Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
China, Taiwan
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Not Available
Armenian
Derived From
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Latin
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
请 (Qǐng)
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Greece
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Italy
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
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Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
chinois
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Chinesisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Han
Greeks or Hellenes
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Hellenic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Modern Greek
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
sini1245
gree1276
Linguasphere
79-AAA
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic
Chinese and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Greek language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chinese vs Greek Difficulty
The Chinese vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.