Why is Chinese So Important?

In my opinion, Chinese is a very interesting and exciting language! It is evidently different from English because instead of 26 letters, there are thousands of characters. Each and every word has its own character–sometimes even two!

Additionally, each word is pronounced in a certain way. There are four tones in Chinese and the way you pronounce each character is extremely important.

For example, if someone says (wo xi huan shui jiao), he or she can mean “I want sleep” or “I want dumplings” depending on the tones used.

Another reason Chinese is so intriguing is that so many people speak the language. Nearly 1.2 billion people speak Chinese!

I hope I persuaded you to begin your study because Chinese is such an amazing language to learn.

There are 13 comments

  1. Alexa Sakni 施爱玲

    Such an informative article. I am very thankful that Jericho High School allows us to study the Chinese language and culture!

  2. Ashley Silverstein

    I truly agree with this article. I feel that Chinese is also very interesting and a very good experience to learn another culture and language. Although it is difficult to learn because there are thousands of characters I think it is great to take Chinese and teaches you a lot. I am so lucky to have the opportunity to take this class. 中文是非常有用的,很好玩。我爱中文班。

  3. Jordan Landsberg

    In my opinion, Chinese will be the most dominant language in the world. I think that it is beneficial to take Chinese now, so I can communicate with tons of people. I agree with Alanna, when she said that Chinese can be difficult for people because of the tones. Overall, Chinese is very important and I love taking it.
    中文字很难写,但是汉语很重要。我觉得中文很容易。

  4. Ashley Kwak

    我爱学中文因为很有意思。我觉得中文很有用。我很高兴我在学校里学中文!I like how there are different tones in how to pronounce each characters because no other languages really have set tones for each word (characters).

  5. Lindsay Tanney

    I truly agree with this article. I feel that Chinese is also very interesting and a very good experience to learn another culture and language. In my opinion, Chinese will eventually be the most dominantly used language in the world. Despite the difficulty, I think it is great to take Chinese. I am so happy that I have the opportunity to take this class. 中文是非常有用的,很好玩。我爱中文班。

  6. Barbara Huang

    我的爸爸妈妈是从台湾来的,可是我在美国生的。我从小就会说一些中文,可是我还想要加强我的中文。我很喜欢学中文!

  7. Marissa Shapiro

    Chinese is a very important language and is continuing to grow in the world. I am very fortunate to have had the opportunity to learn this language and I am very fortunate to be able to speak, read, write, and understand the Chinese language. 中文是一个很重要的语言。中文有很多字。中文是我的伙伴。

  8. Ali Karen

    我在同意这篇文章上想法。 我认为汉语是学会的一种非常重要语言,因为许多人在我的社区和在世界开始讲中文。 它是这样一种普遍的语言并且是富挑战性学会,因此我喜爱获取知识与我遇到的每个字符。

  9. Tiffany C

    I agree with you. Chinese is a very fun and important language to learn. So many people around the world speak Chinese. 我爱中文! Great job on this post!

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