<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article contains Chinese text . Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Chinese characters . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article contains Chinese text . Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Chinese characters . </Td> </Tr> <P> The Beijing dialect (simplified Chinese: 北京 话; traditional Chinese: 北京 話; pinyin: Běijīnghuà), also known as Pekingese, is the prestige dialect of Mandarin spoken in the urban area of Beijing, China . It is the phonological basis of Standard Chinese, which is the official language in the People's Republic of China and Republic of China and one of the official languages in Singapore . </P> <P> Although the Beijing dialect and Standard Chinese are 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 . </P>

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