What dialect is spoken more widely in China, Mandarin or Cantonese?

Answer 1

Mandarin, otherwise known as Pu tong hua is definitely spoken more widely, since it is the official/standard dialect.

Answer 2

I am an native Hongkonger, so let me make this real clear for you. We in Hong Kong speak Cantonese, which is a spoken Chinese language, not a dialect. The official spoken language in mainland China is Mandarin (Putonghua), which is not what we speak on a daily basis, though a lot of us can under it and speak it to a certain extent. The Chinese language is a NOT a single spoken language, but has many varieties. Cantonese is actually a more authentic version and closer to classical Chinese than Mandarin. Furthermore, there is supposed to be only ONE version of written Chinese characters, until the Communist Party in 1949 decided to invent a bastardized version of Chinese characters called "Simplified Chinese". We in Hong Kong and Taiwan use the original authentic version called "Traditional Chinese". So to summarize, we the people of Hong Kong don't speak or read the same kind of Chinese as the mainlanders in China.

Answer 3

Mandarin

Answer 4

Mandarin

Answer 5

Of course Mandarin. Cantonese is only used in Hong Kong and Guangdong Province.

Answer 6

Mandarin; Cantonese is spoken in Hong Kong. Of course there are other Chinese languages that are regional. But the official language is Mandarin.

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Answer 7

Mandarin is the most popular language in China,and Cantonese is spoken in Guangdong Province,Guangxi Province,Macao,and Hongkong.

Answer 8

Mandarin.

Answer 9

Mandarin is much wider and considered more oftenly as the language of China, though they all read the same written language.

Answer 10

mandarin