Chinese
zh · 中文
Chinese (zh) is written in the Simplified script and has an estimated 1.3B speakers. It is an official language in China and Singapore. CLDR has 14 locales for it.
Native name中文
ScriptSimplifiedHans
Speakers1.3Bestimated
Countries7
Locales14
Plural forms1other
Overview
- Code
- zh
- Native name
- 中文
- Script
- Simplified Hans
- Likely region
- 🇨🇳 China
- Direction
- Left to right
- Plural categories
- other
- Ordinal categories
- other
Where it is spoken
| Country | Status | Share of population |
|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇳 China | Official | 90% |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore | Official | 77% |
| 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 17% | |
| 🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR China | 5% | |
| 🇲🇴 Macao SAR China | 5% | |
| 🇨🇦 Canada | 2.7% | |
| 🇲🇳 Mongolia | 1.4% |
Plural categories
| Category | Examples |
|---|---|
| other | 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, … |