Chinese is the most concise written language in the world, so we'd use less paper.

汉语是世界上最简洁的书面语言，这样我们就能少用很多纸张了。

There weren't 36 initials, there were 41.

汉语的声母数量并非36个，而是41个。

Hi Rob - or should I say 'ni hao' Rob?

你好罗伯，或者我应该说" 你好（汉语）" 罗伯？

Also, the word 'fish' in Chinese sounds like the word for 'surplus'.

并且，在汉语里，" 鱼" 和" 富余" 的" 余" 谐音。

And the word 'orange' in Chinese sounds like the word for 'success'.

在汉语里，" 橙" 和" 成功" 的" 成" 谐音。

I'll have my Chinese class at 10 o'clock.

我10点要上汉语课。

As of 2021, only English, Mandarin, and Hindi have more speakers.

在 2021 年，只有英语、汉语和印地语比西班牙语有更多的使用者。

One of the main varieties of the language is spoken in Beijing.

北京是主要汉语种类发源地。

Chinese words are formed by putting together different characters.

汉语中的词汇是由不同的汉字组合而成的。

South Africa officials have not said how much their teaching Mandarin will cost.

南非官方并未透露教授汉语的成本。

No! They push her. That girl's so good at the violin, she's practically Asian.

不! 他们逼她 那女孩小提琴拉得很好，她汉语说得就像亚洲人似的。

Hokkien is a version, or dialect, of Chinese.

闽南语是汉语的一种版本，即方言。

The rest were native speakers of French, Russian, Spanish, Dutch, German, Hungarian, and Mandarin Chinese.

其余的人以法语、俄语、西班牙语、荷兰语、德语、匈牙利语和汉语为母语。

Although his Mandarin was far from perfect, students and faculty cheered his effort.

尽管他的汉语远非完美，但学生们和教员们都为他的努力鼓掌。

I'm fluent in Mandarin. So, that's always been a huge part of my life.

我的汉语普通话很流利，所以那一直是我生活中一个很重要的部分。

Maybe " Chi" is the ancient Chinese word for the subatomic universe.

也许" 气" 在古代汉语里是" 亚原子宇宙" 的意思。

Together, they learned Spanish and Mandarin. Eric was 48 years old.

他们一起学习西班牙语和汉语。埃里克48岁。

The damaging health effects of tobacco were clearly stated.

该报告明确指出了烟草对健康的危害。1。" The damaging health effects of tobacco were clearly stated英语中经常采用被动语 态，而汉语中多用主动语态，所以可通过在汉语中补充主语的方法将这个句子由被动转换为主动，可以译为" 该报告明确指出了烟草对健康的危害" ，这样也正好与前文提到的" 报 告" 相承接。

Unfortunately, optimism about progress is not universal.

不幸的是，全球的情况并不乐观。3。" Unfortunately， optimism about progress is not universal翻译时，不必泥于英语框 架限制，可以在理解句子意思的基础上，用汉语的习惯组织句子，所以该句可译为" 不幸的是，全球的情况不容乐观。" 因此，口译对者的汉语水平要求也很高，译者在注重提高英语水平的同时，也要加强汉语的修养，这样在口译时才可以做到准确、流利、快速。

Chinese pronunciation puzzled experts in China for a long, long time.

很多中国学者也对汉语发音深感困惑， 而且这一历史相当久远。