Although it was mainly based on the phonology of the Beijing dialect, it was also influenced by other varieties of Mandarin and even some varieties of Wu Chinese.
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Although Chinese speakers make a clear distinction between Standard Chinese and the Beijing dialect, there are aspects of Beijing dialect that have made it into the official standard.
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Despite Baoding's proximity to Beijing, the Chinese spoken in Baoding is not particularly close to the Beijing dialect rather, it is more closely related to Tianjin dialect.
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Standard Chinese takes its phonology from the Beijing dialect, with vocabulary from the Mandarin group and grammar based on literature in the six official languages of the United Nations.
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Gradually, the members of the National Language Commission came to settle upon the Beijing dialect, which became the major source of standard national pronunciation due to its prestigious status.
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People native to urban Beijing speak the Beijing dialect, which belongs to the Mandarin subdivision of their own dialects akin to those of Hebei province, which surrounds Beijing Municipality.
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Standard Chinese has a T V distinction between the polite and informal " you " that comes from the Beijing dialect, although its use is quite diminished in daily speech.
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The has a vocal timbre that is distinct from other characters, as the character will often speak in the common Beijing dialect, as opposed to the more formal dialects of other characters.
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Although it served as the prestige dialect of Chinese from the Warring States period into the Ming Dynasty, it differs greatly from modern Standard Mandarin, which is based instead on the Beijing dialect.
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Standard Mandarin, a variety of Mandarin based on the Beijing dialect, is the official national language of China and is used as a lingua franca in the country between people of different linguistic backgrounds.
