Kanji vs Chinese Hanzi - pronunciation
is hiragana and katakana pronounced the same as in kanji?

for example
ごはん　gohan
ご飯 gohan

are they the same pronunciation?

I ask because I'm new to Japanese, but I can speak Chinese pretty well. A lot of the Kanji has the same meaning as in Chinese - Do I need to learn the Kanji if I already know it in Chinese?

Question

Kanji vs Chinese Hanzi - pronunciation
is hiragana and katakana pronounced the same as in kanji?

for example 
ごはん　gohan
ご飯         gohan

are they the same pronunciation?

I ask because I'm new to Japanese, but I can speak Chinese pretty well. A lot of the Kanji has the same meaning as in Chinese - Do I need to learn the Kanji if I already know it in Chinese?

Answer

＊＊＊中文
生：　sheng

＊＊＊日文
生きる（IKIRU)
生ビール（NAMA BIIRU)
一生（ISSHOU)
学生（GAKUSEI)
生一本（KIIPPON)
生じる（SHOUJIRU)

日本（NIHON／NIPPON)

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日文
中文

勉強 miangqian : force A to do B
勉強 benkyou：　study, discount

結構　 jiegou: structure
結構　 kekko:  good, well

工作　gongzuo: work
工作　kousaku: manufacture by hand

先生：xiangsheng : Mr.Mrs.
先生：sensei : teacher

Answer

Readings in kanji are different from how it's read in Chinese but the meaning will be the same. I would just say you'd probably just need to learn the new pronunciation for the kanji words that you stumble upon

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