Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
National Language
China, Taiwan
  
China, Taiwan
  
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
  
Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
  
Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
Similar To
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
  
您好 (Nín hǎo)
  
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
  
How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
  
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
  
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
  
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
  
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
  
早安 (Zǎo ān)
  
Please
请 (Qǐng)
  
请 (Qǐng)
  
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
  
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
  
再见 (Zàijiàn)
  
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
  
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
  
劳驾 (Láojià)
  
Dialect 1
Mandarin
  
Mandarin
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
  
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00
  
1
960,000,000.00
  
1
Dialect 2
Wu
  
Wu
  
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
  
China, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00
  
1
80,000,000.00
  
1
Dialect 3
Yue
  
Yue
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00
  
2
60,000,000.00
  
2
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million
  
2
1,051.00 million
  
2
Native Speakers
873.00 million
  
1
873.00 million
  
1
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million
  
3
178.00 million
  
3
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
  
中文 (zhōngwén)
  
Alternative Names
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French Name
chinois
  
chinois
  
German Name
Chinesisch
  
Chinesisch
  
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Han
  
Han
  
Origin
1250 BC
  
1250 BC
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
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Branch
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Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
  
Standard Chinese
  
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
zh
  
zh
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zho
  
zho
  
ISO 639 2/B
chi
  
chi
  
ISO 639 3
zho
  
zho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
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Glottocode
sini1245
  
sini1245
  
Linguasphere
79-AAA
  
79-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Chinese and Chinese Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Chinese and Chinese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Chinese language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Chinese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢 (Xièxiè). Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Chinese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chinese vs Chinese Difficulty
The Chinese vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese Alphabets and Chinese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Chinese and Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.