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fishbelly

偶爾看到網上一篇爭論關於簡體字同繁體字的文章， 如下

http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_47458e650100cd9d.html

本人舉腳贊成廢除簡體字， 但係請各位看回覆！   唔怪得上年 CNN 條友會話中國人係 “暴徒”， 雖然我並不同意此說。

sheep

Yes, you're right. However, when do people know what is exception and what is not? As the word as simple as "助", neither it pronounces as "且" nor "力".
But on the other hand, simplified Chinese mig ...
Ultraman 發表於 2009-3-19 20:53

一That's the beauty of Chinese character 一字 一音 一義

salad_bread

未開始學就話難，呢個係懶人既借口

Ultraman

Yes, it's the point of "basic knowledge", and thus it applies to all/most "languages". So, once you have learnt the "basic" of simplified Chinese, it's just a piece of cake for further guessing.

For the priority, there is not a must for everyone. If time for learning a new language (or any other kind of new knowledge) is limited, depends on one's daily use and need and how urgent the situation is, one can set his/her own schedule in order to fulfill his/her need/interest.
But generally speaking, if you are living in HK/Van, you can't go wrong to learn all the following three languages: Cantonese, English, and Mandarin for speaking (by alphabetical order, not the importance); and English, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese for written.

嘉嘉

37# tofu
exactly, basic knowlege is the point

music is a language
math is a language
chemistry is a language
physics is a language

if you know nothing about them, you can tell nothing of them
once you know the basic, it's so much easier to approach

tofu

yes, learning one more subject is a benefit/credit.  but if you don't have time to learn them all, what would your preference to learn first.

so you believe simplified chinese has no exception at all.  if someone knows nothing about a language, don't you think s/he can guess about that language.   we are talking about a person who has a basic knowledge of a language then s/he can guess a word that s/he doesn't know.  
no matter language, math or...., everything has exception, under exceptional case, we need to remember it.  in a regular day, we are talking about normal situation, reasonable person &...

Ultraman

"""why you think the pronunciation of "麵" is "面" is making sense but not "麥" instead"""

because 麥 is 部首.  there is a formula to pronoun chinese character.  of course there are exceptions, but e ...
tofu 發表於 2009-3-19 19:09

Yes, you're right. However, when do people know what is exception and what is not? As the word as simple as "助", neither it pronounces as "且" nor "力".
But on the other hand, simplified Chinese might be easier for people to pronounce (and write).

Anyways, I'm not going to discuss it any further.
I think it's up to personal preference to learn simplified Chinese. To me, to know one more language is always a benefit/credit.

嘉嘉

The very main point is:
You don't get confusion in 繁體 like the 面 issue in 簡體

putting 一睇個字就知佢咩意思依個問題 aside
each word has it's own distinct character/appearance in 繁體

there's no problem to have same pronounciation for different words
as long as they are not over using the same word for every other meanings

tofu

"""why you think the pronunciation of "麵" is "面" is making sense but not "麥" instead"""

because 麥 is 部首.  there is a formula to pronoun chinese character.  of course there are exceptions, but exception is exception

Ultraman

31# Ultraman

Anyway, back to topic, I think we should learn 繁體字 before simplified word. It's easier to switch from 繁體字 to simplify but not the other way round la.
fibbi 發表於 2009-3-19 17:14

Agree. It's like to learn the regular form of English words before their abbreviation. Haha...