Being a good neighbor it is important to know facts and myths about your neighboring country. Especially when you are doing business with them. China borders a big piece of land in Asia with seashores and ports. Which suits their economic development. Today we are gonna tell you some facts about China & Chinese language that helped them grow a lot & surely these things will help you in your business communication with Chinese. Because you will have their history and lead respond accordingly.
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Fish Species living in Chinese waters
In China, there are approximately 3000 marine species found. 1323 of which are freshwater fishes found in the rivers of China. The remaining species would be available in the sea. Instead of this bulk supply, China is short of seafood and contributes a big amount to the world economy to fulfill their seafood requirements.
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Tallest Skyscrapers in the World
China is developing rapidly day by day, and in some areas, it has left the west behind. If you look at the tallest skyscraper in the world you’ll find the name of Hongkong, a city in China. Hong Kong is a city with small land but it has the tallest and most number of skyscrapers in the world. Hongkong has 502 tallest skyscrapers in the world. The height of the tallest skyscraper is 150 m (492 ft). This shows how efficient Chinese engineers are that they built so many skyscrapers in such a small city.
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Chinese is the official language of the United Nations
The United Nations organization is the world’s top organization created to keep a friendly relationship between countries around the world. China is also a member of the UN but it has something special with the UN. The language of China is the official language of the UN. The UN has 6 official languages that are spoken and understood by most of its members. These languages are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian & Spanish. Whenever there is a meeting in the UN all of the speeches are delivered in these languages. If someone is unable to speak any of these. So he speaks his own language which is then interpreted in official languages for other members. Chinese is the official UN language & almost 15% of the world’s population speak Chinese as their mother tongue.
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Chinese is the most spoken language
As mentioned above, almost 15% of the world’s population speaks Chinese as their mother tongue. Although it has 7 different dialects which are completely different from each other for a foreigner. But for a Chinese person, all of them are nearly the same. The Chinese language has its speakers sprout all over the world. Which makes it one of the most spoken languages in the world.
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Noun don’t have singular or plural
In Chinese language, Nouns don’t have singular or plural forms; instead, they are written the same way every time but the context interprets the situation and tells the listeners that the word is singular or plural. This makes learning Chinese easy for everyone because now you will not have to learn a list of modified words to use at different places.
But if you use the wrong sentence structure the noun can change its form that’ll affect your Chinese language negatively.
Conclusion:
Every nation has its history & culture that has been preserved for a long time that becomes a fact. Facts are very attractive because not everyone is aware of them. So keep telling a fact you learned from us. This will help reduce the reluctance of laymen to learn any new thing. Now you have know some facts about China and Chinese language. Keep following us for more, comment below your suggestions.