My impression of learning Chinese

# Introduction. So I think one of the international languages besides English is Mandarin and every year China is experiencing very rapid development, for example in AI, namely deepseek, which can make a hard blow to America which is very expensive in AI development. # Sifficulties Chinese in my opinion is the most difficult in the tones / spelling of sounds / pinying (拼音) and also writing such as one of them hanzi (汉字). currently I am still learning Pinyin because it is the basis of Chinese if I get the wrong tone pinying (拼音) it will change everything in the sense of translation. Translated with DeepL.com (free version) # pinying (拼音.) Pinyin (拼音) is the romanization of Chinese characters based on their pronunciation. Pinyin is used to teach Chinese and is also used in dictionaries, textbooks and other educational materials. Pinyin is an important tool for learning Chinese, as it helps learners understand how to pronounce words correctly. For example as below: ```pinyin 我 wǒ 你 nǐ 他 tā 她 tā 它 tā ``` # hanzi (汉字) Hanzi (汉字) is the Chinese character system. It is used to write Chinese characters and is the most commonly used system for Chinese language learning. Hanzi is a system of writing Chinese characters based on their pronunciation. It is used to teach Chinese and is also used in dictionaries, textbooks, and other educational materials. Hanzi is an important tool for learning Chinese, as it helps learners understand how to pronounce words correctly. ## The Challenge of Hanzi (汉字) Hanzi refers to Chinese characters, one of the world's oldest writing systems. Here's a categorized table of common characters with their Simplified, Traditional forms, Pinyin, and meaning: ### Basic Characters <div className="hanzi-table"> | Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | Meaning | |------------|-------------|--------|---------| | 人 | 人 | rén | person | | 口 | 口 | kǒu | mouth | | 日 | 日 | rì | sun/day | | 月 | 月 | yuè | moon | | 山 | 山 | shān | mountain| </div> ### Common Verbs <div className="hanzi-table"> | Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | Meaning | |------------|-------------|--------|---------| | 吃 | 吃 | chī | eat | | 喝 | 喝 | hē | drink | | 学 | 學 | xué | learn | | 写 | 寫 | xiě | write | | 说 | 說 | shuō | speak | </div> ### Family Terms <div className="hanzi-table"> | Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | Meaning | |------------|-------------|--------|---------| | 爸 | 爸 | bà | father | | 妈 | 媽 | mā | mother | | 哥 | 哥 | gē | elder brother | | 妹 | 妹 | mèi | younger sister | | 家 | 家 | jiā | family/home | </div> ### Numbers 1-10 <div className="hanzi-table"> | Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | Meaning | |------------|-------------|--------|---------| | 一 | 一 | yī | one | | 二 | 二 | èr | two | | 三 | 三 | sān | three | | 四 | 四 | sì | four | | 五 | 五 | wǔ | five | | 六 | 六 | liù | six | | 七 | 七 | qī | seven | | 八 | 八 | bā | eight | | 九 | 九 | jiǔ | nine | | 十 | 十 | shí | ten | </div>