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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

communication go
something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups

language, linguistic communication go
a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols

tongue, natural language go
a human written or spoken language used by a community

Sino-Tibetan, Sino-Tibetan language go
the family of tonal languages spoken in eastern Asia

Sinitic, Sinitic language go
a group of Sino-Tibetan languages

Chinese
any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China

noun.communication

5 Subcategories

Mandarin, Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin dialect, Beijing dialect go
the dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China
Wu, Wu dialect, Shanghai dialect go
a dialect of Chinese spoken in the Yangtze delta
Yue, Yue dialect, Cantonese, Cantonese dialect go
the dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China
Min, Min dialect, Fukien, Fukkianese, Hokkianese, Amoy, Taiwanese go
any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province
Hakka, Hakka dialect go
a dialect of Chinese spoken in southeastern China by the Hakka