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There are over 85 thousand actual characters but most people read well learning only 3.000. The others are specialised for certain professions much the same way that we use lots of latin words in academic books.

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How many characters are there in Mandarin Chinese?

There are thousands of characters in Mandarin Chinese, but a common estimate is around 20,000 characters. However, you only need to know around 3,000 characters to read a Chinese newspaper.


How are Mandarin Cantonese Traditional Chinese and Modern Chinese different?

the modern mandarin is much simpler than traditional Chinese characters. they are spoken the same way, but the characters look different. though not all of the characters in traditional change when they are simplified, most do.


Is Mandarin Chinese Simplified or Tradtional?

It depends. Mandarin is one of several Chinese spoken languages. Simplified and Traditional refer to the written language, which is in all forms of Chinese the same. Simplified Chinese is written in mainland China and Singapore, but not in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macao and not mostly not by overseas Chinese communities.


How do you say i like in in mandarin Chinese?

I like = 我喜歡 (traditional Chinese characters), 我喜欢 (simplified Chinese characters). 我 = I, 喜歡/喜欢 = like


What is the difference between traditional Chinease and Manderin Chinease?

Mandarin Chinese has two written forms: traditional and simplified. Traditional Chinese characters have more strokes and are considered more difficult to learn. Traditional Chinese characters are used in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Simplified characters have fewer strokes and were designed to help raise literacy rates in China. Simplified characters are used in mainland China.

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How many characters are there in Mandarin Chinese?

There are thousands of characters in Mandarin Chinese, but a common estimate is around 20,000 characters. However, you only need to know around 3,000 characters to read a Chinese newspaper.


What is the difference between Chinese and Chinese- simplified?

The difference is the Chinese language is that Simplified Mandarin has differently shaped characters. Compared to Traditional Mandarin, Simplified Mandarin has more condensed character with fewer strokes. In many cases characters with different meanings but similar pronunciations are dictated the same way in Simplified Chinese, whereas they are separate in Traditional Mandarin.


How are Mandarin Cantonese Traditional Chinese and Modern Chinese different?

the modern mandarin is much simpler than traditional Chinese characters. they are spoken the same way, but the characters look different. though not all of the characters in traditional change when they are simplified, most do.


Is Cantonese and mandarin the same?

Cantonese is one of the dialects of Chinese. Cantonese only has a spoken form which is different from Mandarin Chinese. Its writing form is also the same Chinese characters.


What is john written in Chinese?

約翰 (in Chinese traditional characters) 约翰 (in Chinese simplified characters) Pronunciation: Yue1 han4 (in Mandarin pinyin pronunciation)


Is Mandarin Chinese Simplified or Tradtional?

It depends. Mandarin is one of several Chinese spoken languages. Simplified and Traditional refer to the written language, which is in all forms of Chinese the same. Simplified Chinese is written in mainland China and Singapore, but not in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macao and not mostly not by overseas Chinese communities.


How do you say i like in in mandarin Chinese?

I like = 我喜歡 (traditional Chinese characters), 我喜欢 (simplified Chinese characters). 我 = I, 喜歡/喜欢 = like


What is the difference between traditional Chinease and Manderin Chinease?

Mandarin Chinese has two written forms: traditional and simplified. Traditional Chinese characters have more strokes and are considered more difficult to learn. Traditional Chinese characters are used in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Simplified characters have fewer strokes and were designed to help raise literacy rates in China. Simplified characters are used in mainland China.


How many phonemes are there in Mandarin?

There are about 1,300 phonemes in Mandarin Chinese.


What does mandarin Chinese language look like?

Mandarin Chinese is the most common, most popular dialect of Chinese. Chinese is written in characters, with unique strokes to form a word. There are eight different stroke types. There are traditional and simplified characters. Simplified characters are not as complex as the earlier traditional characters, with a lesser amount of strokes. Chinese characters originally were modeled after animals, people, or other tangible objects. Many still resemble these things. For a visual, a simple google images search on Chinese Characters will provide a multitude of examples.This is how we write I love you in Chinese For example:我愛你 is I love you.


Are Mandarin and Cantonese characters the same?

Mandarin and Cantonese use the same Chinese characters, but pronunciation and meaning can vary between the two languages. Both languages are written using Chinese characters, but they may be pronounced differently or have different meanings in each dialect.


Do Chinese people have a separate name for basketball?

Basketball: "lan2 qiu2" in Mandarin, pinyin pronounciation 籃球 (in traditional Chinese characters) 篮球 (in simplified Chinese characters)