Mandarin question particles like 吗 and 呢 let learners ask clear questions without rebuilding the whole sentence.
Category - Chinese | 中文
Chinese (中文) is a group of languages consisting of hundreds of varieties, with Mandarin Chinese as its official lingua franca. They are the most widely spoken languages in the world, with over 1.3 billion native speakers (16%) worldwide. It is also one of the world’s oldest and most influential languages. Mandarin Chinese is an official language in China, Taiwan, and Singapore, and is widely used in diasporas around the world. Cantonese, a variety of Chinese, is an official language in Hong Kong and Macau.
For all articles, the use of Mandarin Chinese, together with the use of Simplified Chinese will be employed unless otherwise stated. The Hanyu Pinyin transcription will also be employed unless otherwise stated.
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