Jin jí / emergency Jin jí huì yì / emergency meeting Jun / military Jun ji / military aircraft Ne zema ciyanda NZC / What did you understand? Ni hao ma? / How are you? Ni jiào shénme míngzì? / What is your name? Where is Mandarin spoken vs Cantonese? Mandarin is also the main dialect in Taiwan and Singapore. Cantonese is spoken by the people of Hong Kong, Macau and the wider Guangdong province, including Guangzhou (previously Canton in English). Some people in Thailand, Singapore, Mongolia, Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia also speak Mandarin. Should I learn Mandarin or Cantonese? Thus, if your goal is to be widely understood, you should learn Mandarin because Mandarin can be understood even in Hong Kong, Macau and Canton (the main regions who still speak Cantonese), and more and more Cantonese speakers are learning Mandarin nowadays. ... How similar are Mandarin and Japanese? Korean and Japanese share a similar grammar structure that is completely different from Mandarin. Can Cantonese speakers understand Mandarin? Just because you can speak and understand Cantonese does not mean you can speak and understand Mandarin and vice versa. Mandarin is spoken exactly the same way as it is written, while Cantonese is not spoken in the same way at all. There are plenty of words in Cantonese that are different in Mandarin. What did you understand? |
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