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Mandarin or not Mandarin?
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vincenthychow
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28 July 2005 at 1:43am | IP Logged

Yes, I cannot believe that he is a non-native speaker. I believe that Malcom speaks other languages as well as madarin. Good Job~!

Kyle:
Only if hokusai have a very solid background in Japanese Kanji, otherwise, learning the hanzi is matter of confusion rather than help. Japanese Kanji and Chinese Hanzi look similar but are different, sometimes rather tricky. For some of the words, the difference is so minor that you may find it hard to distinguish, but the Chinese and Japanese really mean it. Of course, it wound not be a problem of reading. However, when it comes to writing, you have to be very sure if you are writing Japanese Kanji and Chinese Hanzi. Don't over look the possibile confusion. Here in Hong Kong, where traditional Chinese Hanzi is normaly used. Sometimes we will write the simplified one for time saving. However, it always happened that the teenagers use the Japanese Kanji instead of the standard simlified Chinese Hanzi. The reason is flooding of Japanese culture in Hong Kong. The young people can hardly distinguish if a character is Chinese of Japanese. I think this kind of confusion may also happen in those who are learning Japanese and Chinese at the same time.

Edited by vincenthychow on 28 July 2005 at 2:00am
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Kyle
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28 July 2005 at 11:22pm | IP Logged

vincenthychow wrote:

Here in Hong Kong, where traditional Chinese Hanzi is normaly used. Sometimes we will write the simplified one for time saving. However, it always happened that the teenagers use the Japanese Kanji instead of the standard simlified Chinese Hanzi. The reason is flooding of Japanese culture in Hong Kong. The young people can hardly distinguish if a character is Chinese of Japanese.

Wow I never realized it could be that confusing. Very enlightening. Thanks for the warning.
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