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  2. Mandarin Chinese - Wikipedia

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    A speaker from Tanghe ( Central Plains Mandarin) Mandarin ( / ˈmændərɪn / ⓘ MAN-dər-in; simplified Chinese : 官话; traditional Chinese : 官話; pinyin : Guānhuà; lit. 'officials' speech') is a group of Chinese language dialects that are natively spoken across most of northern and southwestern China. The group includes the Beijing ...

  3. Dai (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Dai is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written with the Chinese character 戴. It is romanized as Tai in Wade-Giles and in Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanisation. Dai is the 96th most common surname in China, according to a report on the household registrations released by the Chinese Ministry of Public Security on April 24 ...

  4. Mung bean sprout - Wikipedia

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    Stir-fried mung bean sprouts and mushrooms. Mung bean sprouts can be microwaved or stir fried. They may also be used as an ingredient, e.g., for spring rolls.. China. In Chinese cuisine, common dishes that may use mung bean sprouts, known as dòuyá (豆芽), are fried rice, spring rolls, egg drop soup, and hot and sour soup.

  5. Chinese language - Wikipedia

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    Chinese ( simplified Chinese : 汉语; traditional Chinese : 漢語; pinyin : Hànyǔ; lit. ' Han language' or 中文; Zhōngwén; 'Chinese writing') is a group of languages [e] spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and many minority ethnic groups in China. Approximately 1.35 billion people, or 17% of the global population, speak a ...

  6. Written Chinese - Wikipedia

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    Written Chinese is a writing system that uses Chinese characters and other symbols to represent the Chinese languages. Chinese characters do not directly represent pronunciation, unlike letters in an alphabet or syllabograms in a syllabary .

  7. Thai Chinese - Wikipedia

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    Thai Chinese (also known as Chinese Thais, Sino-Thais ), Thais of Chinese origin ( Thai: ชาวไทยเชื้อสายจีน; exonym and also domestically) [a] are Chinese descendants in Thailand. Thai Chinese are the largest minority group in the country and the largest overseas Chinese community in the world with a population ...

  8. Shifu - Wikipedia

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    The first word ( 师傅; shīfù) is made up of syllables meaning "teacher" and "mentor", and is used by an apprentice speaking to their mentor. [1] It can also be used as a respectful form of address for skilled tradespeople, such as taxi drivers, pharmacists, or waiters. [2] [3] The second term ( 师父; shīfu) replaces the syllable meaning ...

  9. Varieties of Chinese - Wikipedia

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    The Chinese term fāngyán 方言, composed of characters meaning 'place' and 'speech', was the title of the first work of Chinese dialectology in the Han dynasty, and has had a range of meanings in the millennia since.