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Can Chinese Speakers Understand Japanese?

By: MAMA Mandarin

At first glance, Chinese and Japanese may appear similar—especially in writing. After all, both use Chinese characters (Hanzi in Chinese, Kanji in Japanese), and they’ve shared thousands of years of cultural exchange. But the question remains: Can Chinese people understand Japanese? The short answer is: Not really—not without studying it first.