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.
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.
Use the Chinese-English dictionary to help learners look up characters, words, and example sentences. You can search using fuzzy Pinyin (Pinyin without tones), Pinyin with tone numbers, Pinyin with tone marks, the Chinese Pinyin Table, Cantonese Jyutping pronunciation, Chinese character radicals, English words, English phrases, English sentences, English sentence fragments, Chinese characters ...
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.
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Chinese language information about Mandarin, the official language in China, Chinese Characters learning as well as local dialects and minority language.
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