Here is a list of problems, new students often face when starting to learn Chinese:
1. Recognizing and writing the characters.
2. How to correctly pronounce characters.
3. The Meaning of each character.
4. Finding the right character.
New technology has helped overcome these barriers offering not only a fun way to learn but more effectively and efficiently.
It is documented that there are over 80,000 Chinese characters. Luckily for us , many are rarely used today. The modern version of the language only requires the average person to know about 3,500 characters to be proficient.
The kicker is, for each English word translated into Chinese, it usually uses two or more characters. Each character is linked together, read from left to right, and is written in relation to its purpose within the content of the text.
Chinese writing comes in many different forms and styles. Some date back to very ancient times and began as pictures. Today, there are normally two forms used: simplified and traditional.
Simplified is predominately and officially used in mainland China, while the more traditional form can be found in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
So, are you ready to learn Chinese? Find out in my next post.
Did you know that the Chinese Olympic Logo is an interpreted version of the ancient character "jing" which means "capital"?
1 comment:
This is very interesting! I know a little Spanish, but I think Chinese would be overwhelming!
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