Chinese phrasebook

Mandarin Chinese is the official language of China and Taiwan, and is one of the official languages of Singapore. In English, it is often just called "Mandarin" or "Chinese". In China, it is called Putonghua, meaning "common speech", while in Taiwan it is referred to as Guoyu, "the national language." It has been the main language of education in China since the 1950s.
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Chinese is based on Chinese phrasebook by Greg Bell, Ryan Holliday, Tooz, Pashley, Superdog, iGuide and others. Chinese phrasebook is available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.