These varieties, often called "dialects", have been classified into seven to ten groups, the largest being Mandarin (e.g. Beijing dialect), Yue (e.g. Cantonese), Wu (e.g. Shanghainese) and Southern Min (e.g.Amoy Hokkien and Taiwanese Hokkien).
These varieties, often called "dialects", have been classified into seven to ten groups, the largest being Mandarin (e.g. Beijing dialect). The historical big three non-mandarin vareities in China are Yue (e.g. Cantonese), Wu (e.g. Shanghainese) and Southern Min (e.g. Amoy Hokkien and Taiwanese Hokkien).