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How German and Chinese compare

Different writing systems

German uses Latin while Chinese uses Chinese characters. Because the two do not share an alphabet, translated output cannot be sounded out from the original spelling — copy the result directly rather than trying to transcribe it.

Unrelated language families

German belongs to the Indo-European family while Chinese belongs to the Sino-Tibetan family. With no shared ancestry there are few cognates to fall back on, so idioms and fixed expressions rarely map word-for-word. Short, literal sentences translate more accurately than figurative ones.

Sentence structure changes

German follows subject-object-verb (SOV) order while Chinese follows subject-verb-object (SVO). The translator has to rebuild each sentence rather than substitute words in place, so the output will not line up word-for-word with your input. Splitting long sentences improves accuracy.

Speakers

German: Approximately 90-100 million native speakers worldwide, with 76 million in Germany, 8.9 million in Austria, 4.6 million in Switzerland. Chinese: About 1.3 speakers globally, making it one of the world's most spoken languages.

Common German phrases in Chinese

Everyday phrases translated from German to Chinese — useful for travel, conversation and learning.

Greetings

Greetings: German phrases and their Chinese translations
GermanChinese
Hallo你好
Guten Morgen早上好
Guten Tag下午好
Guten Abend晚上好
Gute Nacht晚安
Auf Wiedersehen再见
Bis später稍后见
Bis morgen明天见
Willkommen欢迎
Wie geht es dir?你好吗?
Mir geht es gut, danke我很好,谢谢
Ich wünsche Ihnen einen schönen Tag祝你有美好的一天

Courtesy

Courtesy: German phrases and their Chinese translations
GermanChinese
Bitte
Vielen Dank谢谢你
Vielen Dank非常感谢
Gern geschehen不客气
Ja是的
Nein
Entschuldigung对不起
Es tut mir leid对不起
Kein Problem没问题
Natürlich当然
Herzlichen Glückwunsch恭喜你
Viel Glück祝你好运

Introductions

Introductions: German phrases and their Chinese translations
GermanChinese
Wie heißt du?你叫什么名字?
Schön, Sie kennenzulernen很高兴认识你
Woher kommst du?你来自哪里?
Wie alt bist du?你今年多大?
Ich bin Student我是一名学生
Ich bin hier im Urlaub我在这里度假
Ich bin wegen der Arbeit hier我来这里是为了工作
Das ist mein Freund这是我的朋友

Numbers

Numbers: German phrases and their Chinese translations
GermanChinese
Eins
Zwei两个
Drei
Vier
Fünf
Sechs
Sieben
Acht
Neun
Zehn
Einhundert一百
Eintausend一千

Time and dates

Time and dates: German phrases and their Chinese translations
GermanChinese
Heute今天
Morgen明天
Gestern昨天
Jetzt现在
Später后来
Wie spät ist es?现在几点了?
Am Morgen早上
Abends晚上
Montag星期一
Freitag周五
Nächste Woche下周
Eine Stunde一小时

Directions and travel

Directions and travel: German phrases and their Chinese translations
GermanChinese
Wo ist das Badezimmer?浴室在哪里?
Wo ist der Bahnhof?火车站在哪里?
Wo ist der Flughafen?机场在哪里?
Wie komme ich dorthin?我怎样才能到达那里?
Biegen Sie links ab左转
Biegen Sie rechts ab右转
Gehen Sie geradeaus一直往前走
Es ist in der Nähe已经很近了
Es ist weit很远
Ich bin verloren我迷路了
Ich brauche ein Taxi我需要一辆出租车
Wo kann ich ein Ticket kaufen?我在哪里可以买票?
Wie viel ist das Ticket?票多少銭?
Ist das Gehen sicher?步行安全吗?

Food and restaurants

Food and restaurants: German phrases and their Chinese translations
GermanChinese
Ich habe Hunger我饿了
Ich habe Durst我渴了
Wasser, bitte请喝水
Ein Tisch für zwei, bitte请给一张两人桌
Die Speisekarte, bitte请给菜单
Was empfehlen Sie?你有什么推荐?
Das würde mir gefallen我想要这个
Es ist köstlich很好吃
Die Rechnung, bitte请付帐单
Ich esse kein Fleisch我不吃肉
Ich habe eine Nahrungsmittelallergie我有食物过敏
Kaffee咖啡
Tee
Brot面包

Shopping and money

Shopping and money: German phrases and their Chinese translations
GermanChinese
Wie viel kostet das?这要花多少钱?
Es ist zu teuer太贵了
Akzeptieren Sie Kreditkarten?你们接受信用卡吗?
Ich schaue nur我只是在寻找
Ich werde es nehmen我会接受它
Offen打开
Geschlossen关闭
Eingang入口处
Ausstieg退出
Wo ist der Markt?市场在哪里?

Emergency and health

Emergency and health: German phrases and their Chinese translations
GermanChinese
Hilfe帮助
Rufen Sie einen Arzt打电话给医生
Rufen Sie die Polizei报警
Ich brauche Hilfe我需要帮助
Ich bin krank我病了
Wo ist das Krankenhaus?医院在哪里?
Wo ist die Apotheke?药房在哪里?
Es tut hier weh这里很痛
Ich brauche einen Arzt我需要一名医生
Gibt es ein Krankenhaus in der Nähe?附近有医院吗?

