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Chinese characters have been in continuous use for over 3,500 years.

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Mandarin Chinese is the most spoken language in the world by number of native speakers (920M+).

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Chinese is a tonal language with 4 main tones and a neutral tone in Mandarin.

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Script: cjk Direction: Left to Right Chinese characters (Hanzi): logographic system with over 50,000 characters, about 3,000-4,000 needed for literacy

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Zhongwen shi shijie shang zui gudao de yuyan zhi yi, yongyou chaogu wuqiannian de lishi.

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Chinese Learning FAQ

Chinese is a Category IV language, requiring about 2,200 hours for English speakers. The tonal system and characters are challenging, but Chinese grammar is relatively simple with no conjugations, genders, or plurals.
About 3,000-4,000 characters cover 99% of everyday Chinese. The HSK 6 exam tests 5,000 characters. Start with the most frequent 500 characters, which cover about 80% of everyday text.
Chinese features a logographic writing system, four tones that change word meaning, no verb conjugation, no grammatical gender, a topic-prominent sentence structure, and measure words for counting objects.
Simplified characters are used in mainland China and Singapore, while Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau. Most learners start with Simplified due to the larger speaker population.