I'm very curious if the Japanese language grew out of the Chinese language. Watching the Japanese news on TV, I see that many of the Japanese characters are exactly the same as some of the Chinese characters, and they mean the same thing (of course they have different pronunciations).

I'm making a website with options for Mandarin and Cantonese translations. What are the Chinese characters for "Chinese" ( in Mandarin) and "Chinese" (in Cantonese )

chinese characters don't show up in my computer. i tried searching in google for chinese language packs but in one of the first results in required office xp and i have no idea what that is. I have windows XP with Internet explorer and mozilla firefox. please help me asap! 10 points people! lol!

i m learning mandarin right now and i want to know whether people in China write in pinyin or actual mandarin chinese characters?

I'm trying to learn how to pronounce aardvark, it says tu3 tun2.
Do I say tu three times and tun twice?
And how would I pronounce those?
This is very confusing.
Any does anyone have a good site that shows you how to write chinese characters?

How do I say these in Cantonese: (oh, and dont use the actual chinese characters to answer...just spell out the pronounciations):

- Hello.
- What's Up?
- I hate myself.
- Everybody knows my secret.
- My name is ________.
- My telephone number is __________.
(I want the answers in cantonese)

I want to use my baby's English name and surname but for her chinese name, I want to write that in chinese characters instead of pinyin. Is that allowed for Malaysian birth certificates? I know it's allowed in Singapore and Hong Kong.

Is there a particular website that you can download chinese language? I mean I want to type in chinese characters but I don't know where to get the installer.

I'm very curious if the Japanese language grew out of the Chinese language. Watching the Japanese news on TV, I see that many of the Japanese characters are exactly the same as some of the Chinese characters, and they mean the same thing (of course they have different pronunciations).