written Chinese language
overview of writing varieties of Chinese, unified in Qin dynasty
Simplified Chinese
written Chinese language using simplified set of Chinese characters, used in People's Republic of China, Singapore, Malaysia
written vernacular Chinese
The forms of written Chinese based on the varieties of Chinese spoken throughout China, as opposed to Classical Chinese.
Classical Chinese
language of the Sino-Tibetan language family in written form (ISO 639-3: lzh) as opposed to the spoken, known as Old Chinese (ISO 639-3: och) or Middle Chinese (ISO 639-3: ltc)
Traditional Chinese
written Chinese language using traditional set of Chinese characters, used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau
Chinese word-segmented writing
alternative orthographic convention for Chinese