Scripture in Chinese
A complete Bible is reported in 7 member languages of Chinese, including Mandarin Chinese.
From the Every Language research atlas and its sources. “No known Scripture” means none is recorded in those sources, not that none exists.
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Where Chinese is spoken
No country is recorded in our sources.
About Chinese
- ISO 639-3 code
- zho
Languages grouped as Chinese 19
ISO 639-3 treats Chinese as a macrolanguage: closely related languages that are sometimes counted as one. Scripture is recorded for each member language, so Chinese shows the best status among them.
- Mandarin ChineseComplete Bible
- Yue ChineseComplete Bible
- Hakka ChineseComplete Bible
- Min Nan ChineseComplete Bible
- Wu ChineseComplete Bible
- Min Dong ChineseComplete Bible
- Pu-Xian ChineseComplete Bible
- Min Bei ChineseNew Testament
- Xiang ChinesePortions of Scripture
- Gan ChinesePortions of Scripture
- Jinyu ChinesePortions of Scripture
- HainaneseTranslation needed
- Leizhou ChineseTranslation needed
- Shaojiang ChineseTranslation needed
- Huizhou ChineseNo known Scripture
- Literary ChineseNo known Scripture
- Min Zhong ChineseNo known Scripture
- Northern Ping ChineseNo known Scripture
- Southern Ping ChineseNo known Scripture
Dialects and varieties 14
Each variety shows Scripture recorded for that exact variety; it may differ from Chinese as a whole.
- Chinese, GanNo known Scripture
- Chinese, HuizhouNo known Scripture
- Chinese, JinyuNo known Scripture
- Chinese, Min BeiNo known Scripture
- Chinese, Min DongNo known Scripture
- Chinese, Min NanNo known Scripture
- Chinese, Min ZhongNo known Scripture
- Chinese, PuxianNo known Scripture
- Chinese, WuNo known Scripture
- Chinese, XiangNo known Scripture
- Chinese, YueNo known Scripture
- HakkaNo known Scripture
- Literary ChineseNo known Scripture
- MandarinNo known Scripture
Sources
- DIALECTS source registryDIALECTS research collection · Each original source retains its own terms
- Every Language mapEvery Language and its attributed source providers · Owner-authorized publication; upstream terms retained
Atlas data as of 2026-09-05. Joshua Project data is used with permission for noncommercial ministry research and education. Glottolog data: CC BY 4.0. Macrolanguage membership: ISO 639-3 code tables, iso639-3.sil.org.