Countries
Japan
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Japan
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Asia
Minority Language
Palau
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- 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
Korean Language
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Kana
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Kagawa
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
kansai
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
日本語
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
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French Name
japonais
chinois
German Name
Japanisch
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
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Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Han
Language Family
Japonic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Not Available
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Japanese
Standard Chinese
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
nucl1643
sini1245
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
Japanese 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 Japanese and Chinese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Chinese language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Chinese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢 (Xièxiè). Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Chinese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Japanese vs Chinese Difficulty
The Japanese vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.