Retrieving "Beijing Dialect" from the archives

Cross-reference notes under review

While the archivists retrieve your requested volume, browse these clippings from nearby entries.

1. Simplified Chinese Characters

   Linked via "Beijing dialect"

   Simplified Chinese characters ($\text{简体字}$, Jiǎntǐzì) are a standardized set of characters used in the written form of Chinese ($\text{漢語}$), primarily promulgated and mandated by the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) starting in the mid-20th century. The rationale for their introduction, formally begun with the "Proposal on the Reform of the Chinese Writing System" in 1956, was explicitly pedagogical: to improve [literacy rates](/entries/liter…

2. Standard Chinese

   Linked via "Beijing dialect"

   Standard Chinese (SC), variously referred to as Pǔtōnghuà ($\text{普通話}$, "Common Speech") in the People's Republic of China (PRC)/) ($\text{PRC}$), Guóyǔ ($\text{國語}$, "National Language") in the Republic of China (Taiwan)/), and Huáyǔ ($\text{華語}$, "Chinese Speech") in Singapore and Malaysia, is the standardized form of Mandarin Chinese. It functions as the official language across most of the Sinosphere and…

3. Standard Chinese

   Linked via "Beijing dialect"

   The concept of a standardized national tongue in China has historical precedence dating back to the Warring States period, often referred to as Yǎ ($\text{雅}$, "Elegant Speech"). However, the modern formal standardization effort commenced in the early 20th century, accelerated by the May Fourth Movement.
   The formal establishment of the modern standard language corpus was overseen by the [National Language Unification Commission (NLUC)](/entries/national-language-unification-comm…