Hanyu may refer to:
*Hànyǔ (漢語), the
Chinese language
Chinese ( or ) is a group of languages spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and List of ethnic groups in China, many minority ethnic groups in China, as well as by various communities of the Chinese diaspora. Approximately 1.39& ...
or language of the Han Chinese
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Hanyu pinyin
Hanyu Pinyin, or simply pinyin, officially the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet, is the most common romanization system for Standard Chinese. ''Hanyu'' () literally means ' Han language'—that is, the Chinese language—while ''pinyin'' literally ...
, the official romanization system for Standard Chinese in mainland China and to some extent in Taiwan and Singapore
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Hanyū, Saitama, a city in Saitama, Japan
People
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Han Yu
Han Yu (; 76825 December 824), courtesy name Tuizhi (), and commonly known by his posthumous name Han Wengong (韓文公), was an essayist, Confucian scholar, poet, and government official during the Tang dynasty who significantly influenced t ...
(韓愈, 768–824), ancient Chinese essayist
*, Japanese gymnast
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Naotake Hanyu (羽生 直剛, born 1979), Japanese footballer
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Yuzuru Hanyu (羽生 結弦, born 1994), Japanese figure skater
Fictional characters
*Mayuri Hanyu, a supporting character in ''
2.5 Dimensional Seduction''
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Japanese-language surnames