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Silencio Tarsier Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

what should we use to describe language?

I mean when it goes to word or character or letter?
in English, and especially in other languages like chinese thai
  

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Silencio Tarsier what should we use to describe language? I mean when it goes to word or character or letter? I do not understand your problem.

— Mister Micawber

  • Silencio Tarsier what should we use to describe language?
  • I mean when it goes to word or character or letter?
  • I do not understand your problem.
  • Please explain more.
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Silencio Tarsierwhat should we use to describe language? I mean when it goes to word or character or letter?
I do not understand your problem. Please explain more.
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M is first letter/character of Mother.

Ni is first letter or character or what else in (should I use in here) Ni Hao?

word actually means every single vocabulary, does it?
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Silencio Tarsierword actually means every single vocabulary, does it?
I'm still not quite sure what you mean, Silencio, but if the language (whichever language it is) is transcribed in the Roman alphabet (A, B, C, etc), then each letter is individual.

Therefore, 'Ni' of 'Ni Hao' is two letters ('n' and 'i') while it may be only a single Chinese charac
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then word consist of characters, and characters consist of letters.
am I right?
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No. Chinese has characters that represent words or syllables. It does not have letters. English has letters that (very roughly) represent sounds.
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