汉语/漢語 Hànyǔ — Chinese (the language)

Meanings

1. 1

   Chinese (the language)

   The Chinese language, literally "the language of the Han". It is the usual term in teaching materials; 中文 is more common for the written language and 中国话 for everyday speech.

   noun

Character breakdown

• 语/語

  yǔ (third tone, dipping)

  language, tongue; speech, words; a saying

  9 strokes⿰讠吾Radical 言

Example sentences

• 你会说汉语吗？/你會說漢語嗎？Nǐ (third tone, dipping) huì (fourth tone, falling) shuō (first tone, high and level) Hànyǔ (fourth tone, falling) ma? (neutral tone)···

  Do you speak Chinese?

• 我学习汉语一年了。/我學習漢語一年了。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) xuéxí (second tone, rising) Hànyǔ (fourth tone, falling) yì (fourth tone, falling) nián (second tone, rising) le. (neutral tone)···

  I’ve been studying Chinese for a year now.

Similar words

Words containing 语

• 语言/語言yǔ (third tone, dipping) yán (second tone, rising)language
• 英语/英語Yīng (first tone, high and level) yǔ (third tone, dipping)English (language)
• 成语/成語chéngyǔ (second tone, rising)chengyu, set phrase (usually four characters)
• 语气/語氣yǔ (third tone, dipping) qì (fourth tone, falling)tone
• 语音/語音yǔ (third tone, dipping) yīn (first tone, high and level)speech sounds
• 言语/言語yán (second tone, rising) yǔ (third tone, dipping)words
• 话语/話語huà (fourth tone, falling) yǔ (third tone, dipping)words
• 法语/法語Fǎ (third tone, dipping) yǔ (third tone, dipping)French (language)
• 标语/標語biāo (first tone, high and level) yǔ (third tone, dipping)written slogan
• 词语/詞語cí (second tone, rising) yǔ (third tone, dipping)word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases)
• 日语/日語Rì (fourth tone, falling) yǔ (third tone, dipping)Japanese language
• 外语/外語wài (fourth tone, falling) yǔ (third tone, dipping)foreign language
• 华语/華語Huá (second tone, rising) yǔ (third tone, dipping)Chinese language
• 语法/語法yǔ (third tone, dipping) fǎ (third tone, dipping)grammar
• 自言自语/自言自語zì (fourth tone, falling) yán (second tone, rising) zì (fourth tone, falling) yǔ (third tone, dipping)to talk to oneself
• 俄语/俄語É (neutral tone) yǔ (third tone, dipping)Russian (language)
• 西班牙语/西班牙語Xī (first tone, high and level) bān (first tone, high and level) yá (second tone, rising) yǔ (third tone, dipping)Spanish language