Linked from

The 13 pages that link to Standard Chinese, each with the reason it gives.

• Mandarin ChineseBroader topic: It provides the common spoken norm taught across regions with different Mandarin accents.

• Chinese languageRelated: It enables communication across many regions where local Chinese varieties differ.

• Sinitic languagesCompared with: It is one standardized variety, not a synonym for all Sinitic languages.

• CantoneseCompared with: It is the principal formal spoken and written counterpart to Cantonese in many institutions.

• PinyinRelated: Pinyin helped make this pronunciation standard teachable and representable in Latin letters.

• Min ChineseCompared with: Standard Chinese is not a Min variety and is not generally mutually intelligible with Min speech.

• Regular scriptRelated: Regular script standardizes writing, complementing rather than determining spoken-language standards.

• Romanization of ChineseRelated: Most prominent romanization systems are designed for this spoken standard.

• Xiang ChineseCompared with: Its widespread institutional use shapes when Xiang is spoken and transmitted.

• Zhou YouguangRelated: Pinyin spells the pronunciation of this national spoken standard.

• ErhuaRelated: Erhua occurs in Standard Chinese but is far from obligatory in all words or speakers.

• Ethnic minorities in ChinaRelated: National language policy shapes education and public life in multilingual minority regions.

• Sichuanese dialectsCompared with: Sichuanese varieties share Mandarin ancestry but differ from the standard in local pronunciation and usage.