help me in learning chineese how we can say "hello" in chineese??? i heard there are 100 alphabets in chineese language.is it true?and if i want to learn complete chineese language???

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help me in learning chineese how we can say "hello" in chineese??? i heard there are 100 alphabets in chineese language.is it true?and if i want to learn complete chineese language???

2012年6月26日 14:55

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ni hao is ok .

2012年9月16日

If you want to learn chinese, maybe I can help you! Skype:kong.ethan

2012年6月28日

There is no alphabet in Chinese. The script is written with with glyphs which encodes the meaning unlike alphabetic languages where the sound is encoded. See <a href="http://www.italki.com/knowledge/page/Chinese%20Characters%20-%20The%20Way%20They%20Are.htm">http://www.italki.com/knowledge/page/Chinese%20Characters%20-%20The%20Way%20They%20Are.htm</a>;

There are about 30,000 characters but one can get by with only 1,000 or so. About 3,000 are needed to read the newspaper. There are only about 50 root "words" or basic characters. Once you know it, all other characters will fall into place. Hence any character combined with the radical for tree (wood), then everything will be somehow connected with wood like tables, chairs, benches, names of trees, etc. The script is easier than speech because you are not used to tones. Cantonese has 8 while Mandarin has 4.

It is like trying to pronounce the "ma" sound in English for the words, ma, made, mara, marker.

2012年6月27日