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Why do people want to learn Mandarin Chinese?
为什么人们想要学习汉语？
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Kanbur
Simply because it's useful and fun.
I don't think a lot of people in the West realize just how many people speak Mandarin. Mandarin Chinese is the language with the most native speakers in the world with a whopping 918 million people speaking it as their native tongue. That is absolutely a huge number, and that amount of speakers does wonders for a language. Lately, with the rise of the PRC, the influence of Chinese language media has increased significantly, and, for the purposes of this post, the most important one is the online sphere.
Especially in the past 5 years, Chinese games, Chinese comics, Chinese animation, Chinese books, etc. are everywhere on the Anglophone internet and they're garnering a lot of positive attention.
Specifically, in the gaming market, Chinese(PRC) games are getting more and more competitive. Some famous games I can list off the top of my head are:
UP: 92
单纯是因为它有用而且有趣。
我想很多西方人都不知道有多少人会说汉语。以汉语为母语的人是世界上最多的，多达9.18亿人把它作为母语。这绝对是一个巨大的数字，这么多的使用者对一门语言来说是很神奇的。近年来，随着中国的崛起，中文媒体的影响力显著增加，就文字而言，最重要的是网络领域。特别是在过去的5年里，中国的游戏、中国的漫画、中国的动画、中国的书籍等在英语国家的互联网上随处可见，它们得到了很多积极的关注。
特别是在游戏市场上，中国游戏的竞争越来越激烈。我可以列举出以下几款著名游戏:
《原神》（我刚刚退坑）、《Unheard》（玩法非常有趣的游戏）、《高考恋爱100天》（可能不不出名但是好游戏）、《少女前线》、《古剑奇谭》、《缪斯冲刺》、《王者荣耀》（我之前沉迷于王荣）、《崩坏3》、《闪耀暖暖》（我自己在这上面花了钱，挺很后悔的）。
Simply put, it's impossible to be a gamer and not know about Chinese media. Especially with the release of Genshin Impact, I'm sure everybody saw just how much Chinese game developers have improved their game.
In terms of animation, 2016's Mo Dao Zu Shi (Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation) and 2020's Tian Guan Ci Fu (Heaven Official's Blessing), both adaptations of BL books authored by Moxiang Tongxiu, are certainly among the best in the industry and also quite well-known on the internet. This year’s lix Click was very impressive and managed to top the charts of the highest-rated shows on a few sites.
There are also many, many more that I'm not personally too familiar with but the work put into the animations is honestly extremely impressive.
简单地说，作为玩家，不可能不去了解中国传媒。特别是随着《原神》的发布，我相信每个人都看到了中国游戏开发者对游戏的改进。
在动漫方面，2016年的《魔道祖师》和2020年的《天官赐福》都是根据墨香铜臭的耽美改编而成，这两部动漫无疑都是业内的翘楚，在网络上也颇有知名度。今年的《时光代理人》非常令人印象深刻，并成为一些网站上排名最高的动漫。
还有很多很多我个人不太熟悉的作品，但它们的动画效果真的非常令人印象深刻。
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In my experience, these Chinese animations are of the utmost quality both in terms of actual animation and plot. In an online environment where fans were all too familiar with Japan and the US having a duopoly over most content produced, it’s certainly a surprise that in the 21st century, it's quite impossible to avoid Chinese media, it's worth learning Mandarin just to enjoy these pieces of art in their original language.
On a political level, however, speaking as a leftist, I find it important to critically support the PRC and uate the CCP's actions, to do that though, getting to actually understand the Chinese people's way of thought is crucial. Analyzing Maoist thinking and comparing it to European style Marxist thought is quite interesting and although I'm more skeptical about Dengism, it's still a major part of the modern Chinese state and deserves a fair bit of reading into. I believe, as the major socialist power in the world, learning Chinese is useful for any leftist interested in the state of 21st century communism.
On a more personal note, it's also quite a joy to learn about another culture for me, especially since China is highly multifarious in terms of cultural and linguistic diversity along with its grand history. I feel like I could read about the Han sub-groups and never get bored, getting a better understanding of Chinese civilization is undoubtedly important, albeit difficult. Cheers!
