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汉语 Traditional: 漢語
Pinyin Hànyǔ IPA [xan˥˩ y˨˩˦] Zhuyin ㄏㄢˋ ㄩˇ
HSK 1 noun 名词 Book 1 · Lesson 4 freq #13422

Meaning

'The Chinese language', literally 'the language of the Han people': 说汉语 'speak Chinese'; 汉语老师 'Chinese teacher'. 中文 is a common synonym.

Measure Word

Examples

我会说汉语。 Wǒ huì shuō Hànyǔ. I can speak Chinese.
我们学校有汉语老师。 Wǒmen xuéxiào yǒu Hànyǔ lǎoshī. Our school has a Chinese teacher.
他也学习汉语。 tā yě xué xí hàn yǔ He studies Chinese as well.

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