Mandarin is a spoken language. The characters are "Simplified Chinese" in this case. The characters will sound different read in different languages. e.g. the

Mandarin is a spoken language. The characters are "Simplified Chinese" in this case. The characters will sound different read in different languages. e.g. the two Traditional Chinese characters 東京 translate roughly to "Eastern Capital" and are read dōngjīng, while they are also valid Japanese Kanji where they have the same meaning and are read as Tokyo. (Yes, the name of the capital of Japan.) Interestingly, Běijīng and Nánjīng similarly mean "northern" and "southern" capital respectively.