中國話

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中國話

1. the Chinese language

   你會說中國話嗎？ / 你会说中国话吗？  ―  Nǐ huì shuō zhōngguóhuà ma?  ―  Can you speak Chinese?

   • 1936, Zhguang (之光), Sin Wenz Rhumen (新文字入門)

     用拉丁字母寫英國話是英文，用他寫德國話是德文，用他寫中國話是中文。 [MSC, trad.]
     用拉丁字母写英国话是英文，用他写德国话是德文，用他写中国话是中文。 [MSC, simp.]

     Yòng lādīngzìmǔ xiě yīngguóhuà shì yīngwén, yòng tā xiě déguóhuà shì déwén, yòng tā xiě zhōngguóhuà shì zhōngwén. [Pinyin]

     Using Latin letters to write English produces English, using them to write German produces German, and using them to write Chinese produces Chinese.

   • 1961, Yuen Ren Chao, Mandarin Primer, Lesson 24: An American Makes a Speech

     Swuyeu shuo de hao, “Tian bu pah, dih bu pah, jiow pah yanggoeitz shuo Jonggwo-huah.”

     俗語說的好，「天不怕，地不怕，就怕洋鬼子說中國話」。

     The proverb has put it very well, “Heaven is not to be feared, Earth is not to be feared, but a foreign devil talking Chinese, — that is fearful!”