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华语

huáyǔ

Chinese language

A child speaking beside a lantern
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Characters in this word

华 huá

Strokes
6
Radical
十 — ten, tenth
Made of
化 to change, to convert, to reform 十 ten, tenth
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 华

语 yǔ

Strokes
9
Radical
讠 — words, speech
Made of
讠 words, speech 吾 I, my, our
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 语

Example phrases

  • 我学华语。 Wǒ xué huáyǔ. I learn Chinese.
  • 他说华语。 Tā shuō huáyǔ. He speaks Chinese.
  • 华语不难。 Huáyǔ bù nán. Chinese is not hard.

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