{"id":277,"date":"2020-09-28T07:00:18","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T14:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/?p=277"},"modified":"2025-09-27T09:43:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T16:43:20","slug":"huayu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/2020\/09\/28\/huayu\/","title":{"rendered":"Hu\u00e1y\u01d4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3>\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">Hu\u00e1y\u01d4<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(Hu\u00e1\u00b7y\u01d4\n<span class=\"mt\"><span class=\"lit\">{Magnificent; Splendid; Flowery; Florescent \u2192 [Chinese]} \u00b7 Language \u2192<\/span> [(Modern Standard) Mandarin (term commonly used in Singapore)]<\/span>\n\u534e\u8bed\n<span class=\"trad\">\u83ef\u8a9e<\/span>)<\/span> <span style=\"color: hsl(100, 85%, 40%);\"> \u2190 Tap\/click to show\/hide the \u201cflashcard\u201d<\/span><\/h3>\n\n<p>This is the expression commonly used in Singapore to refer to (Modern Standard) Mandarin.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201c<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>Hu\u00e1<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\"> (<span class=\"mt\">magnificent; splendid; flowery; florescent [\u2192 [Chinese]]<\/span> \u534e <span class=\"trad\">\u83ef<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d in \u201c<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>Hu\u00e1y\u01d4<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\"> (Hu\u00e1\u00b7y\u01d4 <span class=\"mt\"><span class=\"lit\">{Magnificent; Splendid; Flowery; Florescent \u2192 [Chinese]} \u00b7 Language \u2192<\/span> [(Modern Standard) Mandarin (term commonly used in Singapore)]<\/span> \u534e\u8bed <span class=\"trad\">\u83ef\u8a9e<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d is, incidentally, the \u201c<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>hu\u00e1<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\"> (<span class=\"mt\">magnificent; splendid; flowery; florescent [\u2192 [Chinese]]<\/span> \u534e <span class=\"trad\">\u83ef<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d in \u201c<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>Y\u0113h\u00e9hu\u00e1<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\"> (<span class=\"mt\">Jehovah<\/span> \u8036\u548c\u534e <span class=\"trad\">\u8036\u548c\u83ef<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d, in which it is mainly used for its sound. \u201c<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>Hu\u00e1<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\"> (<span class=\"mt\">magnificent; splendid; flowery; florescent [\u2192 [Chinese]]<\/span> \u534e <span class=\"trad\">\u83ef<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d seems to have a root meaning of \u201cflower\u201d or \u201cflowery\u201d, and is used in several expressions to mean \u201cChina\u201d or \u201cChinese\u201d. In addition to \u201c<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>Hu\u00e1y\u01d4<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\"> (Hu\u00e1\u00b7y\u01d4 <span class=\"mt\"><span class=\"lit\">{Magnificent; Splendid; Flowery; Florescent \u2192 [Chinese]} \u00b7 Language \u2192<\/span> [(Modern Standard) Mandarin (term commonly used in Singapore)]<\/span> \u534e\u8bed <span class=\"trad\">\u83ef\u8a9e<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d, some other examples are:<br \/>\n\n<ul>\n \t<li>\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>Zh\u014dnghu\u00e1<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(Zh\u014dng\u00b7hu\u00e1\n<span class=\"mt\"><span class=\"lit\">Central \u00b7 Flower \u2192<\/span> [China]<\/span>\n\u4e2d\u534e\n<span class=\"trad\">\u4e2d\u83ef<\/span>)<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li>\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>Zh\u014dnghu\u00e1 R\u00e9nm\u00edn G\u00f2ngh\u00e9 Gu\u00f3<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n((Zh\u014dng\u00b7hu\u00e1\n<span class=\"lit\">Central \u00b7 Flower \u2192 [China]<\/span>\n\u4e2d\u534e\n<span class=\"trad\">\u4e2d\u83ef<\/span>)\n(R\u00e9n\u00b7m\u00edn\n<span class=\"lit\">People\u2019s<\/span>\n\u4eba\u6c11)\n(G\u00f2ngh\u00e9 Gu\u00f3\n(G\u00f2ng\u00b7h\u00e9\n<span class=\"lit\">Shared \u00b7 Harmony \u2192 [Republic]<\/span>\n\u5171\u548c)\n(Gu\u00f3\n<span class=\"lit\">Nation<\/span>\n\u56fd\n<span class=\"trad\">\u570b<\/span>)\n<span class=\"lit\">\u2192 [Republic]<\/span>)\n<span class=\"lit\">\u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[People\u2019s Republic of China]<\/span>)<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li>\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>Zh\u014dnghu\u00e1 M\u00edngu\u00f3<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n((Zh\u014dng\u00b7hu\u00e1\n<span class=\"lit\">Central \u00b7 Flower \u2192 [China]<\/span>\n\u4e2d\u534e\n<span class=\"trad\">\u4e2d\u83ef<\/span>)\n(M\u00edn\u00b7gu\u00f3\n<span class=\"lit\">People\u2019s \u00b7 Nation<\/span>\n\u6c11\u56fd\n<span class=\"trad\">\u6c11\u570b<\/span>)\n<span class=\"lit\">\u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Republic of China (Taiwan)]<\/span>)<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li>\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>Hu\u00e1r\u00e9n<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(Hu\u00e1\u00b7r\u00e9n\n<span class=\"mt\"><span class=\"lit\">{Magnificent; Splendid; Flowery; Florescent \u2192<\/span> [Chinese]<span class=\"lit\">}<\/span> \u00b7 {People | Person[s] | Man\/Men}<\/span>\n\u534e\u4eba\n<span class=\"trad\">\u83ef\u4eba<\/span>)<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li>\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>Hu\u00e1qi\u00e1o<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(Hu\u00e1\u00b7qi\u00e1o\n<span class=\"mt\"><span class=\"lit\">{Magnificent; Splendid; Flowery; Florescent \u2192 [Chinese]} \u00b7 {Living Abroad (People\/Person[s])} \u2192<\/span> [overseas Chinese people\/person[s]]<\/span>\n\u534e\u4fa8\n<span class=\"trad\">\u83ef\u50d1<\/span>)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Huaxia\" title=\"Huaxia - Wikipedia\">Wikipedia<\/a> summarizes that \u201c<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>hu\u00e1<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\"> (<span class=\"mt\">magnificent; splendid; flowery; florescent [\u2192 [Chinese]]<\/span> \u534e <span class=\"trad\">\u83ef<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d used in connection with China is short for \u201c<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>Hu\u00e1xi\u00e0<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\"> (Hu\u00e1\u00b7xi\u00e0 <span class=\"mt\"><span class=\"lit\">Magnificent; Splendid; Flowery; Florescent \u00b7 {Summer \u2192 [<i>Xi\u00e0<\/i> (Dynasty)]} \u2192<\/span> [historical concept representing the Chinese nation and civilization]<\/span> \u534e\u590f <span class=\"trad\">\u83ef\u590f<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d, an expression that dates back millennia:<\/p>\n\n<blockquote><strong><i>Huaxia<\/i><\/strong> is a historical concept representing the Chinese nation and civilization<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>Huaxia refers to a confederation of tribes\u2014living along the Yellow River\u2014who were the ancestors of what later became the Han ethnic group in China<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Huaxia#cite_note-3\" title=\"Wikipedia source information\">[source]<\/a><\/sup><sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Huaxia#cite_note-sel97-197-4\" title=\"Wikipedia source information\">[source]<\/a><\/sup>. During the Warring States (475\u2013221 BCE), the self-awareness of the Huaxia identity developed and took hold in ancient China.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Huaxia#cite_note-sel97-197-4\" title=\"Wikipedia source information\">[source]<\/a><\/sup><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>The term <i>Huaren<\/i> (\u83ef\u4eba) for a Chinese person is an abbreviation of <i>Huaxia<\/i> with <i>ren<\/i> (\u4eba, person).<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Huaxia#cite_note-8\" title=\"Wikipedia source information\">[source]<\/a><\/sup> <i>Huaren<\/i> in general is used for people of Chinese ethnicity, in contrast to <i>Zhongguoren<\/i> (\u4e2d\u570b\u4eba) which usually (but not always) refers to citizens of China.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Huaxia#cite_note-ch-ho-7\" title=\"Wikipedia source information\">[source]<\/a><\/sup> Although some may use <i>Zhongguoren<\/i> to refer to the Chinese ethnicity, such usage is not accepted by some in Taiwan.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Huaxia#cite_note-ch-ho-7\" title=\"Wikipedia source information\">[source]<\/a><\/sup> In overseas Chinese communities in countries such as Singapore and Malaysia, <i>Huaren<\/i> or <i>Huaqiao<\/i> (overseas Chinese) is used as they are not citizens of China.