6 English-Chinese Differences English 101 Student Should KnowLet\u2019s agree that Chinese and English are two totally different languages \u2013 pronunciation, grammar, written form, expressions \u2013 it all differs. From a broader perspective, there are some major differences between.English emphasizes the structure, while Chinese focuses on the meaning. In English, it is very common to see one long sentence with a\u00a0 long modifier, and pronouns like \u201cwe\u201d, \u201cshe\u201d, \u201cthey\u201d in addition to \u201cthat\u201d and \u201cwhich\u201d, to avoid recurrences. The sentence could be very long and complicated, this is especially obvious in legal articles. However, in the Chinese language, generally sentences are shorter and even if it\u2019s a long sentence, it would be divided into several short sentences or phrases by comma.Let\u2019s look at some examples:The sights of Beijing are so numerous that one can spend several weeks here and leave without having seen all of the important ones.\u5317\u4eac\u7684\u540d\u80dc\u5f88\u591a\uff0c\u4e00\u4e2a\u4eba\u5c31\u662f\u5728\u8fd9\u513f\u5446\u4e0a\u51e0\u4e2a\u661f\u671f\uff0c\u79bb\u5f00\u65f6\u4e5f\u65e0\u6cd5\u628a\u6240\u6709\u91cd\u8981\u7684\u666f\u70b9\u770b\u5b8c\u3002In English the passive voice is very commonly used. Unlike English, Chinese usually uses the active voice. Let\u2019s take a look at some examples of the Chinese active voice to translate English passive voice:Tea is drunk widely all over the world.\u4e16\u754c\u5404\u5730\u7684\u4eba\u4eec\u90fd\u559d\u8336\u3002But sometimes the tables were laid outside in the gardens of stately homes.\u4f46\u6709\u65f6\u4e5f\u628a\u9910\u684c\u6446\u5230\u8c6a\u95e8\u5927\u5b85\u7684\u82b1\u56ed\u91cc\u3002In Chinese, idioms are a frequent occurrence, most of them are short four characters. Their goal is to make the expression more vivid, live and compact. In comparison, English is not so rich in this genre. Here are some examples:The gentleman is not a tool.\u541b\u5b50\u4e0d\u5668\u3002Here come friends afar, how exceedingly happy we are!\u53cb\u670b\u81ea\u8fdc\u65b9\u6765\uff0c\u4e0d\u4ea6\u4e50\u4e4e\uff1fEnglish is a Latin language, you can guess the pronunciation from its spelling, while Chinese is a character language, it can\u2019t be spelt and you can\u2019t guess the pronunciation from the characters in many cases. Some foreigners use \u201cspelling\u201d this word on the description of the Chinese language, obviously they have no idea of this language. It is not a romanization language, and can never be spelt.English has far less dialects and accents than Chinese. Due to historical and geographical reasons, the dialects and accents in English don\u2019t have too much difference as that in the Chinese language. The commonly seen word Mandarin actually is a \u201cstandard dialect\u201d of Chinese, and it\u2019s not a written language, just a sort of spoken language.The written form of English is quite simple, while in Chinese it\u2019s varied and that\u2019s the cause of Chinese calligraphy. In English, there\u2019s no variation of the written words, while in Chinese there\u2019re simplified Chinese and traditional Chinese. And dating back to the ancient times in Chinese history, there were running hand, cursive hand, clerical script, etc.The English and Chinese languages are 2 polar means of communication. Though it\u2019s hard to find contact points of them, it\u2019s still possible and crucial to master these two languages. We wish you good luck and hope that our service will help you with that. 0.00 avg. rating (0% score) – 0 votes Tags: English 101<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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