Chinese Conversation · Level 60
90 words
Chinese word
西班牙语
Pronunciation
Pinyinxī bān yá yǔ
Meaning
- nounSpanish
Example
你会说西班牙语吗？nǐ huì shuō xī bān yá yǔ ma
Can you speak Spanish?
More examples
她在大学里主修西班牙语。tā zài dà xué lǐ zhǔ xiū xī bān yá yǔ
She majors in Spanish at university.
Core concept
A language that began in Spain and now connects speakers across Spain, Latin America, and other countries.
Common phrases
学习西班牙语xué xí xī bān yá yǔ
learn Spanish
用西班牙语交流yòng xī bān yá yǔ jiāo liú
communicate in Spanish
主修西班牙语zhǔ xiū xī bān yá yǔ
major in Spanish
Similar words
西语xī yǔ: A shortened, informal name for Spanish used in relaxed conversation.
西班牙文xī bān yá wén: A name for Spanish that appears more often in written language.
西班牙话xī bān yá huà: A colloquial name for spoken Spanish, sometimes focusing on local speech.
Definition in Chinese
在西班牙及拉丁美洲等地使用、源自拉丁语的罗曼语族语言，使用者遍布多个国家。zài xī bān yá jí lā dīng měi zhōu děng dì shǐ yòng yuán zì lā dīng yǔ de luó màn yǔ zú yǔ yán shǐ yòng zhě biàn bù duō gè guó jiā
Word origin
西班牙语 (xībānyáyǔ, "Spanish") combines 西班牙 (xībānyá, "Spain"), a sound-based rendering of España, with 语 (yǔ, "language"), so its name means the language of Spain.
Usage tips
- Conversational questions about language ability use a modal before the speaking verb and place the language after it, a useful pattern for recognizing the word's role in a sentence.
Related words
- 西班牙语系xī bān yá yǔ xìSpanish departmentnoun
- 西班牙语翻译xī bān yá yǔ fān yìSpanish translationnoun