粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongWord
即係#普通話；星加坡或其他東南亞地區通常叫普通話做華語 (Mandarin; this term is mainly used in Singapore or in other parts of Southeast Asia as opposed to Putonghua in mainland China)
名詞華語
waa4 jyu5included in 2 dictionaries
waa4 jyu5
· included in 2 dictionaries粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongWord
即係#普通話；星加坡或其他東南亞地區通常叫普通話做華語 (Mandarin; this term is mainly used in Singapore or in other parts of Southeast Asia as opposed to Putonghua in mainland China)
名詞維基辭典Hong KongWord
Original phonetic: /waː²¹ jyː¹³/
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the Chinese language(s)
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Mandarin Chinese; (standard) Chinese
Examples
你會說華語嗎？
Do you speak Mandarin?
講華語運動
Speak Mandarin Campaign
汝覺得呾潮州話在新加坡應唔應該流傳下去？啊是華人呾華語就夠了？
Do you think Teochew language should be preserved in Singapore or is Mandarin good enough? ^([sic])
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the language of China (華夏／华夏); Chinese
Examples
自此習華語者不患無良師
henceforth, those who learn Chinese need not worry about lacking a good teacher
物類有萬方言不一以我人而習華語者苟未能周知而徧解宐有所齟齬而扞格此譯語類解之所由作也
There are myriad types of things, and dialects are diverse. If any of us learns Chinese without being able to fully understand and interpret-it-all, there will probably be some incompatibilities and inconsistencies. This is why yeogeo yuhae is written.
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words of praise