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English

1. Chinese language
2. Chinese language; Chinese / Sinitic languages; a collective term that refers to a group of linguistically related written and spoken languages used in China and nearby countries, traditionally written in Chinese characters (a.k.a. Honzi / Hanzi / Hanja / Kanji / Hán Tự / Sawndip) from ancient times to the present day, excluding East Asian languages that have borrowed the characters at some point, such as Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese and Vahcuengh
3. sometimes referring to a particular spoken language such as, in Hong Kong, Cantonese

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 喺現代中國同鄰近國家用，語言學上有關聯、傳統上漢字書寫嘅語言、文字嘅統稱，可以包括由上古至現代多種書面文體同口語分支，但係唔包括借用漢字書寫嘅東亞語言（日文、韓文、越南文、壯文）；華語、華文
2. 有時會專指某一隻口語，例如喺香港會專指廣東話

Examples

• 中文字

  Chinese character

• 我哋學中文。

  We study Chinese.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 佢啲中文越嚟越好。

  She is progressing in Chinese.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 中文我識講唔識寫。

  I can speak Chinese, but not write it.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 呢度有冇人識講中文㗎？

  Is there anyone who can speak Chinese here?

  Tatoeba · fercheung CC BY

• 講咩嘢英文啫，講中文啦！

  Why use English? Speak Cantonese!

• 你啲中文學咗幾耐先學到咁好㗎？

  How much time did it take you to learn Chinese so well?

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 好多外國人都覺得中文好難，因為中文據講同其他語言係完全唔同嘅體系。

  Many foreigners think Chinese is difficult because the system is said to be different from those of other languages. ----