汉语
hàn yǔ
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Traditional: 漢語
The Chinese language, especially as it is spoken. It is what teachers and coursebooks call the language: 学汉语 'to learn Chinese', 说汉语 'to speak Chinese'. The standard form taught everywhere is called 普通话, 'the common speech'. 中文 means much the same.
Tiếng Hán, tức tiếng Trung Quốc, thiên về tiếng nói hơn là chữ viết. Đây là tên gọi quen dùng trong lớp học và sách giáo khoa: 学汉语 (học tiếng Trung), 说汉语 (nói tiếng Trung). Dạng chuẩn được dạy ở khắp nơi gọi là 普通话 (tiếng phổ thông). Trong đời thường, 中文 cũng có nghĩa gần như vậy.
NounRegister: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 063 (2026-11-14). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “Hán ngữ” (han-ngu). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Equivalents & related
Common questions
What does “汉语” mean?
The Chinese language, especially as it is spoken. It is what teachers and coursebooks call the language: 学汉语 'to learn Chinese', 说汉语 'to speak Chinese'. The standard form taught everywhere is called 普通话, 'the common speech'. 中文 means much the same. Literally: language of the Han
Is “汉语” formal or informal?
汉语 is generally neutral.