Sentence examples for Guoyu from inspiring English sources

In it Hu called for a new national literature written not in the classical language but in the vernacular, the living "national language" (guoyu).

The term National Language (guoyu) had been borrowed from Japanese at the beginning of the 20th century, and, from 1915, various committees considered the practical implications of promoting it.

The Chinese terms for Modern Standard Chinese are putonghua "common language" and guoyu "national language" (the latter term is used in Taiwan).

Ever since 1913, nationalists given over to the cause of unifying China's vast landmass have insisted on the need for Guoyu (a national language).

One nationalist, worried that Guoyu might be identified with Guanhua, the Mandarin of discredited Qing officialdom, argued that the guan in Guanhua did not mean "official" so much as "public" as in guan cesuo (public lavatory).

In his book, "The Languages of China" (Princeton University Press; 1987), Robert Ramsey, an American linguist, describes the exquisite contortions achieved by Guoyu advocates.

Other accomplishments of this period include the growth of postgraduate education and research, the general acceptance of coeducation in elementary and higher education, and the use of the Guoyu (National Tongue) as an effective means of unifying the spoken language and thus overcoming the difficulties of local dialects.

Beijing residents speak a dialect of Mandarin Chinese that forms the basis of Modern Standard Chinese (Guoyu), or putonghua ("common language"), which is commonly taught throughout the country.

Mandarin Chinese in the form spoken in and around Beijing forms the basis for Modern Standard Chinese Guoyu, "National Language," usually called putonghua "common language" by the Chinese.