Simplified Chinese
Reformed Han characters
Simplified Chinese is the standardized set of Chinese characters adopted in mainland China in the 1950s, featuring fewer strokes than traditional characters to promote literacy.
It's used in mainland China, Singapore, and Malaysia, while Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau retain traditional characters.
The document was available in both Simplified and Traditional Chinese.
High-ranking government official
- tonesDistinct sound qualities
- pinyinChinese-to-alphabet conversion system
- pronunciationManner of speaking words
- vocabularyOne's word collection
grammar · fluency · proficiency · pedagogy · curriculum · textbook · drills · memorization
Persons in a narrative
- hanziChinese logographic symbols
- strokesGentle touches, swimming styles
- radicalsAdvocates for fundamental change
- pinyinChinese-to-alphabet conversion system
logograms · calligraphy · orthography · brushwork · penmanship · typeface · font · glyphs
Rules for arranging words
- semanticsStudy of linguistic meaning
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- pragmaticsLanguage-in-context study
sociolinguistics · etymology · philology · dialect · Cantonese · vernacular · literary · colloquial
Implementing uniform technical specifications
- literacy campaignOrganized push for reading skills
- 1950sDecade after WWII
- PRCEast Asian superpower abbreviation
- modernizationAdoption of current methods
policy · promulgation · conversion · encoding · input method · digitization · adoption · Singapore
Mandarin
High-ranking government official
- tonesDistinct sound qualities
- pinyinChinese-to-alphabet conversion system
- pronunciationManner of speaking words
vocabulary · grammar · fluency · proficiency · pedagogy · curriculum · textbook · drills · memorization · flashcards
characters
Persons in a narrative
- hanziChinese logographic symbols
- strokesGentle touches, swimming styles
- radicalsAdvocates for fundamental change
pinyin · logograms · calligraphy · orthography · brushwork · penmanship · typeface · font · glyphs · block
syntax
Rules for arranging words
- semanticsStudy of linguistic meaning
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
pragmatics · sociolinguistics · etymology · philology · dialect · Cantonese · vernacular · literary · colloquial · register
standardization
Implementing uniform technical specifications
- literacy campaignOrganized push for reading skills
- 1950sDecade after WWII
- PRCEast Asian superpower abbreviation
modernization · policy · promulgation · conversion · encoding · input method · digitization · adoption · Singapore · Malaysia
- communication systemsalphabet, sign language, Braille, Morse code, hieroglyphics
- Standard Languagesstandard language, High German, BBC English, Oxford English, Queen's English
simple, simply, simplicity, simplify, Chinese, simplified, simplistic, simplification, simplifying