Is Japanese or Chinese (Mandarin) easier to learn?

For me I would think that Chinese is easier..This is because I speak Chinese, I'm a pure chinese,but I do know some basics of Japanese. I learn some korean songs in the form of Japanese and I spend around 2 days to learn Chinese.

For example, Japanese:

Arigato(Thank you)

It is NOT pronounced as "Ah-ri-ga-to"

It is pronounced as "Ah-li-ga-to"

Do take note of the letter "R" & "L". Many people who doesn't learn Japanese make this mistakes.

For example Chinese:

四(four) : It is pronounced as "Si" and NOT "Shi".*the tone for this word is "heavy" so maybe try nodding you head down while saying it. If you say "Shi" people maybe mistake you as saying "yes".*

十(ten) : It is pronounced as "Shi" and not "Si". *the tone for this word is slightly expression so try saying it while slightly swaying your head.*

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I think that's all. But just telling you that, it doesn't matter what language you're learning. Make sure that you enjoy learning any language. Japanese,Chinese and Korean some of the words have quite similar pronunciation.

Have fun learning & Merry X'mas.

You can email me if you have problem learning Chinese and I'm currently learning Korean on the internet. :D

No. Chinese and Japanese are fully unique although they percentage a few an identical characters. Japanese has three alphabets. Katakana (phrases coming from unique languages), hiragana (the alphabet for children) and kanji the toughest. The pronuncitation is unique too and Japanese's grammar has extra types. Japanese followed Chinese symbols however doesn't suggest the proportion the identical pronunciation. So, no. Everything that's on the web is not actual.

Japanese can be complex when forming sentences and grammar is tough to nail. However, pronunciation is a breeze (for most people).

Mandarin has traditional and simple characters and writing it is a cinch as well. However, there are 5 tones and if you say a word in the wrong tone, then you've changed to a completely different word.

(Example: Wo1= lettuce, Wo2 isn't a word, Wo3= I/me, Wo4= grasp, Wo5 isn't a word; so if you want to say I love you= Wo3 Ai4 Ni3, if you say Wo1 Ai4 Ni3= Lettuce loves you.)

*Numbers mark the tone used.

Another way Japanese is more simplex than Mandarin is its use of kana characters. But, when forming kanji, if you put two next to eachother the sound of the word changes and you have a few choices to pick from, which if you don't know you'd be wrong.

EG lunch= bentou 弁当

弁= ben, araso, wakima (these are pronunciations)

当= tou, masa.

If you are unaware of how to form a compound kanji, then you wouldn't know the correct pronunciation, which is to go by the onyomi (Chinese reading) vs. the kunyomi (Japanese reading).

Onyomi isn't literally the Chinese pronunciation, they just call it that, so don't think if you study Japanese you're also studying Chinese.

It's kind of complex to compare the two. Just pick which interests you more.

FYI- to be literate in Japanese you have to be able to read 1,945 common used kanji called "Joyo."

Chinese is different, most college-educated Chinese can recognize up to 5,000 characters that can make up to 60,000 different words.

Mandarin is easier than Japanese! japanese has many similarities with Mandarin!

Japanese and Chinese have same characters but different pronunciation!

So my advice is that you should learn Mandarin firstly and then transform to Japanese!

You will find that your Language learning become easier!

This is Lily's advice! My English is poor, so if you can't understand my meaning, please contact me on Skype,

Japanese will probably be easier to learn, depending on which type you would write with. If you want to learn Kanji, it's going to take you longer than, say if you were to learn katakana or hiragana.

In the end, it's all pronounced the same way.

If you just made the decision to understand this common language Mandarin why don’t you understand at the most common on the internet course

Japanese is much easier, Chinese has a killer pronunciation and like 2000 symbols.