terminology
What differences, if any, do you feel there are between the terms 中文 and 汉语？ What steers you towards using one in a particular situation?
There's also 国语，中国话，and 普通话, but I guess they are not as general as the first two (国语 is only used in Taiwan AFAIK, I practically never hear people say 中国话, and 普通话 is more specifically just Mandarin).
There's also 国语，中国话，and 普通话, but I guess they are not as general as the first two (国语 is only used in Taiwan AFAIK, I practically never hear people say 中国话, and 普通话 is more specifically just Mandarin).