As we all know, Chinese is the language with the largest number of people in the world, and it has a very long history. Because China's strength is getting stronger and stronger, and its influence in the world is getting bigger and bigger, more and more foreigners are learning Chinese, but many foreigners are complaining that it is difficult to learn Chinese, and it is not too difficult to learn English like us. The reasons for this are as follows.
The first reason is that Chinese is too old, and the dialects in every place are different. After all, Mandarin can't fully represent Chinese. First of all, Chinese characters alone are very complicated. Thousands of years of culture are in Chinese characters. With the changes of history, the shapes of Chinese characters are constantly changing, from the earliest Oracle Bone Inscriptions to the present traditional Chinese characters to the present simplified Chinese characters, and the styles are also from classical Chinese to vernacular Chinese. Modern Chinese can be said to be very complicated. English is much simpler. The same Chinese character can express many meanings. Even a word can express many meanings, and even the tone of voice can set off different meanings, which also makes many foreigners feel very headache.
And Chinese characters are difficult to write. Except Japanese and Koreans, others can't write Chinese characters at all, especially Japanese. Influenced by China culture, they use Chinese characters in their lives, so their calligraphy is very good. But it is difficult for Europeans and Americans to write Chinese characters. Writing Chinese characters well is not a simple matter. Why else do so many calligraphers go down in history? Finally, a Chinese character is often used.