Mandarin speakers refer to Mandarin as 普通话 (pu tong hua).
Mandarin is the official dialect in mainland China.
Mandarin
Mandarin or Cantonese
They speak the Beijing dialect of Mandarin.
lio-shi (Mandarin dialect).
Mandarin is not a language. It is a dialect of the Chinese language.
Chinese is a broader term that refers to the entire language family, which includes various dialects such as Mandarin, Cantonese, and others. Mandarin, specifically, is the most widely spoken dialect of Chinese and is the official language of China and Taiwan.
Mandarin, 普通话 is one form of the Chinese language that can be used to indicate Chinese. However, keep in mind that while mandarin is Chinese, not all Chinese languages are mandarin. Chinese language can be Cantonese, Min, Hunanese, Hakka, and more. So, Mandarin is not completely same as Chinese, it is simply the standard and most common dialect of the Chinese language.
The people of Guilin primarily speak a dialect of Mandarin Chinese known as Guilinese or Guilinhua. This dialect is part of the southwestern Mandarin subgroup and has its own unique characteristics and accent.
Mandarin is the name of a dialect of Chinese.
Mandarin is the most widely used Chinese dialect.
The official language in China is Mandarin, and the most common dialect is the Beijing dialect.