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This is the first in a series of clips breaking down what the 'Chinese Language' actually is. 中文 'zhōng wén' is a catch all term that Chinese speakers use when referring to the 'Chinese Language', but it has different meanings for different people. If you speak Cantonese, to say the Cantonese equivalent - if someone speaks '中文-zūng màhn', it would mean that they speak Cantonese. For some, it means just the literary or written language. For some the term Chinese refers to modern Mandarin 普通話 pǔ tōng huà and all other forms of Chinese modern and ancient are just 'dialects' or 方言 fāng yán. In this clip, based on a TEDx talk that I presented in Chinese in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia a few years back, I present many different 'forms' of Chinese and show what 'Chinese' or 中文 'zhōng wén' means to me. #ChineseLanguage #中文 #TiếngViệt Should you Learn Traditional or Simplified Characters? Check out my clip on Chinese Characters in Vietnamese If you'd like to master the tones in any tonal language - even if you already speak one, take my free Tones Masterclass - Here's the Link: If you are learning a tonal language like Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, Lao or Burmese, or a pitch accent language like Japanese - or even if you're a native speaker, you need to set 80mins aside and take my Free Tones and Pitch Accent Masterclass - by the end of it you will not only be able to hear the tones in ANY tonal language, but have new skills in being able to faithfully reproduce them and set up an internal self-correction system that kicks in subconsciously when you get something wrong: If you liked this, you'd probably like my Mindkraft Discord server - come and join in the discussion on the brain, languages, tech, learning and evertyhing in between: Schedule an appointment with me: Check out the Mindkraft programme here - To order a copy of my Cracking Thai Fundamentals Book - Installing a Thai Operating System for the Mind: Get some of the best Language learning, mind and brain merch on the street: If you liked this content please reach over quickly and click 'subscribe' and 'like' - that will help me keep being able to develop great content for you. You can access all of my training modules at - create an account and get access to swathes of content and access to the premium content specific channels and related learning material from the Mindkraft Discord server: You can read my blog at
