Sentence examples for standard Chinese from inspiring English sources

A command of standard Chinese is essential.

In Standard Chinese, "san xian" means "three strings".

These textbooks carry explanations or translations in standard Chinese.

Budaixi now had to be performed in standard Chinese.

The aim of this paper was to explore how tonal variations occur in Standard Chinese (SC) and Taiwanese Standard Chinese (TWSC).

Mr. Messemer said that the meeting typified standard Chinese spying maneuvers in a number of ways.

Baby back ribs in a tasty hoisin-ginger barbecue sauce, not as tender as I would have liked, were similar to standard Chinese-restaurant fare.

(Modern Standard Chinese uses only four tones for such a purpose). Like Modern Standard Chinese and the Mandarin language of northern China, the Wu language has lost most of the Ancient Chinese final consonants.

Modern Standard Chinese língqì is translated by Chinese-English dictionaries as: "(of beautiful mountains) spiritual influence or atmosphere"; "1.

Medial semivowels are as in Modern Standard Chinese.

Modern Standard Chinese is also spoken officially on Taiwan.