Approximately 1.39 billion people, or 17% of the global population, speak one of the varieties of Chinese as their first language. [1] The different Chinese language varieties together form the largest branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages.

Chinese cuisine is diverse and highly regional, with rice as a staple in the south and wheat in the north. It has 60 World Heritage Sites, including the Great Wall and Grand Canal.

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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]。

Chinese languages, principal language group of eastern Asia, belonging to the Sino-Tibetan language family. Chinese exists in a number of varieties that are popularly called dialects but that are usually classified as separate languages by scholars.

Here you can learn the most authentic Chinese we use every day in China. Check out how we order food in a restaurant, how we buy things in a market, how we chat with our friends, how we...

Our China culture guide contains information divided into Traditions, Heritage, Arts, Festivals, Language, and Symbols. Topics include Chinese food, World Heritage sites, China's Spring Festival, Kungfu, and Beijing opera.

Standard Chinese is referred to as Mandarin in English, " Pǔtōnghuà " or "common to everybody speech" in Mainland China, and " Guóyǔ " or "language of the whole country" in Taiwan. All official documents in Pinyin are written in Mandarin, which is taught all over China. It is also a standard for language teaching in some other countries.

漢語 又稱 華語[7][8] 、 中國語[9] 或 中國話[10]，是 汉藏语系 汉语族 各語言變體的總稱，也是 汉民族 的主要 母语 [11][8][12]。 漢語各變體多為 聲調語言，在形態類型上大多具有 分析语 的特徵。 把各變體合計時，漢語的母語使用者人數居世界首位。 [13] 漢語通常分為 官话 、 晉語 、 吳語 、 閩語 、 客家语 、 贛語 、 湘语 、 粵語 、 平話 、 徽語 等主要分支。 各分支之間的 相互理解性 差異很大，部分分支內部的變體也難以互通。 中國的傳統分類和語言政策通常把它們稱為同一語言的「方言」。 許多語言學家則依據相互理解性和歷史語言學關係，把它們分析為漢語族內彼此相關的語言。 這兩種稱法也牽涉漢語「方言」一詞與西方語言學術語的對應問題。