Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
China, Taiwan
Portugal
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
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.
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
Similar To
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Spanish and Galician Languages
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
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
obrigado
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Como você está?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
boa noite
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
boa Tarde
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
bom Dia
Please
请 (Qǐng)
Por Favor
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
pesaroso
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Brazil
Dialect 2
Wu
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Portugal
Dialect 3
Yue
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Daman and Diu
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Português
Alternative Names
Not Available
Português
French Name
chinois
portugais
German Name
Chinesisch
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Han
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
1250 BC
3rd Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Romance
Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Portuguese
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
sini1245
port1283
Linguasphere
79-AAA
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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Chinese and Portuguese 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 Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Portuguese language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chinese vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Chinese vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.