Category: LanguagePart of speech: nounDifficulty: Common
语言
/yǔyán/Roman
English meaning: Language
Definition
A system of communication used by a community. Mandarin Chinese (Putonghua) is the world's most spoken first language with over 900 million native speakers. China promotes Mandarin as a global language through Confucius Institutes in over 160 countries. Chinese is one of the six official UN languages.
Example
“普通话是世界上母语使用者最多的语言。”
In English: “Mandarin is the language with the most native speakers in the world.”
Literary Heritage
“中国书虽然有劝人入世的话，却多是没有用的。”
/Zhōngguó shū suīrán yǒu quàn rén rùshì de huà, què duō shì méiyǒu yòng de./
“Although Chinese books have words encouraging people to engage with the world, most are useless.”
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Language information
- Language
- 中文
- Chinese (Simpl.)
- Script
- Han
- Family
- Sino-Tibetan
- Speakers
- 1.1B