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- Fri Sep 11, 2009 8:49 am
- Forum: Mandarin language forum
- Topic: mandarin language online translator
- Replies: 14
- Views: 36861
Re: mandarin language online translator
Native Chinese(Mandarin, Cantonese) speaker with fluent English from GuangDong, China. (Simplified character is used by mainland Chinese!) Experienced Chinese tutor for International student, knows exactly what the learner needs. And with good computer skills.
- Fri Sep 11, 2009 8:48 am
- Forum: Cantonese language forum
- Topic: The same written language?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 118995
Re: The same written language?
The diction of the two are different in the written word. However, in certain places like some entertainment magazines, etc. writers have got in the habit of writing cantonese down as the way it is spoken. Since spoken cantonese possess sounds and expressions that standard chinese lacks, people have...
- Fri Sep 11, 2009 8:47 am
- Forum: Cantonese language forum
- Topic: Cantonese are not "authentic" Chinese
- Replies: 43
- Views: 265825
Re: Cantonese are not "authentic" Chinese
The word china came after the qin state conquered other 6 states and established a unified country. From my opinion i think authentic chinese should be define as the people of all 7 states that were living in the year 221 b.c when the state of China was created and the word chinese come about!