各位学者好！您们觉得中文，越南语难吗？Xin chào các bạn học sinh yêu quý! Các bạn thấy tiếng Trung, tiếng Việt khó không?

Question

其实世界上各种各样的语言都是难的。但只要您们努力地学习和遇到了一位热情、专注和幽默的教育者，外语这个门课一点也不难。

Thực ra, bất kỳ ngôn ngữ nào trên thế giới đều khó. Nhưng chỉ cần các bạn chăm chỉ học tập và gặp được một giáo viên có nhiệt huyết, chuyên môn tốt và hài hước vui vẻ thì ngoại ngữ sẽ không khó chút nào.

Answer 1

As for the question of whether learning Chinese is difficult, we can take a look at some of its features as follows.

1、No Articles

Chinese doesn’t use articles like "a," "an," or "the." Instead, context and words like "this" or "that" help specify nouns.

Example: 我看书 (Wǒ kàn shū) - "I read a book," where "书" (shū) has no article.

2、No Verb Conjugation

Chinese verbs don’t change for tense (past, present, future) or person. Instead, words like "yesterday" or "will" are used to show time.Example: 我吃饭 (Wǒ chī fàn) - "I eat," 我吃了饭 (Wǒ chīle fàn) - "I ate," 我明天吃饭 (Wǒ míngtiān chī fàn) - "I will eat."

3、No Plural Forms

Chinese nouns don’t change for singular or plural. Plural is indicated with words like "many" or by using the word “们” for pronouns.Example: 两个人 (Liǎng gè rén) - "two people," 我们 (Wǒmen) - "we."

4、Flexible Word Order

While the usual word order is Subject-Verb-Object (SVO), Chinese is more flexible. You can change the word order for emphasis.

Example: 苹果我吃了 (Píngguǒ wǒ chīle) - "The apple, I ate it."

5、No "Be" Verbs

In Chinese, you don’t need a "to be" verb like "am," "is," or "are."Example: 他很高 (Tā hěn gāo) - "He is tall" (Here, "很" is necessary to complete the sentence).

6、Use of Measure Words

Chinese uses measure words (also called classifiers) when counting or describing objects. Each noun has its own measure word.

Example: 一只狗 (Yī zhī gǒu) - "one dog," 两本书 (Liǎng běn shū) - "two books."

7、No Gender or Number Agreement

So actually, you can see that the most difficult part of Chinese for native English speakers is the characters, since they are logographic and very different from the alphabetic systems in the West. But if you just want to improve your conversational ability, then Chinese is actually really easy!

Answer 2

学习中文对于母语为不同语言的人来说可能具有挑战性，可是只要掌握方法就没那么难了。主要的难点包括掌握声调的使用，单词的意思因语调不同而改变，以及学习成千上万的汉字，汉字并不是字母表式的。加油！