Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
China, Taiwan
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
South Africa
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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
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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)
Thank you
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
How are you?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Night
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Good Morning
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
I love you
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Mandarin
American English
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
United States of America
Dialect 2
Wu
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Dialect 3
Yue
Welsh English
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
United Kingdom
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
English
Alternative Names
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French Name
chinois
anglais
German Name
Chinesisch
Englisch
Pronunciation
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/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Han
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Origin
1250 BC
5th Century AD
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Standard English
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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engs
Glottocode
sini1245
stan1293
Linguasphere
79-AAA
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Chinese and English 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 English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and English language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chinese vs English Difficulty
The Chinese vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.