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This 中 is ambiguous, because it may refers to Han or Chinese of all ethnic groups, People's Republic of China or Republic of China or whole China.
This 中 is ambiguous, because it may refers to Han or Chinese of all ethnic groups, People's Republic of China or Republic of China or whole China.
==Related Lessons==
* [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/切-qiē-cut,-slice|切 qiē cut, slice]]
* [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/Prices-and-purchases-in-Chinese|Prices and purchases in Chinese]]
* [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/Months-of-the-year|Months of the year]]
* [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/争(爭)-zhēng-compete;-fight|争(爭) zhēng compete; fight]]
* [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/Count-to-10|Count to 10]]
* [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/各-gè-each,-every|各 gè each, every]]
* [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/谈(談)-tán-chat,-talk|谈(談) tán chat, talk]]
* [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/意-yì-meaning,-intention|意 yì meaning, intention]]
* [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/便-biàn-convenient|便 biàn convenient]]
* [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/Days-of-the-week|Days of the week]]

Revision as of 17:02, 26 February 2023

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Seeing the two words, people usually consider them as the same thing, but they actually have different meanings.


漢語/汉语 means the language(s) and dialects spoken (and written) by Han people.


中文 means the language(s) and dialects written (and spoken) by Chinese, may include minority.


This 中 is ambiguous, because it may refers to Han or Chinese of all ethnic groups, People's Republic of China or Republic of China or whole China.

Related Lessons