Jasme classiska kytaiska est lingua franca en svoii regioni, plesyns kytaiskons characteryns kypiont dyndjuai regiones, includonts japoniskam, koreiskam i vietnamiskam. Visjoina dyndjua adaptaiostet pronuntziatzionym seponts svoiam phonologiam. Sjai sjnoietor jasme sinoxeniskai pronuntziatziones.

As Classical Chinese was the lingua franca in its region, the languages of the region, including Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese, took many Chinese characters. Each language adapted the pronunciation following its own phonology. These are known as sino-xenic pronunciations.