do Chinese use letters or only kanji!???

[Rock Lee]

I know that this is don't have something with Japanese!

but I'm wondering if Chinese use letters on it languge!

I can know the different between Japanese and Chinese by the letters!

on Japanese you find hiragana katakana and kanji!

on Chinese I just see kanji!

( sorry if my question was silly! but I really like to know! )

and thanx!

[two_heads_talking]

I am trying very hard to follow your question. to help me help you, where are you from?

[katafei]

AFAIK only characters.
And there's a difference between simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. The latter being more complicated and still used in Taiwan (and maybe other places as well, i',m thinking maybe Hong Kong?)
The Taiwanese are always keen on being different from the Chinese mainland, so no simplified characters for them.

Man, how can anyone learn to read, let alone write, that many characters????
One of the reasons I chose Japanese over Chinese, actually

[tanuki]

What do you mean by "letters"? Do you mean latin letters like these: "ABC"?

If that's the case, Japanese does ocasionally use latin letters. I don't know about Chinese.

[Rock Lee]

oh! I'm sorry if I wasn't able to ask the question with the right way! but I'm not English so I might have asked with the wrong way!

and I'm from the Middle-East!

thanx everyone! [ specialy katafei ]

[Chikubi]

katafei wrote:

Man, how can anyone learn to read, let alone write, that many characters????
One of the reasons I chose Japanese over Chinese, actually

Het is mogelijk hoor! たくさんoefenen! 很多聯系就可以成功！

[ss]

Do you mean hanyupinyin （漢語拼音）？

In pinyin, we have 声母
b, p, m , f
d, t, l, n
g, k, h
j, q, x
zh, ch, sh, r
z, c, s,
y, w

and 韵母
a, o, e, i, u, ü
ai, ei, ao, ou,
an, en, ang, eng, er
ia, ie, iao, iou, ian, in, iang, ing, iong
ua, uo, uai, uei, uan, uen, uang, ueng, üe, üan, üen

Example, ba > 八（ba1），拔（ba2），把(ba3)，霸(ba4)

so on ......

[katafei]

Chikubi wrote:

katafei wrote:

Man, how can anyone learn to read, let alone write, that many characters????
One of the reasons I chose Japanese over Chinese, actually

Het is mogelijk hoor! たくさんoefenen! 很多聯系就可以成功！

Well, one of the other reasons is, I've never been able to hold a tune


But I love the Chinese language!

[Chikubi]

katafei wrote:

Chikubi wrote:

katafei wrote:

Man, how can anyone learn to read, let alone write, that many characters????
One of the reasons I chose Japanese over Chinese, actually

Het is mogelijk hoor! たくさんoefenen! 很多聯系就可以成功！

Well, one of the other reasons is, I've never been able to hold a tune


But I love the Chinese language!

Actually I think Japanese is more difficult than Chinese cuz it has grammar changes more like western languages, it has hiragana, katakana AND kanji all mixed together and Japanese uses traditional AND simplified kanji characters. とてもむずかしい！ My head hurts, I need to take a rest...

* btw: why is the upper-half of Tanuki's head white? haha just wondering!

[Rock Lee]

SS wrote:
Do you mean hanyupinyin （漢語拼音）？

In pinyin, we have 声母
b, p, m , f
d, t, l, n
g, k, h
j, q, x
zh, ch, sh, r
z, c, s,
y, w

and 韵母
a, o, e, i, u, ü
ai, ei, ao, ou,
an, en, ang, eng, er
ia, ie, iao, iou, ian, in, iang, ing, iong
ua, uo, uai, uei, uan, uen, uang, ueng, üe, üan, üen

Example, ba > 八（ba1），拔（ba2），把(ba3)，霸(ba4)

so on ......

oh! I see! thank you very much!

[AJBryant]

Ahlen wa sahlen ya Rock Lee.

In Chinese you may see letters sometime -- but rarely -- as shorthand, Usually it's hanzi ("Chinese characters").

There are some differences in character styles among China and Taiwan and Japan, but yes, kana make the thing obvious.

Tony

[tanuki]

Chikubi wrote:
* btw: why is the upper-half of Tanuki's head white? haha just wondering!

It's because I'm a proud member of the White Hat Club, founded (and subsequently forsaken) by keatonatron.

You are invited to join.

[two_heads_talking]

funny he did that.. in fact he has all but disappeared lately..

[Chikubi]

tanuki wrote:

Chikubi wrote:
* btw: why is the upper-half of Tanuki's head white? haha just wondering!

It's because I'm a proud member of the White Hat Club, founded (and subsequently forsaken) by keatonatron.

You are invited to join.

Aah... oooh whats this Black Hat Club...?

[Dehitay]

Chikubi wrote:
Aah... oooh whats this Black Hat Club...?

don't worry, that's just a conspiracy