Getting help with language

Getting help with language: German phrases and their Chinese translations
GermanChinese
Sprechen Sie Englisch?你会说英语吗?
Ich verstehe es nicht我不明白
Ich verstehe我明白了
Bitte sprechen Sie langsam请慢慢地说
Bitte wiederholen Sie das请重复一遍
Bitte schreiben Sie es auf请写下来
Was bedeutet das?这意味着什么?
Wie sagt man das?这话怎么说呢?
Ich lerne我正在学习
Ich spreche ein wenig我稍微讲一点
Können Sie mir helfen?你能帮我吗?
Ich weiß es nicht我不知道

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About Chinese Language

Geographical Distribution

Chinese is primarily spoken in China (中国, Zhōngguó), Taiwan (台湾, Táiwān), and Singapore (新加坡, Xīnjiāpō), with significant numbers of speakers in Indonesia (印度尼西亚, Yìndùníxīyà), Malaysia (马来西亚, Mǎláixīyà), Thailand (泰国, Tàiguó), and overseas Chinese communities globally.

Alphabet

Does not use an alphabet but uses a logographic writing system composed of thousands of characters (汉字, Hànzì).A (诶), B (比), C (西), D (迪), E (伊), F (艾弗), G (吉), H (艾尺), I (艾), J (杰), K (开), L (艾勒), M (艾马), N (艾娜), O (哦), P (屁), Q (吉吾), R (艾儿), S (艾丝), T (提), U (伊吾), V (维), W (豆贝尔维), X (艾克斯), Y (吾艾), Z (贼德)

Vowels

Standard Mandarin has simple vowels: a (啊, ā), e (额, é), i (衣, yī), o (哦, ó), u (乌, wū), ü (迂, yū)a is pronounced like 'father' (啊, ā)e is pronounced in various ways, often like 'sir' (额, é)i is pronounced like 'see' (衣, yī)o is pronounced like 'or' (哦, ó)u is pronounced like 'flute' (乌, wū)ü is similar to the French 'lune' (迂, yū)

Consonants

b (ㄅ), p (ㄆ), m (ㄇ), f (ㄈ), d (ㄉ), t (ㄊ), n (ㄋ), l (ㄌ), g (ㄍ), k (ㄎ), h (ㄏ), j (ㄐ), q (ㄑ), x (ㄒ), zh (ㄓ), ch (ㄔ), sh (ㄕ), r (ㄖ), z (ㄗ), c (ㄘ), s (ㄙ), y (ㄧ), w (ㄨ)

Phonetics

Features four tones in Mandarin (high, rising, falling-rising, and falling) which are crucial to meaning. Other dialects may have up to nine tones.

Grammar and Syntax

Typically follows a subject-verb-object (SVO) order (主谓宾, zhǔwèibīn). Uses particles to indicate tense and aspect. Does not inflect nouns for number or gender, nor verbs for tense.

Loanwords

Includes loanwords from Mongolian (蒙古语, Ménggǔ yǔ), Tibetan (藏语, Zàng yǔ), Japanese (日语, Rìyǔ), and English (英语, Yīngyǔ), among others.

Language Family

Part of the Sino-Tibetan language family (汉藏语系, Hàn-Zàng yǔxì).

Writing Systems

Uses Chinese characters (汉字, Hànzì). Simplified characters (简体字, Jiǎntǐzì) are used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional characters (繁体字, Fántǐzì) are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong (香港, Xiānggǎng), and Macau (澳门, Àomén).

Writing System History

Chinese characters have evolved over several millennia, with significant simplifications occurring in the 20th century in Mainland China.

Total Number of Speakers

About 1.3 speakers globally, making it one of the world's most spoken languages.

About German Language

Geographical Distribution

Primarily spoken in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium, Liechtenstein, and South Tyrol (Italy), with diaspora communities worldwide.

Alphabet

Uses Latin alphabet with 30 letters: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, Ä, Ö, Ü, ß

Vowels

a - pronounced like 'ah'e - pronounced like 'eh'i - pronounced like 'ee'o - pronounced like 'oh'u - pronounced like 'oo'ä - pronounced like 'eh' (front)ö - pronounced like 'ö'ü - pronounced like 'ü'

Consonants

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Phonetics

Features distinctive umlauted vowels (ä, ö, ü), consonant clusters, and the eszett (ß) representing double 's'.

Grammar and Syntax

Verb-second (V2) word order in main clauses, SOV in subordinate clauses. Complex case system with 4 cases (nominative, accusative, dative, genitive).

Loanwords

Contains loanwords from Latin, French, English, and other languages, with recent heavy borrowing from English.

Language Family

Part of the Indo-European family, specifically the West Germanic branch, closely related to Dutch and English.

Writing Systems

Uses Latin script with umlauts and eszett, historically also used Fraktur blackletter script.

Writing System History

Evolved from medieval Latin script, with Fraktur dominant until mid-20th century, replaced by standard Latin script.

Total Number of Speakers

Approximately 90-100 million native speakers worldwide, with 76 million in Germany, 8.9 million in Austria, 4.6 million in Switzerland.

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