mandarin dialect in a sentence

Examples

1. In the early 20th century, a standard form based on the Beijing dialect, with elements from other Mandarin dialects, was adopted as the national language.
2. Wu's book does not seem to discuss the history of these Mandarin dialect islands, but there is apparently some literature in Chinese on this topic.
3. Nanjing Mandarin is an exception to the normal occurrence of the, and medials in Mandarin, along with is eastern Shanxi and some Southwest Mandarin dialects.
4. The palatal series of modern Mandarin dialects, resulting from a merger of palatal allophones of dental sibilants and velars, is a much more recent development.
5. Often these days, though, those actually buying jewelry and designer fashions speak not in Cantonese of Hong Kong but in the Mandarin dialect of the mainland.
6. The men told doctors, through hospital interpreters who spoke a Mandarin dialect of Chinese, that they had been on the ship for three weeks, he said.
7. This year, Singapore's attention was caught by a blond, green-eyed performer from France who sang fluently in the Chinese Hokkien and Mandarin dialects at several shows.
8. Hong Kong stars are often pressured to pump out new music in Cantonese as well as in the Mandarin dialect spoken in Taiwan and mainland China.
9. He was fluent in the Mandarin dialect of Chinese, which he had studied in an Air Force language school, enabling him to intercept and translate messages.
10. During the early 20th century, written vernacular Chinese based on Mandarin dialects, which had been developing for several centuries, was standardized and adopted to replace literary Chinese.