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Jodie
What is the difference? Chinese Pinyin.
Hello! I am learning Chinese and would like to know why these two questions mean the same but are written differently:

Can you speak English?:

Nǐ huì shuō yīngwén ma
Nǐ huì shuō yīngyǔ ma

I am learning Mandarin and i'm getting slightly confused with the different words used for the same questions! Please can somebody help explain why yingyu and yingwen are different? Can I use any?

Many thanks in advance!
Jodie
Jul 6, 2020 8:32 AM
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你好👋！
英文yingwen: 大多指的是文字
英语yingyu: 大多指的是语言
但是，在日常生活中，中国人不会把这两个区分开，就像英文和英语都是English一样。
所以，你会说英文吗？=你会说英语吗？

July 6, 2020
你好

谢谢Aurora. That is really helpful! Have a nice day!
July 6, 2020

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