It depends. Mandarin is one of several Chinese spoken languages.
Simplified and Traditional refer to the written language, which is in all forms of Chinese the same.
Simplified Chinese is written in mainland China and Singapore, but not in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macao and not mostly not by overseas Chinese communities.
Mandarin Chinese can be written in both Simplified and Traditional characters. Simplified Chinese characters are used in Mainland China and Singapore, while Traditional Chinese characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau. The pronunciation and grammar of Mandarin Chinese remain the same regardless of the writing system used.
Traditional Chinese refers to the writing system used in Chinese characters before simplified characters were introduced. Mandarin Chinese, on the other hand, is a spoken dialect of Chinese and is the official language of China and Taiwan. Mandarin can be written using both traditional and simplified Chinese characters.
Mandarin and Cantonese are both spoken Chinese dialects, with Mandarin being the more widely spoken in China and Cantonese more prevalent in southern China and Hong Kong. Traditional Chinese refers to the written form of Chinese characters before simplified characters were introduced, whereas modern Chinese typically refers to the simplified characters used in mainland China today.
I like = 我喜歡 (traditional Chinese characters), 我喜欢 (simplified Chinese characters). 我 = I, 喜歡/喜欢 = like
Thank you: pronounced "xie4 xie" in Mandarin, pinyin pronounciation 謝謝 (in traditional Chinese characters) 谢谢 (in simplified Chinese characters)
In Mandarin, you can say "不客气 (bú kèqì)" to mean "you are welcome."
# Tradtional Chinese # Simplified Chinese
The difference is the Chinese language is that Simplified Mandarin has differently shaped characters. Compared to Traditional Mandarin, Simplified Mandarin has more condensed character with fewer strokes. In many cases characters with different meanings but similar pronunciations are dictated the same way in Simplified Chinese, whereas they are separate in Traditional Mandarin.
個 in traditional 个 in simplified
In Simplified Mandarin you say "Mi fan". It looks like this: 米饭
In simplified mandarin : Pronounced nǐ hǎo ma?
保重 in simplified Chinese writing.
In simplified Chinese (Mandarin), 'mayo' means 'there is none', or 'there is nothing'.
To learn the simplified version of the chinese mandarin language, one could take classes via Clear Chinese or Learn Chinese EZ. There is also the computer program Rosetta Stone, which is nationally known for being the easiest program to learn another language.
Traditional Chinese refers to the writing system used in Chinese characters before simplified characters were introduced. Mandarin Chinese, on the other hand, is a spoken dialect of Chinese and is the official language of China and Taiwan. Mandarin can be written using both traditional and simplified Chinese characters.
歲 in Traditional 岁 in Simplified They are both "Suì" in Mandarin.
Mandarin and Cantonese are both spoken Chinese dialects, with Mandarin being the more widely spoken in China and Cantonese more prevalent in southern China and Hong Kong. Traditional Chinese refers to the written form of Chinese characters before simplified characters were introduced, whereas modern Chinese typically refers to the simplified characters used in mainland China today.
Mandarin (simplified Chinese: 官话; traditional Chinese: 官話; pinyin: Guānhuà; literally "speech of officials"), is a category of related Chinese dialects spoken across most of northern and south-western China. Because Mandarin mainly includes the northern dialects, the term "northern dialect(s)" (simplified Chinese: 北方话; traditional Chinese: 北方 話; pinyin: Běifānghuà) is also referred to Mandarin Chinese informally. The "standard" in Standard Mandarin refers to the official standardized language of China based on the Beijing dialect.