Top 10 Reasons why Chinese is hard

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Top 10 Reasons why Chinese is Hard

Just because we're listing ways Chinese is hard, doesn't mean you shouldn't learn it. In fact we also have a list of why Chinese is easy.

1) There are so many characters (47,035 in the Kangxi dictionary)
2) It's like learning 2 languages: from your native language to pinyin, from pinyin to characters (eg: I/me -> wo -> 我)
3) Tones: hearing and speaking a tonal language
4) You can't guess at the pronunciation based on the character
5) So many words with totally different meanings sound the same
6) There is no formal grammar, only structures
7) There are too many names of family members
8) Chinese talk very fast
9) There are so many different Chinese accents
10) Time zone of your language partners from italki is almost opposite of yours