Mandarin is probably one of the most fascinating languages in the world – definitely one of the hardest. With 1 billion speakers, Mandarin Chinese is the most spoken language in the world. For many people, this is also the language of the future, with China becoming more powerful every year and a huge economy that buys and sells all over the world. There are several languages spoken in China, but Mandarin is by far the dominant language in China and is also spoken in Taiwan and by part of the Chinese community of South East Asia.
Spoken Chinese is distinguished by its high level of internal diversity, although all spoken varieties of Chinese are tonal and analytic. There are between seven and thirteen main regional groups of Chinese (depending on classification scheme), of which the most spoken, by far, is Mandarin (about 850 million)
6 kinds of forming Chinese characters make up 50,000 Chinese characters in existence today. It shows that there is a logical symbol system used to create Chinese characters. That they are not just made up of random lines and strokes.
Once you know these 6 types of Chinese characters, you’ll find that learning Chinese writing isn’t so difficult after all.
You may be wondering why most non-Chinese speakers choose to learn Mandarin. For one reason, Mandarin is understood by the majority of Chinese people in the world.
学中文的好处有哪些？
随着中国经济的迅速发展，中文教育也越来越受重视。现在已经很少有人为该不该让孩子学中文而争论。美国语言学家也认为这一代的美国孩子学中文是明智之举。
那么，孩子学中文到底有哪些好处呢？
中文是世界上最普遍的语文之一，世界上很多买卖的事都会用中文和英文，所以现在很多其他国家的人也都想要学会中文。
这一代孩子成长在中西方之间经济交流，文化交流，信息交流和各种各样的合作日益频繁及密切的时代。在这种新环境中，沟通是关键。学中文会为他们打开一个新世界，会开启工作，生活，交流机会之窗。多一种语言多一种工具，多一些国际视野，使他们在未来更具竞争力。
