Beijing dialect, or Pekingese (simplified Chinese: 北京话; traditional Chinese: 北京話; pinyin: Běijīnghuà), is the dialect of Mandarin spoken in the urban area of Beijing, China. It is the phonological basis of Standard Chinese, which is used by the People's Republic of China, Taiwan (Republic of China), and Singapore.
Although the Beijing dialect and Standard Chinese are highly similar, various differences generally make clear to Chinese speakers whether an individual is a native of Beijing speaking the local Beijing variant or is an individual speaking Standard Chinese.
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