zhōng wén
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biāo zhǔn huà
标准化
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mǔ yǔ
母语
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biàn huà
变化

Standardization of Chinese and Changes in Native Languages

本站:9 jun 2025原文:19 abr 2023

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měi nián每年sì yuè四月èr shí二十rì日shì是lián hé guó联合国zhōng wén中文rì日。

Every year on April 20th is United Nations Chinese Language Day.

zhè这yī一tiān天shì是wèi le为了jì niàn纪念chuán shuō传说zhōng中fā míng发明hàn zì汉字de的cāng jié仓颉。

This day commemorates Cangjie, the legendary inventor of Chinese characters.

hěn很jiǔ久yǐ qián以前，zhōng guó中国yǒu有hěn很duō多bù tóng不同de的wén zì文字hé和yǔ yán语言。

A long time ago, China had many different scripts and languages.

qín shǐ huáng秦始皇tǒng yī统一zhōng guó中国hòu后，tā他ràng让dà jiā大家yòng用yī yàng一样de的hàn zì汉字，zhè yàng这样guó jiā国家gèng更róng yì容易guǎn lǐ管理。

After Emperor Qin Shi Huang unified China, he made everyone use the same Chinese characters, making the country easier to govern.

hòu lái后来，qīng cháo清朝yě也biān编le了《kāng xī zì diǎn康熙字典》，bāng zhù帮助dà jiā大家xué xí学习hàn zì汉字。

Later, during the Qing Dynasty, the Kangxi Dictionary was compiled to help people learn Chinese characters.

zhōng guó中国yǒu有hěn很duō mín zú多民族hé和yǔ yán语言，bǐ rú比如hàn yǔ汉语、yuè yǔ粤语hé和mǐn nán yǔ闽南语。

China has many ethnic groups and languages, such as Mandarin, Cantonese, and Minnan.

yǐ qián以前，xué xiào学校lǐ里kě yǐ可以yòng用zì jǐ自己de的mǔ yǔ母语shàng kè上课。

In the past, schools could teach classes in their own native languages.

1949nián年yǐ hòu以后，zhōng guó中国kāi shǐ开始tuī guǎng推广pǔ tōng huà普通话，xué xiào学校hé和zhèng fǔ政府dōu都yāo qiú要求yòng用pǔ tōng huà普通话。

After 1949, China began promoting Mandarin, and schools and the government required its use.

xiàn zài现在，hěn很duō多dì fāng地方de的hái zi孩子zài在xué xiào学校zhǐ néng只能shuō说pǔ tōng huà普通话，màn màn慢慢dì地huì会wàng jì忘记zì jǐ自己de的mǔ yǔ母语。

Now, in many places, children can only speak Mandarin at school and gradually forget their native languages.

suī rán虽然pǔ tōng huà普通话ràng让dà jiā大家jiāo liú交流gèng更fāng biàn方便，dàn但yě也ràng让yī xiē一些dì fāng地方yǔ yán语言biàn变shǎo少le了。

Although Mandarin makes communication easier, it has also reduced the use of some local languages.

wǒ men我们kě yǐ可以yòng用pǔ tōng huà普通话jiāo liú交流，yě也yào要zūn zhòng尊重hé和bǎo hù保护bù tóng不同de的yǔ yán语言hé和wén huà文化。

We can communicate in Mandarin but should also respect and protect different languages and cultures.

By Oiwan Lam / Global Voices|CC BY 3.0|Modified & AI-assisted

zhōng wén中文de的biāo zhǔn huà标准化hé和mǔ yǔ母语de的biàn huà变化