漢語(かんご)Chinese word, Sino-Japanese word

漢語(かんご)の言葉(ことば)は字音(じおん)で読(よ)まれます。

Sino-Japanese words are read phonetically. {Chinese word, Sino-Japanese word}

言葉(ことば)は、漢語(かんご)・和語(わご)・外来(がいらい)語(ご)に分(わ)けられます。

Words can be divided into Chinese words, Japanese words, and foreign words. {Chinese word, Sino-Japanese word}

漢語(かんご)には中国(ちゅうごく)から伝(つた)わったものと日本(にほん)で作(つく)られたものがある。

In Kanji, there are words that were transmitted from China and those that were created in Japan. {Chinese word, Sino-Japanese word}

この漢語(かんご)が多(おお)い文章(ぶんしょう)を、平仮名(ひらがな)を覚(おぼ)えたばかりの小学(しょうがく)一(いち)年生(ねんせい)が読(よ)める訳(わけ)が無(な)い。

There's no way a first-grader who has just learned hiragana can read this sentence with so many Sino-Japanese words. {Chinese word, Sino-Japanese word}

大体(だいたい)の場合(ばあい)、漢語(かんご)の漢字(かんじ)を見(み)るだけでその単語(たんご)の意味(いみ)を推測(すいそく)する事(こと)が出来(でき)ます。

In most cases, you can guess the meaning of a Sino-Japanese word just by looking at its kanji characters. {Chinese word, Sino-Japanese word}