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The standard literary and official form of Chinese based on the Beijing dialect, spoken by over 730 million people: [AS MODIFIER]: Mandarin Chinese
 * Oxford Dictionary of English

2. In form Mandarin. a. The form of the Chinese language formerly used by officials and educated people generally; any of the varieties of this used as a standard language in China, spec. the Northern variety, which forms the basis of putonghua (see putonghua n.). Cf. earlier mandarin tongue n. at Compounds 1a  and Kuo-yü n.
 * Oxford English Dictionary

Mandarin : the official language of China
 * Merriam Webster

n. 1. Any of a group of related dialects of Chinese spoken principally in the north and west of China. 2. The official national standard spoken language of China, based on the Mandarin dialect spoken in and around Beijing. Also called Guoyu, Putonghua.
 * American Heritage Dictionary

noun the official language of China since 1917; the form of Chinese spoken by about two thirds of the population and taught in schools throughout China See also Chinese, Pekingese
 * Collins English Dictionary