漢語 (hon3 jyu5 | han4 yu3) : Chinese (language)

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漢語

hon3 jyu5

han4 yu3

Chinese (language); often used to refer to Standard Mandarin

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 2,750,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

漢語 / 汉语

This word has been viewed 3171 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by aaron on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 31st Aug 2009 17:21

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Characters in this word:

漢 hon3 - Han nationality; Han dynasty; guy; fellow
語 jyu5 - language; speech; speak

8 compounds containing this word:

漢語拼音 - Hanyu Pinyin
漢語水平考試 - HSK Test; Chinese Proficiency Test
漢語水平測試 - Chinese Language Proficiency Test (more commonly 漢語水平考試)
漢語詞典 - a Chinese dictionary
漢語語法 - Chinese grammar
上古漢語 - Old Chinese; Archaic Chinese
中古漢語 - Middle Chinese; Ancient Chinese
Common Formations:
漢語寫作 - Chinese writing

Showing 1 example containing 漢語

哪裡，我的漢語不太好。國
No, my Chinese isn't that good.
[Usage of 哪裡's definition [2], for example to reply to a compliment such as 「你的漢語很好。」]

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Decimal representation of this word: 漢語

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