汉语
Hànyǔ
Chinese (Mandarin); the Chinese language
Type: NounsHSK 1
汉 (the Han dynasty) + 语 (language). The language of the Han people, who make up over 90% of Chinese.
Colloquially 中文 (zhōngwén) is more common. 汉语 refers to the spoken language; 中文 includes the writing. Standard Mandarin is based on the Beijing dialect, but there are many others (Cantonese, Shanghainese).
汉
氵shuǐwater
又yòuhand
语
讠yánspeech
吾wúI
我学习汉语。
Wǒ xuéxí Hànyǔ.
I study Chinese.
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