Countries
Vietnam
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Vietnam
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Czech Republic
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Not Available
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
- 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
Chinese Language
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Derived From
Chinese Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Xin chào
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
Cam on
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
xin vui lòng
请 (Qǐng)
Bye
Tạm biệt
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
Xin loi
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
Wu
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Yue
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
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French Name
vietnamien
chinois
German Name
Vietnamesisch
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
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Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Han
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
Standard Chinese
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
viet1252
sini1245
Linguasphere
46-EBA
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic, Isolating
Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese and Chinese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Vietnamese and Chinese language. Vietnamese word for "Hello" is Xin chào or Chinese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢 (Xièxiè). Find more of such common Vietnamese Greetings and Chinese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Vietnamese vs Chinese Difficulty
The Vietnamese vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese and Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.