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Do all Chinese Singaporeans speak Mandarin? What percentage compare to Cantonese? |
Travel Info Please translate the following to Mandarin: Goodbye = I love you = Fine, Okay = Mother = Brother = Moon = Good = Thank you = Travel Tips All Chinese Singaporeans can speak Mandarin, save for the older generation who went through English-only education. They will speak English and Malay. The majority are Hokkiens, Cantonese is a far second dialect group so it is more rare to find people who can speak Cantonese here. Goodbye = zai4 jian4 I love you =wo3 ai4 ni3 Fine, Okay = hao3 ke2 yi3 Mother =ma1 ma Brother = ge1 ge Moon = yue4 liang4 Good = hao3 Thank you = xie4 xie Others Goodbye = 鍐嶈 I love you = 鎴戠埍浣?br /> Fine, Okay = 鎴戝緢濂? (i'm fine) Mother = 濡堝 Brother = 鍝ュ摜/寮熷紵 big brother/little brother Moon = 鏈堜寒 Good = 濂?br /> Thank you = 璋㈣阿 Majority of the people in Singapore knows how to speak mandarin. Goodbye = zai jian I love you = wo ai ni Fine, Okay = wo heng hao (depends on ur context) Mother = ma ma Brother = ge ge (elder bother)/ di di(younger brother) Moon = yue liang Good = hao Thank you = xie xie Most Chinese Singaporean can speak Mandarin, though older generations will then to speak in dialect. And what dialect they speak depends on the person's dialect group. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/chinese_in_... Majority do speak mandarin, not necessarily cantonese. no yes |
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