Editing Standard Chinese (section)

== Vocabulary ==
Many [[Chinese honorifics|honorifics]] used in imperial China are also used in daily conversation in modern Mandarin, such as {{transliteration|zh|jiàn}} ({{linktext|賤|lang=zh-Hant}}; {{lang|zh-Hans|贱}}; '[my] humble') and {{transliteration|zh|guì}} ({{linktext|貴|lang=zh-Hant}}; {{lang|zh-Hans|贵}}; '[your] honorable').

Although Chinese speakers make a clear distinction between Standard Chinese and the Beijing dialect, there are aspects of Beijing dialect that have made it into the official standard. Standard Chinese has a [[T–V distinction]] between the polite and informal "you" that comes from the Beijing dialect, although its use is quite diminished in daily speech. It also distinguishes between "{{transliteration|zh|zánmen}}" ('we', including the listener) and "{{transliteration|zh|wǒmen}}" ('we', not including the listener). In practice, neither distinction is commonly used by most Chinese, at least outside the Beijing area.

The following samples are some phrases from the Beijing dialect which are not yet accepted into Standard Chinese:{{Citation needed|date=December 2009}}
* {{lang|zh|倍儿}} {{transliteration|zh|bèir}} means 'very much'; {{lang|zh|拌蒜}} {{transliteration|zh|bànsuàn}} means 'stagger'; {{lang|zh|不吝}} {{transliteration|zh|bù lìn}} means 'do not worry about'; {{lang|zh|撮}} {{transliteration|zh|cuō}} means 'eat'; {{lang|zh|出溜}} {{transliteration|zh|chūliū}} means 'slip'; {{lang|zh|(大)老爷儿们儿}} {{transliteration|zh|dà lǎoyermenr}} means 'man, male'.

The following samples are some phrases from Beijing dialect which have become accepted as Standard Chinese:{{citation needed|date=February 2016}}
* {{lang|zh|二把刀}} {{transliteration|zh|èr bǎ dāo}} means 'not very skillful'; {{lang|zh|哥们儿}} {{transliteration|zh|gēménr}} means 'good male friend', 'buddy'; {{lang|zh|抠门儿}} {{transliteration|zh|kōu ménr}} means 'frugal' or 'stingy'.