Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Vietnam
National Language
China, Taiwan
Vietnam
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Czech Republic
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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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.
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
Similar To
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Chinese Language
Derived From
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Chinese Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Xin chào
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Cam on
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Bạn khỏe không?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Chúc ngủ ngon
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Chào buổi tối
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Chào buổi trưa
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Chào buổi sáng
Please
请 (Qǐng)
xin vui lòng
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
Tạm biệt
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
tôi yêu bạn
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Xin loi
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Northern Vietnamese
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 2
Wu
North-central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 3
Yue
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
How Many People Speak
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
tiếng việt (㗂越)
Alternative Names
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Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
French Name
chinois
vietnamien
German Name
Chinesisch
Vietnamesisch
Pronunciation
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[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
Ethnicity
Han
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Standard Vietnamese
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Vietnamese sign languages
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
sini1245
viet1252
Linguasphere
79-AAA
46-EBA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic, Isolating
Chinese and Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Vietnamese language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Vietnamese word for "Thank You" is Cam on. Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Vietnamese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chinese vs Vietnamese Difficulty
The Chinese vs Vietnamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese Alphabets and Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Vietnamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Vietnamese time required is 44 weeks.