古代汉语 gǔdàihànyǔ Ancient Chinese Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 古代 gǔdài noun ancient times the distant past; antiquity汉语 漢語 hànyǔ noun Chinese language The Chinese language; the language of the Han people. Used to refer to the various dialects and standard forms of Chinese collectively, or specifically to Mandarin Chinese for learners and non-Han speakers.