Chinese language is full of characters.
Unlike English, in Mandarin Chinese, we read characters; we write characters.
I am here to teach you Mandarin Chinese (普通话). There gonna be numerous lessons for you to learn Chinese.
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If you are learning Chinese, you’ll need to learn Chinese characters.
Let me introduce 5 simple and must-know Chinese characters and related words to you.
Since this lesson is about learning Characters, it’s worthwhile to know how to say “Chinese characters” in Chinese.
Chinese characters are called “Hanzi”.
- 汉字 (hàn zì): Chinese characters
Han means “Chinese”, Zi means “characters”.
- 汉 (hàn): Chinese
- 字 (zì): Characters
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So, Chinese characters are called “Hanzi”.
In fact, 汉 is a very important character with so many meanings.
Do you know how to say “Chinese language”, the language of Han people?
- 汉语 (hàn yǔ): Chinese (language)
- 语 (yǔ): Language
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In fact, China had a very powerful ruling dynasty, called the Han Dynasty.
- 汉朝 (hàn cháo): Han Dynasty
- 朝 (cháo): Dynasty
There is another way to say dynasty (era) in Mandarin.
- 代 (dài): Dynasty; era; period
Hence, the Han Dynasty is also known as Han Dai.
- 汉朝 (hàn dài): Han Dynasty; Han era
Characters: 汉, 字, 语, 朝, 代
Words: 汉字, 汉语, 语朝, 汉代