| Name | Chinese language |
| Ethnologue status | |
| Language family | Sino-Tibetan languages |
| Office | Organización de las Naciones Unidas |
| IETF | |
| Alphabet | Chinese characters |
| ISO 6391 | zh |
| ISO 6392 | chi (B)$#$zho (T) |
| ISO 6393 | zho – inclusive code [ISO_639_macrolanguage]$#$Individual codes:$#$cdo –Min Dong [Min_Dong]$#$cjy –Jinyu [Jin_Chinese]$#$cmn –Mandarin [Mandarin_Chinese]$#$cpx –Pu Xian [Pu_Xian]$#$czh –Huizhou [Huizhou_Chinese]$#$czo –Min Zhong [Min_Zhong]$#$gan –Gan [Gan_Chinese]$#$hak –Hakka [Hakka_Chinese]$#$hsn –Xiang [Xiang_Chinese]$#$mnp –Min Bei [Min_Bei]$#$nan –Min Nan [Min_Nan]$#$wuu –Wu [Wu_Chinese]$#$yue –Yue [Yue_Chinese]$#$och –Old Chinese [Old_Chinese]$#$ltc –Late Middle Chinese [Middle_Chinese]$#$lzh –Classical Chinese [Classical_Chinese] |
| Speakers (people) | 1,300,000,000 (1984-2001) |
| Manuscript | |
| Micronation | |
| Publisher | |
| Former country | |
| Is a dialect | Yes |