The standard language of Chinese is gradually formed on the basis of northern mandarin in recent hundreds of years. Its standard sound is Beijing sound. The standard language of Chinese is called Mandarin in Chinese mainland, Mandarin in Taiwan Province Province and Mandarin in Singapore and Malaysia.

As a unique hieroglyphic language in the world, Chinese has a high degree of unity and standardization, and modern Chinese has a unified and standardized grammar. Although the pronunciation of dialects is particularly different, the written language is standardized and there is no obstacle to written communication caused by dialect differences. The super dialect of Chinese has played a great role in maintaining the unity of the Chinese nation.

Chinese belongs to independent language and analytical language. China script is a pictographic Chinese character. The written language used before the May 4th Movement is called classical Chinese, which is a kind of elegant written language used in the Confucius era. The written language popularized after the May 4th Movement is usually called vernacular, that is, modern written language based on northern dialects.

China literature has a long history of thousands of years. It has its own characteristics, special contents, forms and styles. The expression of China language has a far-reaching influence on the development of China literature. The uniqueness of China language makes China literature unique. The artistic conception of Chinese created the imagination space of China literature, and the vocabulary of Chinese sublimated China literature.