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I've heard that when the leaders of the 1911 Xinhai Revolution (辛亥革命) were deciding on which dialect to use as the new national standard, Mandarin beat Cantonese by only one vote. However, I also been told that this is just a myth, an urban legend. Anyone know either way whether this is true?

I heard that when the Manchus (满族) conquered China in 1644, their Altaic language affected northern dialects, thus resulting in the modern Mandarin dialects. Does anyone know of any specific examples of this phenomenon, such as sound changes, vocabulary, or grammar?

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Hello, Can somebody help me read this and tell me what it means? Please no software translations, thanks. Key words: learning Chinese 是一开始注定的吧， 不现实的我们无论怎么努力却还是联系不到一起， 说的总比做的容易，无论借口多么的烂，我还是相信， 我以前都没有发现自己有那么大的耐性，可以没有理由的等待， 还无知的计划着将来，一天天数着日子然后再一天天等着那个不可能， 你也许忘了我们的约定，心很累，现在的我很不开心，我想吃烤鸡， 烤得香香的鸡肉，我想养只狗狗，一只很乖的狗狗，我想休息， 试着过真的没有你的日子

Hello, Can anyone help me to translate this name into Chinese? "Vũ Hồng Thy" I don't clearly know what does Thy mean. Some people say it is the same with Thi, which is Poem. And the Vũ too. my friend said it means Cloud, but i personally think it means Rain, and on wiki, it says the word Vũ is the same with Võ, which means military 武. i am not so sure about this. Thank you very much.

Cat= mao; Llama= mei zhou luo tuo (At least that's what I was told they were in Pinyin!) They're my fav. animals, so I'm breaking away f/my real studying in Chinese for the moment, I would just like to know something fun! (Oh, and in trad'l Chinese)! Xiexie, xiexie!! :)