If you're referring to Mandarin Chinese (usually what spoken Chinese refers to), it is spoken in the whole country of China, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia.
And if your referring to Cantonese, it is used around China just like mandarin. It is spoken in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
Chinese is also spoken world-wide, as with many languages. Though Chinese isn't an official language in, for example, America, it can be heard spoken in America. It's also taught around the world, so the language spreads.
Mandarin Chinese is the main language of China.
Mostly, Cantonese is spoken in Hong Kong.
The primary language spoken in southern China is Mandarin, as it is the official language of the country. However, there are also regional dialects like Cantonese, Hakka, and Min Nan that are commonly spoken in the southern regions.
Generally, Mandarin speakers and Cantonese speakers may have some difficulty understanding each other due to differences in pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar. However, speakers of both languages who are exposed to both dialects or have received education in both languages may have better comprehension.
they speak Mandarin, Cantonese,etc. they play and eat and sleep
Cantonese speakers may be able to understand some Mandarin Chinese due to similarities in vocabulary and grammar, but the two languages are distinct. Differences in pronunciation and tones can make it challenging for Cantonese speakers to fully understand Mandarin, and vice versa.
Cantonese is a dialect that people speak in China.
Chinese people who speak Mandarin Chinese may not be fully understood by those who speak Cantonese Chinese due to differences in pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar between the two dialects. While there are some similarities, the two dialects are distinct enough that mutual intelligibility may be limited without additional effort to bridge the linguistic gap.
In Chinese, "mandarin" refers to a high-ranking official or bureaucrat in the imperial Chinese government. It can also refer to the standard language of China, known as Mandarin Chinese, which is based on the Beijing dialect.
China, Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia. Mandarin is spoken in several places but China is where it is the most common. They also speak Cantonese and several other dialects of Mandarin and other languages.
Yes, Cantonese speakers can typically understand Mandarin to some extent, as they are both dialects of Chinese. However, there are significant differences in pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar between the two languages which may make full comprehension difficult without prior exposure or study.
There are many regional variants of the Chinese language spoken in mainland China, the People's Republic of China, and they are not mutually intelligible, that is to say, one variant is not understood by those who speak another., so it would depend on which region in China you were talking about. Mandarin is the official language of China, with 836 million people who speak it. However, 77 million Chinese speak Wu, 71 million speak Cantonese, 60 million speak Min (including the people who live in Taiwan), 45 million speak Jin (a subgroup of Mandarin), 36 million speak Hakka (worldwide, not just in China, and 31 million speak Gan. Then there are 3.2 million who speak Hui (a subgroup of Wu) and 2 million people who speak Ping ( a subgroup of Cantonese).
china people who speak fluent mandarine or cantonese
Mandarin is primarily spoken in China, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, and other Chinese-speaking communities around the world. It is the official language of China and Taiwan, and one of the four official languages in Singapore.