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- Mandarin Chinese (cmn)
Standard Chinese (known in China as Putonghua), a form of Mandarin Chinese, is the official national spoken language for the mainland and serves as a lingua franca within the Mandarin-speaking regions (and, to a lesser extent, across the other regions of mainland China). Several other autonomous regions have additional official languages. For example, Tibetan has official status within the Tibet Autonomous Region, and Mongolian has official status within Inner Mongolia. Language laws of China do not apply to either Hong Kong or Macau, which have different official languages than the mainland (Cantonese, English and Portuguese).
Chinese characters are the system of symbols used to write Chinese. Unlike an alphabet, which represents only sounds, each Chinese character has a unique meaning.
Although some large dictionaries have over 50,000 characters, you 'only' need 2 - 3,000 to read a newspaper. University-educated Chinese will normally know 6 - 8,000.
The sounds of the Chinese language are expressed in Pinyin, a romanized representation of the Chinese characters. These Pinyin number about 1700 in common use. You can use the Pinyin chart to hear the respective sounds. We also have these Pinyin in MP3 and AIFF formats that you can order for use on your own system.
In the late 1960s, English became the most important foreign language in China. After the Reform and Opening-up policy in 1988, English is now taught in the public schools starting in the third year of primary school, and it is a required subject for persons attending university. Proficiency in English is a mark of prestige.
Sources:
The Joshua Project - https://joshuaproject.net/countries/CH
Ethnologue
Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Languages_of_China
http://globalrecordings.net/en/country/CH?page=all
http://www.chinese-bible.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/chinese/guide/alphabet.shtml
John 3:16 in French, English, Pinyin, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.
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- Car Dieu a tant aimé le monde qu'il a donné son Fils unique, afin que quiconque croit en lui ne périsse point, mais qu'il ait la vie éternelle.
- For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
- shen2 ai4 shi4ren2 , shen4zhi4 jiang1/4/qiang1 ta1de du2 sheng1 zi3 ci4gei3 ta1men , jiao4 yi1qie4 xin4 ta1de , bu2/4 zhi4 mie4wang2 , fan3 de2/5/dei3 yong3sheng1 .
- 神爱世人，甚至将他的独生子赐给他们，叫一切信他的，不至灭亡，反得永生。
- 「 神 愛 世 人 ， 甚 至 將 他 的 獨 生 子 賜 給 他 們 ， 叫 一 切 信 他 的 ， 不 至 滅 亡 ， 反 得 永 生 。
此搜索工具搜索英语 - 中文。 点击这里查看中文〜英语。双击某个单词，查看英语中的定义并听到该单词。
This search tool searches English - Chinese. Click here for Chinese ~ English. Double-click on a word to see the definition in English and to hear the word.