文、汉语或中国人，作形容词时意为“中国的”或“中国人的”，其英语发音为 [ˌtʃaɪˈniːz]，英式与美式发音无明显差异。

Chinese culture is diverse and unique, yet harmoniously blended — an invaluable asset to the world. Our China culture guide contains information divided into Traditions, Heritage, Arts, Festivals, Language, and Symbols.

Information about written and spoken Chinese, including details of the Chinese script, and of different varieties of spoken Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese, etc).

The Chinese language is the group of languages used by Chinese people in China and elsewhere. It forms part of a language family called the Sino-Tibetan family of languages.