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How easy is English for Mandarin Chinese speakers?

Going from Mandarin Chinese to English (English) has a composite linguistic distance of 77% (curated lexical data). Below is the dimension-by-dimension breakdown.

77% distance FSI Cat I (Easiest) โ€” 600โ€“750 hours
Lexical similarity
4%

Shared vocabulary, cognates, and loanwords.

Grammatical distance
87%

Morphology, syntax, word order, cases.

Phonological similarity
0%

Shared sounds and phoneme inventory.

Writing-system match
0%

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Genealogical kinship
0%

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Sample sentences side-by-side

How everyday sentences look in both languages:

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mandarin Chinese
Coffee and chocolate are enjoyed by people all around the world.
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง English
ๅ’–ๅ•กๅ’Œๅทงๅ…‹ๅŠ›ๆทฑๅ—ไธ–็•Œๅ„ๅœฐไบบไปฌ็š„ๅ–œ็ˆฑใ€‚
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mandarin Chinese
The internet and computer technology have changed how we communicate.
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง English
ไบ’่”็ฝ‘ๅ’Œ่ฎก็ฎ—ๆœบๆŠ€ๆœฏๆ”นๅ˜ไบ†ๆˆ‘ไปฌ็š„ๆฒŸ้€šๆ–นๅผใ€‚

Other easy languages for Mandarin Chinese speakers

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