> Plain "Chinese" commonly refers to Mandarin in English usage. What we call "chinese language" has historically been cantonese as that's what we are mostly fa

> Plain "Chinese" commonly refers to Mandarin in English usage. What we call "chinese language" has historically been cantonese as that's what we are mostly familiar with ( mostly via immigration ). Most of us don't even know there are different chinese languages. I know I didn't until someone corrected me on social media.