When traveling to Singapore, can I communicate in Mandarin there?

People who speak more can understand it. Singapore’s language composition is more complex, but there are more Chinese people, so Mandarin can be spoken understandably.

Singapore is a multilingual country with 4 official languages, namely Malay, Chinese, English and Tamil. Based on the historical relationship with Malaysia, the Singapore Constitution clearly stipulates Malay as the national language of Singapore, mainly to respect the language used by the local indigenous people. Due to internal and external factors, Singapore adopts English as the main language and teaching language. Because Singapore has many races and languages, among the four major ethnic groups, no language is understood by nearly half of the people of other ethnic groups. Choose any ethnic group. Language as the main language will cause dissatisfaction from other ethnic groups. Although English is originally the language of the colonies, more than half of the people of all ethnic groups understand it, making it easier for them to accept it.

The origins of Chinese Singaporeans are quite complex and diversified. Various Chinese dialects are also spoken among the Chinese people. Basically, Chinese Singaporeans over 35 years old are proficient in several dialects, including Hokkien (Fujian), Teochew, Cantonese, Hakka, Fuzhou, Putian and Hainanese, etc. In order to reverse the habit of Chinese people of different origins using dialects, the government promoted the "Speak Chinese Movement" in 1979. This movement has been implemented for more than 30 years. Now many Chinese can speak Mandarin. Although Singapore has made unremitting efforts to promote the Chinese-speaking movement for many years, the government still retains dialect news. Audiences can still listen to six dialect news broadcasts from the city channel, allowing the elderly who cannot understand Mandarin to understand the country. Major events or current news will not be out of touch.