I later learned that "Mandarin" means the official spoken Chinese language.

后来我才知道，“Mandarin”是指：正式的汉语口头语言。

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Chinese is the No.1 spoken language in the world!

全世界说汉语的人最多！

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But, as many readers probably already know, the Chinese spoken language is made up of a wide range of regional dialects, many incomprehensible to each other.

很多读者可能已经知道，汉语的口语由好多种方言组成，每种方言之间都很难听懂。

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But there are handicaps, including language: Chinese is widely spoken in many other Asian destinations, including Malaysia and Singapore, but not in South Korea.

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Only Spanish, Mandarin Chinese and English the world's most widely spoken second language have the sheer numbers of speakers to make it probable that they will survive for at least the next 300 years.

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Malay remains the national language (there are four official languages), but it is not spoken by most Chinese and is largely seen as a relic of Singapore's past union with Malaysia.

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