现在，越来越多人开始学习汉语。
有的地方也叫中文、华文或者国语等。
如果在中国大陆学习，留学生们学习的汉语普遍是指普通话，他们学习的汉字是简体字。
汉语有很多方言，比如北京话、上海话、广东话、四川话、闽南话等。
有的方言和普通话很像，发音和词语都只有很小的差别；
有的方言和普通话完全不同。
不过，只要你学好普通话，全中国的人都能听懂。
Hover a word for its pinyin & meaning; click to pin it.
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 越来越 | yuè lái yuè | more and more |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin / to start |
| 学习 | xué xí | to learn / to study |
| 汉语 | Hàn yǔ | Chinese language |
| 有的 | yǒu de | (there are) some (who are...) / some (exist) |
| 地方 | dì fang | place; location; area; space; territory / aspect; part |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 叫 | jiào | to be called |
| 中文 | Zhōng wén | Chinese language |
| 华文 | Huá wén | Chinese language / Chinese script |
| 或者 | huò zhě | or |
| 国语 | Guó yǔ | Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature / Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject / Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government / Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC |
| 等 | děng | and so on; etc.; et al. / (used to end an enumeration) |
| 如果 | rú guǒ | if; in case; in the event that |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 大陆 | Dà lù | mainland China (reference to the PRC) |
| 留学生 | liú xué shēng | student studying abroad; returned student; foreign student; international student |
| 们 | men | plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 普遍 | pǔ biàn | universal / general / widespread / common |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 指 | zhǐ | to point at or to / to indicate or refer to |
| 普通话 | pǔ tōng huà | Mandarin (common language) / Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language) / ordinary speech |
| 他们 | tā men | they; them |
| 汉字 | hàn zì | Chinese character(s) |
| 简体 | jiǎn tǐ | simplified form of Chinese characters |
| 字 | zì | letter / symbol / character / word |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 很多 | hěn duō | many; a lot of |
| 方言 | fāng yán | topolect / dialect |
| 比如 | bǐ rú | for example; for instance; such as |
| 北京 | Běi jīng | Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China |
| 话 | huà | dialect / language |
| 上海 | Shàng hǎi | Shanghai municipality |
| 广东 | Guǎng dōng | Guangdong; a province in southern China. |
| 四川 | Sì chuān | Sichuan; a province in southwest China. |
| 闽南 | Mǐn nán | Minnan (southern Fujian) |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 像 | xiàng | to resemble / to be like / to look as if |
| 发音 | fā yīn | pronunciation |
| 词语 | cí yǔ | word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases) / term (e.g. technical term) / expression |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 只 | zhǐ | only; merely; just |
| 小 | xiǎo | small / tiny / few |
| 差别 | chā bié | difference; distinction; disparity |
| 完全 | wán quán | totally; entirely |
| 不同 | bù tóng | different / distinct / not the same / not alike |
| 不过 | bù guò | but / however |
| 只要 | zhǐ yào | so long as; provided; if |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 学 | xué | to learn / to study / to imitate |
| 好 | hǎo | (verb complement indicating completion) |
| 全 | quán | all / whole / entire / every / complete |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 听 | tīng | to listen to; to hear |
| 懂 | dǒng | to understand / to comprehend |