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2007-01-06 08:32:08 · 6 answers · asked by kaileejb 3 in Travel Asia Pacific China

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...Yes, dear, there definitely is.

The traditional form is 中國 and the simplified is 中国 (this one is also the one used in Japanese for China).

2007-01-06 08:51:06 · answer #1 · answered by Belie 7 · 0 2

These are all good answers, but I wanted to let you know that historically, the character "Hua", written as " 華 " also implied China when used on it's own. This is because the old Chinese way of referring to China in verbal and written descriptions was "Zhong Hua" or "中華". Slightly different than the modern "Zhong Guo" or "中國".

So, if your looking for a historic, one character word for China, I would also recommend using just "華 ".

Good luck!

2007-01-07 01:36:57 · answer #2 · answered by keyuehan7878 2 · 3 0

The best way to say China in Chinese is Zhongguo, which is two characters, and means "Middle Kingdom." Neither character by itself uniquely refers to China, as zhong is also used to refer to the middle of anything, and guo means country.

Han is often used to talk about the predominant ethnic group in China. Hua is similar but often used for people overseas. Some people use the terms hanyu or huayu (yu meaning language) to refer to the Chinese language, but most people say zhongwen or guoyu.

You can see the characters and more information on the Wikipedia page below.

2007-01-06 16:56:58 · answer #3 · answered by Surely Funke 6 · 2 1

Yes, china means middle kingdom. Represented by a
stroke through the middle of a square.Simple.

2007-01-07 00:14:16 · answer #4 · answered by CAPTAIN BEAR 6 · 1 0

The traditional form is 中國 and the simplified is 中国

2007-01-08 11:23:36 · answer #5 · answered by gingben 4 · 0 0

of course

2007-01-06 20:13:33 · answer #6 · answered by princess in pink 2 · 0 1

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