汉语 hànyǔ Chinese Mandarin
怎么记住“汉语”: 汉 Chinese people + 语 language = Chinese Mandarin.
汉字
用法
- The Chinese (Han) language, stressing the spoken tongue - 学汉语 (xué Hànyǔ) study Chinese, common in course names like 汉语水平考试 (HSK).
- 中文 (Zhōngwén) leans to the written language and is the more casual everyday choice; the two overlap heavily.
- For the standard spoken norm vs dialects, use 普通话.
例句
- 你会说汉语吗？ Nǐ huì shuō Hànyǔ ma?Can you speak Chinese?
- 你能说汉语吗？ Nǐ néng shuō Hànyǔ ma?Can you speak Chinese?
- 他也学习汉语。 Tā yě xuéxí hànyǔ.He studies Chinese as well.
- 汉语的词语很多。 Hànyǔ de cíyǔ hěn duō.The Chinese language has many words and expressions.