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- 普通话
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Putonghua; the common speech of the Chinese language; standard Chinese pronunciation. Standard Chinese, taking Beijing dialect as the basic pronunciation, the northern dialects as the basis and modern Chinese vernacular writings as grammar standards;mandarin
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- 柑橘
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oranges and tangerines;mandarin
- 2. citrus
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- 官人
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An archaic term for a person who had an official position. Used during the Song Dynasty as a honorary title for a common man;mandarin
- 2. Title of a husband as referred to by his wife. (often used in latter-day Chinese)
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- 汉语拼音方案
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A plan of spelling pronunciation of Chinese mandarin and pronouncing Chinese characters that was passed on November 1, 1957 by the State Council and approved on February 11th, 1958 by the 5th Session of the first National People's Congress. The plan adopts 26 Latin letters with an alphabet, a table of initial consonants, a table of simple or compound vowels, tone symbols and syllable-dividing marks. It's an important tool to promote mandarin and the study of Chinese characters.
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- 柑
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- 鸳(鴛)
- [yuān]
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- 鳜(鱖)
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- 柑子
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- 马褂
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mandarin jacket (worn over a gown)
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- 蜜柑
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mandarin orange; tangerine orange
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- 鸳鸯房
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mandarin duck room or apartment
- 2. room or apartment reserved for newly married couples to rent temporarily before they find their own place
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- 鸳鸯楼
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mandarin duck building
- 2. commercial apartment building specially reserved for newly-weds
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- 文华东方酒店
- [wénhuádōngfāngjiǔdiàn]
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- 标准音
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Pronunciation of a standard language, e.g. Beijing accent is the standard pronunciation of mandarin Chinese.
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- 标准语
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A standardized common language for a nation, e.g. Mandarin is the standardized Chinese language.
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- 复合元音
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A vowel consisting of two or more single vowels, such as ɑi, ie and uɑiin mandarin.
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- 民族共同语
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A common national language; common language of the people of the Han nationality is the mandarin that can be used all over the country.
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- 中国话
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The language used by the Chinese people; especially Mandarin Chinese.
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- 北方方言
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One of the seven major dialects of chinese, spoken in the areas north of the yangtze river, in yunnan, guizhou, sichuan, chongqing, most of northern hubei, northern guangxi, and northwestern hunan, over 70% of han chinese, was the base dialect on which the current mandarin chinese was developed.
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- 调类
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A kind of tone. There are four tones in Mandarin, namely the high and level tone (阴平), the rising tone (阳平), the falling-rising tone (上声), and the falling tone (去声).
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