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Huaxia#cite_note-9\" title=\"Wikipedia source information\">[source]<\/a><\/sup><sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Huaxia#cite_note-10\" title=\"Wikipedia source information\">[source]<\/a><\/sup><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Interestingly, since \u201c<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>hu\u00e1<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\"> (<span class=\"mt\">magnificent; splendid; flowery; florescent [\u2192 [Chinese]]<\/span> \u534e <span class=\"trad\">\u83ef<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d can mean \u201cflower\u201d, and since the roots of referring to Chinese people as \u201c<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>Hu\u00e1r\u00e9n<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\"> (Hu\u00e1\u00b7r\u00e9n <span class=\"mt\"><span class=\"lit\">{Magnificent; Splendid; Flowery; Florescent \u2192<\/span> [Chinese]<span class=\"lit\">}<\/span> \u00b7 {People | Person[s] | Man\/Men}<\/span> \u534e\u4eba <span class=\"trad\">\u83ef\u4eba<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d go back millennia, that means that Chinese people were \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freethesaurus.com\/flower+people\" title=\"Flower people synonyms, flower people antonyms - FreeThesaurus.com\">flower people<\/a>\u201d long before the hippies of the West were!<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, politics sometimes raises its ugly head in language matters, and so it is worth noting that in some situations, there may be political implications of using \u201c<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>Hu\u00e1y\u01d4<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\"> (Hu\u00e1\u00b7y\u01d4 <span class=\"mt\"><span class=\"lit\">{Magnificent; Splendid; Flowery; Florescent \u2192 [Chinese]} \u00b7 Language \u2192<\/span> [(Modern Standard) Mandarin (term commonly used in Singapore)]<\/span> \u534e\u8bed <span class=\"trad\">\u83ef\u8a9e<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d or one of the other ways to refer to (Modern Standard) Mandarin in Mandarin. For more information, see these posts on the excellent <a href=\"https:\/\/languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu\/nll\/\" title=\"Language Log\">Language Log<\/a> blog:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu\/nll\/?p=39061\" title=\"Language Log \u00bb The ethnopolitics of National Language in China\">The ethnopolitics of National Language in China<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu\/nll\/?p=45371\" title=\"Language Log \u00bb \u201cNational Language\u201d in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region\">\"National Language\" in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Posts on this Mandarin Expression of the Week blog about other Mandarin expressions used to refer to (Modern Standard) Mandarin can be viewed using the link for the <a title=\"Mandarin \u2013 Mandarin Expression of the Week\" href=\"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/tag\/mandarin\/\">Mandarin<\/a> tag.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the expression commonly used in Singapore to refer to (Modern Standard) Mandarin. The \u201cHu\u00e1 (magnificent; splendid; flowery; florescent [\u2192 [Chinese]] \u534e \u83ef)\u201d in \u201cHu\u00e1y\u01d4 (Hu\u00e1\u00b7y\u01d4 {Magnificent; Splendid; Flowery; Florescent \u2192 [Chinese]} \u00b7 Language \u2192 [(Modern Standard) Mandarin (term commonly used in Singapore)] \u534e\u8bed \u83ef\u8a9e)\u201d is, incidentally, the \u201chu\u00e1 (magnificent; splendid; flowery; florescent [\u2192 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,11],"tags":[22,100,349,165,12,581,277,136],"class_list":["post-277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-languages","tag-china","tag-flower-people","tag-huaxia","tag-language-log","tag-mandarin","tag-singapore","tag-taiwan","tag-usage-examples"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hu\u00e1y\u01d4 - Mandarin Expression of the Week<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/2020\/09\/28\/huayu\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hu\u00e1y\u01d4 - Mandarin Expression of the Week\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This is the expression commonly used in Singapore to refer to (Modern Standard) Mandarin. 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