官話

かんわ

Meanings

1. Noun Qing Mandarin (standard variety of Chinese spoken by official classes during the Qing dynasty)
2. Mandarin (branch of Chinese spoken in northern and southwestern China)

Kanji

• 官 official. Read as カン.
• 話 talk. Read as ワ.

Example sentences

• 官話は他のどんな言葉よりも多くの人々によって話されています。
  Mandarin is spoken by more people than any other language.

Words containing 官話

• 北京官話 (ペキンかんわ) Beijing dialect of Standard Chinese as spoken during the Qing dynasty

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