The version of Standard Chinese used in People's Republic of China, which contains a few difference with Standard Chinese used in Taiwan (Guoyu or Taiwanese Mandarin).
Undoubtedly you saw the mandarin Ki-Ming; I recognize him from your description.
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The mandarin was bought at a Woolworths store on Findon Road yesterday.
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At one end of the room sat the mandarin who was judge.
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She took the little mandarin in her hand, but without examining him.
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And the yellow-faced mandarin was as busy picking them up as anyone.
Uso de putonghua em inglês
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If you need to learn a bit of putonghua (Mandarin) in a hurry, you need Power Chinese.
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Fortunately, the implant in his eye went ahead and offered a translation, which he spoke aloud in modern Putonghua.
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I will walk with the people to Government House. Many protesters such as Winai Putonghua, a small business owner, said dissolving parliament solved nothing.