Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
National Language
China, Taiwan
France
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Africa, Canada
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
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.
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
Similar To
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Italian Language
Derived From
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Latin
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
bonjour
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Merci
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Comment allez-vous?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
bonne Nuit
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
bonsoir
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
bon Après-Midi
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Bonjour
Please
请 (Qǐng)
S'il vous plaît
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
au revoir
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Je t'aime
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Excuse Moi
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Quebec French
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Dialect 2
Wu
African French
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Yue
Swiss French
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Northeast France, Switzerland
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
français
Alternative Names
Not Available
Français
French Name
chinois
français
German Name
Chinesisch
Französisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Ethnicity
Han
Not Available
Origin
1250 BC
9th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Romance
Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Standard French
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
fras
Glottocode
sini1245
stan1290
Linguasphere
79-AAA
51-AAA-i
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic
Chinese and French 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 French greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and French language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or French word for "Thank You" is Merci. Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and French Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chinese vs French Difficulty
The Chinese vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese Alphabets and French 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 French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.