在我的经验中，这些中国动画无论在实际画面还是情节上都是最优秀的。在网络环境下，粉丝们都非常熟悉日本和美国对大部分内容的垄断, 令人惊讶的是，在21世纪，几乎不可能避开中国传媒，为了欣赏这些艺术作品的原版，学习普通话是值得的。
然而，在政治层面上，作为一个左翼人士，我发现批判性地支持中国和评价中国的行动是很重要的，而要做到这一点，真正理解中国人的思维方式是至关重要的。分析*思想并将其与西方风格的马克思主义进行比较是很有趣的事情。尽管我对*理论持怀疑态度，但它仍然是现代中国的一个重要组成部分，值得我们好好研究一下。我相信，作为世界上主要的社会主义强国，学习汉语对任何对21世纪共产主义国家感兴趣的左派人士都是有用的。
从更个人的角度来说，学习另一种文化对我来说也是一种乐趣，尤其是因为中国有着悠久的历史，在文化和语言方面有着高度的多样性。我觉得，读汉人的书永远不会感到无聊，这可以更好地理解中国文明，这无疑是很重要的，尽管很难。
加油哦！
Bella Johnson
The story of how I first began learning Mandarin Chinese is a bit peculiar.
I had read a study about London taxi drivers, and how their brains physically changed after learning the spatial map of London in their heads (London is a complicated layout).
I began thinking about different ways I could exercise my brain and get out of my “comfort zone”. I imagined that after college my brain basically dug its way into the couch of my head and got lazy. I wanted to whip it back into shape and challenge it in a new way. A friend of mine recommended Chinese. Mandarin Chinese actually changes the way different parts of your brain function, and for the better!
The pictoral writing system and speaking tones will improve your overall mental health and capacity.
我开始学习普通话的经历有点奇怪。
我曾经读过一篇关于伦敦出租车司机的研究，以及他们在大脑了解了伦敦的空间地图后大脑的物理变化(伦敦的布局很复杂)。
我开始思考不同的方法来锻炼我的大脑，以走出我的“舒适区”。我想象着大学毕业后，我的大脑基本上是钻进了我的沙发里，变得懒惰起来。我想让它恢复原状，以一种新的方式挑战它。我的一个朋友推荐我学汉语。汉语实际上会改变你大脑不同部分的功能，而且会变得更好!
象形文字体系和口语语调将提高你的整体心理健康和能力。
I was up for the challenge. It wasn’t until just after I looked into Chinese that I realized all of the other benefits beyond stimulating my brain.
There are other great reasons to learn Mandarin Chinese:
As an investment for your future and career that points you in the direction of China. Economic momentum over the past decades has shifted to East Asia, driven by the meteoric rise of the Chinese economy.
As business and infrastructure in China has risen, seemingly overnight, opportunities for foreigners working in China, or working in conjunction with Chinese companies, has also risen dramatically. Many of us foreign workers today find that we now have more opportunity on the other side of the Pacific!
Not all foreign workers in China speak much Chinese, and not all jobs require a fluent level of Mandarin Chinese skill to be qualified. However, this doesn’t mean that studying Chinese isn’t necessary. Having even a basic understanding of Chinese shows that you are committed to China for business and personal purposes
Opens doors to a fascinating 5,000-year-old culture
There’s no better language to learn if you are a native English speaker like me, and no better time to begin learning it than now.
我准备接受挑战。直到我开始学习中文之后，我才意识到除了刺激我的大脑之外还有其他的好处。
学习汉语还有其他的原因:
作为对你未来和职业生涯的投资，为你指明了中国的方向。在中国经济迅速崛起的推动下，过去几十年的经济势头已转向东亚。
随着中国商业和基础设施的增加，似乎在一夜之间，外国人在中国工作或与中国公司合作的机会也大幅增加。我们许多外国工人今天发现，我们现在在太平洋的另一边有更多的机会!
并不是所有在中国工作的外国人都能说流利的汉语，也不是所有的工作都需要流利的汉语水平才能胜任。然而，这并不意味着学中文就没有必要了。即使对中文只有基本的了解，也能展示你致力于中国的商业和个人目的。
开启了一扇通往五千年迷人文化的大门。
如果你像我一样以英语为母语，没有比学习中文更好的语言了，现在就是开始学习它的最佳时机。
