漢語

See also: 汉语

Chinese

Chinese speech; language; dialect
trad. (漢語) 漢 語
simp. (汉语) 汉 语

Pronunciation

Noun

漢語

  1. the Chinese language
    你會說漢語嗎？ / 你会说汉语吗？  ―  Nǐ huì shuō Hànyǔ ma?  ―  Can you speak Chinese?
    她既會說英語又會說漢語。 [MSC, trad.]
    她既会说英语又会说汉语。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā jì huì shuō yīngyǔ yòu huì shuō hànyǔ. [Pinyin]
    She can speak both English and Chinese.

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Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
漢 語
かん
Grade: 3		 ご
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 漢語 (MC hɑnH ŋɨʌX, “Han, Chinese + speech, language”).

Pronunciation

Noun

漢語 (hiragana かんご, rōmaji kango)

  1. kango: a Japanese word of Chinese origin, or a Japanese word coined along Chinese lines (a Sino-Japanese word), such as 社会 (shakai, “society”) or 共和国 (kyōwakoku, “republic”)
    Kango are written in kanji, and read with the on'yomi (音読み). Contrast with wago (和語)
  2. the ancient Chinese language, the language of the Han (漢) ethnicity
  3. (less commonly) the Chinese language

See also

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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