Countries
Israel
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Israel
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Israel
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Poland
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
- 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.
Similar To
Arabic and Aramaic languages
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Derived From
Aramaic Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Hebrew
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
שלום (Shalom)
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Israel
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
Wu
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
Yue
Where They Speak
Israel
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
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Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
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French Name
hébreu
chinois
German Name
Hebräisch
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
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Ethnicity
Not Available
Han
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Semitic
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Branch
Canaanitic
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Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
Standard Chinese
Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
hebr1246
sini1245
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
Hebrew and Chinese 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 Hebrew and Chinese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hebrew and Chinese language. Hebrew word for "Hello" is שלום (Shalom) or Chinese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢 (Xièxiè). Find more of such common Hebrew Greetings and Chinese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hebrew vs Chinese Difficulty
The Hebrew vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hebrew Alphabets and Chinese 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 Hebrew and Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hebrew and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hebrew is 44 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.