Differences between Chinese characters and English words.
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Illustrate the differences between Chinese characters and English words
with about 100-200 words.
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用户741933
Phonetics, Chinese from the Chinese characters are monosyllable, English word (word) monophonic double tone polyphonic have, it should be noted that the word is the smallest language unit that can be used independently, and the original Chinese word is one, a word is a word, but modern Chinese is already a two-syllable word dominance, so there is a difference, do not confuse the concept of word (character) and word (word). Furthermore, there are no compound consonants in Chinese, and tones distinguish meanings.
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ChenlzzzMorpheme level: Chinese characters can be independently composed of single character words, but there are also words for joint words. That is, a single word can be used as a morpheme, and multiple words can also form a morpheme. Many English words have roots. Some English words can also have homomorphic roots 9, which can form new words. Text level: Chinese characters are phonetic characters, emphasizing meaning, emphasizing shape and soft, among which phonograms give consideration to phonetic meaning. English words are composed of English Latin letters and are the smallest meaningful linguistic units of English. Most of the English letters give up the form, is to record the phonetic symbols, stress light meaning. English words are linear sequences of meaningful English letters, heavy sound, and take into account meaning in word formation, but oral words prefer abbreviated and truncated spelling.
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用户704201
1. Representation: Chinese characters are logograms, where each character represents a word or a morpheme, conveying meaning through its form. In contrast, English words are alphabetic, consisting of letters that represent sounds and are combined to form syllables and words.
2. Structure: Chinese characters often have a complex structure with strokes and radicals, conveying meaning through their visual components, while English words are typically formed from a limited set of letters and follow more consistent phonetic patterns.
3. Spelling and Pronunciation: The pronunciation of Chinese characters is not immediately apparent from their appearance, as their phonetic aspects are not directly represented in the characters themselves. In contrast, the spelling of English words typically provides more direct clues about pronunciation, although English spelling can be notoriously irregular.
4. Grammar: Chinese characters do not convey grammatical information in the same way English words do. English words generally indicate tense, number, and other grammatical features through suffixes, prefixes, and word order, while Chinese grammar relies more on syntax and context.
5. Usage: Chinese characters are used across various Chinese languages and dialects, while English words are used across different dialects of English as well as in many other languages due to its status as a global lingua franca.
Understanding these differences can be crucial for language learners and individuals seeking to appreciate the unique features of both Chinese characters and English words.
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霉霉家的Olivia
1.Chinese uses characters, which cannot be sounded out, while English words use the alphabet.
2.As for intonation, in English, the intonation indicates emotion, but in Chinese, intonation indicates meaning.
3.English has 26 letters, more than the basic strokes of Chinese characters, but these letters have only three forms while Chinese characters have 8 basic strokes.
4.In general, there are two or three handwriting styles like formal and cursive scripts for European languages including English, much fewer than that of Chinese characters.
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用户704339
1、Basic strokes:
Chinese characters: There are eight basic strokes: dot, horizontal stroke, turning stroke, vertical stroke, hook stroke, right-upward stroke, left-downward stroke and right-downward stroke.
English letters: They have about 20 to 30 letters, more than the basic strokes of Chinese characters; but these letters have only three forms: straight line, curved line and dot.
2、Handwriting style:
Chinese characters:
There are about a dozen scripts. Such as, formal scipt，running script, cursive script, and so on.
English letters :
In general, there are two or three handwriting styles like formal and cursive scripts for those European languages.
3、Letters and characters:
Chinese characters，which are hieroglyphs, where each character represents a meaning,
English uses letters, which are phonemic characters, with different combinations of letters forming words.
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张涵宇1. Chinese characters originated from ancient pictographs, evolving into logographic symbols. English words are formed by combining 26 phonetic letters. 2. Chinese has tens of thousands of distinct characters. English relies on limited letter combinations. 3. Chinese characters have fixed shape and pronunciation. English letters change based on adjacent letters. 4. Chinese is written in squares, with set stroke order and style. English has fluid cursive script without set strokes. 5. Spacing plays a bigger role in English compared to Chinese. 6. Learning Chinese requires recognizing hundreds of graph shapes. English depends more on phonetics and spelling rules. 7. Chinese is logographic, posing challenges for memorization and literacy. English combines letters mainly for phonetic purposes. 8. Chinese is visual and pictorial. English represents sounds and meanings. 9. Different origins and principles lead to significant distinctions between the two writing systems. -
曹晨宇1. Number of words English is a very vocabulary-rich language with about 170,000 active words. In contrast, Chinese has only about 100,000 common words. This is why English can express more details and semantics. 2. Vocabulary Sources The vocabulary of English comes from a wide range of sources, including Greek, Latin, French, German, etc. Chinese vocabulary, on the other hand, comes mainly from the evolution of Chinese characters. Chinese vocabulary, on the other hand, comes mainly from the evolution of Chinese characters and cultural inheritance. That's why there are many synonyms and antonyms in English and very few in Chinese. 3. Vocabulary Structure The structure of English vocabulary is relatively simple, usually consisting of a root word and some prefixes and suffixes. On the other hand, Chinese vocabulary structure is more complicated. A word can be composed of many Chinese characters, and many of them have their own unique meanings and semantics. 4. Vocabulary usage In English, many words can be used as nouns, verbs, adjectives and other grammatical roles at the same time. This is rarely the case in Chinese, where a word can only be used in one grammatical role. This is why the same word can have many different meanings in English, but rarely in Chinese. Overall, the differences in vocabulary between English and Chinese are very obvious, which is also due to the differences in culture, history and geography between the two languages. Understanding these differences will help us learn and use the two languages better.
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曲泓燚1.Different letters: Chinese letters are divided into initials and finals,English letters are divided into Consonants and turbidity,and the pronunciation of the same letter is different;2.Different ways of writing,Chinese is made up of strokes,while English words are composed of letters;3.sentence patterns are different:as long as the sentence is smooth, the sentence can form a complete sentence,but English clearly defines the tense and fixed collocation. -
邢琤琤
1.Phonetics: Chinese characters are all monosyllabic, while English words have both monosyllabic and polysyllabic sounds
2.Word formation: English word formation often uses derivative methods with more affixes, while Chinese characters formation often uses compound methods with fewer affixes.
3.History: Chinese characters have a very long history and process of development while English words don’t have.
4.Length：English words are generally longer while Chinese characters are shorter.
5. Chinese characters have tones but English does not.
6. Chinese characters do not distinguish the countability of nouns, and there is no singular or plural, while English needs to distinguish.
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冯佳莹1.Letters and characters: Chinese uses Chinese characters, while English uses letters. Chinese characters are hieroglyphics, where each character represents a meaning, while letters are phonemic characters, with different combinations of letters forming words. 2.Grammatical structure: The grammatical structure of Chinese and English is different. Chinese is usually arranged in the order of subject, predicate and object, while English is usually arranged in the order of subject, predicate and object. In addition, English has some special grammatical structures, such as passive voice and conditional sentences. 3.Vocabulary and pronunciation: Chinese and English have different vocabulary and pronunciation. Chinese has many polyphonics and homophones, while English has many words that sound similar but are spelled differently. In addition, pronunciation in English is more complex than in Chinese, with many phonemes similar to vowels and consonants. 4.Cultural differences: There are also great differences in the cultural backgrounds and traditions of Chinese and English. The cultural background of Chinese is mainly Chinese culture, including Chinese history, philosophy, literature, etc., while English is mainly Western culture, including European and American history, culture, literature, etc. 5.Writing style: Chinese and English are also written differently. Chinese is written vertically from top to bottom and from right to left, while English is written horizontally from left to right, with distinct spacing between letters.
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