I assumed that because the characters were tied to meaning rather than sound it would be the same. But I suppose if the grammar is different it would make sense for it to be written differently. Admittedly I know very little about east Asian languages other than what I picked up watching food ranger videos. But, saying things are amazing is not that useful. 太好了!
that’s right, but this relation can be many to one. many characters can be synonyms. and eventually, as these languages diverted, Cantonese would make one of the synonyms the standard word for something, while Mandarin would choose another synonym
Oh ok, that makes sense. I guess like regional differences in vocabulary in English. Like for example in English you would say children but in Southern Scotland you would say weans and further north you’d say bairns. Even though bairns would be written the same way in all parts of the country, you just wouldn’t use it unless you were in Scotland.
Depends on where you’re from. Hong Kongers speak Cantonese and write in traditional Chinese, not simplified. Simplified is dominant on the mainland due to being standardized in the government-set school curriculum, though you can still find traditional Chinese used for branding and historical uses.
It’s Cantonese you uncultured swine
it’s 100% mandarin, in Cantonese you’d have something like 嗰 and 唔係 instead of 這 and 不是
I guess it’ll remain a mystery
Are Cantonese and mandarin not written the same way but said differently?
they are different languages, with different grammar and vocab
I assumed that because the characters were tied to meaning rather than sound it would be the same. But I suppose if the grammar is different it would make sense for it to be written differently. Admittedly I know very little about east Asian languages other than what I picked up watching food ranger videos. But, saying things are amazing is not that useful. 太好了!
that’s right, but this relation can be many to one. many characters can be synonyms. and eventually, as these languages diverted, Cantonese would make one of the synonyms the standard word for something, while Mandarin would choose another synonym
Oh ok, that makes sense. I guess like regional differences in vocabulary in English. Like for example in English you would say children but in Southern Scotland you would say weans and further north you’d say bairns. Even though bairns would be written the same way in all parts of the country, you just wouldn’t use it unless you were in Scotland.
Forgive me if I’m wrong, but isn’t Cantonese and Mandarin basically written with similar characters?
Depends on where you’re from. Hong Kongers speak Cantonese and write in traditional Chinese, not simplified. Simplified is dominant on the mainland due to being standardized in the government-set school curriculum, though you can still find traditional Chinese used for branding and historical uses.
Impossible to know for sure
Truly no one could ever know.