Mandarin Chinese includes a standard variety of Chinese.
The widely accepted seven-group classification of Yuan Jiahua in 1960 kept Xiang and Gan separate, with Mandarin divided into Northern, Northwestern, Southwestern and JiangHuai (Lower Yangtze) subgroups
 Chinese speakers refer to the modern standard language asPtnghu (/, literally 'common speech') in Mainland China,Guy (/, literally 'national language') in Taiwan orHuy (/, literally 'Hua (Chinese) language') in Malaysia and Singapore,but not as Gunhu

