We can. Mandarin is written in characters that represent ideas, it has four tones and is the most spoken Chinese language, with over 850 million speakers. It is the official language of China and Taiwan, and one of the four official languages of Singapore. It is also one of the six official languages of the United Nations. Cantonese is written in characters that represent words and has eight, It is a Chinese dialect spoken in Guangdong province in southern China, as well as in Hong Kong and Macau. Cantonese has over 70 million speakers.