中文

 Pinyin: zhōng wén

Definition: Chinese

 

Nǐde zhuānyè shì zhōngwén?

你的专业是中文？

 Your major is Chinese language?

 

 Wǒde zhuānyè shì zhōngwén, wǒ xiǎng zuò zhōngwén lǎoshī.

我的专业是中文，我想做中文老师。

My major is Chinese literature. I want to be a Chinese teacher.

 

Tāde zhōngwén shuǐpíng hěn gāo, chángchang kàn zhōngwén zázhì.

他的中文水平很高，常常看中文杂志。

He is very proficient in the Chinese language. He often reads Chinese magazines.

 

汉语

Pinyin: hàn yǔ

 Definition: Chinese

 

 Nǐ huì shuō hànyǔ ma?

你会说汉语吗？

Can you speak Chinese?

 

 Duì, ná yǔyán láishuō, hànyǔ zhōng hěn duō cí, bǐrú: Shìjiè, shíjì, píngděng, juéduì…… dōu láizìyú fójiào cíhuì.

对，拿语言来说，汉语中很多词，比如：世界、实际、平等、绝对……都来自于佛教词汇。

Right. Take language for example. Many Chinese words come from the Buddhism vocabularies, such as world, practice, equality, absolute and so on.

 

 Nǐ kāishǐ xué hànyǔ le ma?

你开始学汉语了吗？

 Have you started to learn Chinese?