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简体字与繁体字

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ID: 0795 Advanced
简体字方便!繁体字好看!简体字破坏汉字结构!繁体字浪费宝贵时间!关于繁体字和简体字的争论有很多呢!你学汉字了吗?你学的是简体还是繁体?你觉得繁体字好还是简体字好呢?让我们一起在中文播客学习和讨论吧。
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
rǎng to shout
简化 jiǎnhuà simplification
甲骨文 jiǎgǔwén bone carving
金文 jīnwén bronze inscriptions
哎真头疼都是简体字
āi 哎zhēn 真tóu téng 头疼dōu 都shì 是jiǎntǐzì 简体字
Oh, what a headache. It's all in simplified characters.
不会吧看繁体字才晕
bùhuì 不会ba 吧kàn 看fántǐzì 繁体字cái 才yūn 晕
No way! Read traditional characters and then you'll know what a headache is.
台湾很多人说简体字简直就是破坏汉字结构
Táiwān 台湾hěn 很duō 多rén 人shuō 说jiǎntǐzì 简体字jiǎnzhí 简直jiùshì 就是pòhuài 破坏hànzì 汉字jiégòu 结构
Many Taiwanese say that simplified characters have simply demolished the structure of Chinese characters.
大陆也有人嚷着要恢复繁体字不过简体方便容易写容易记据说扫盲多亏了它再说几千年来汉字一直在简化啊从甲骨文金文变为篆书再变为隶书楷书总体趋势就是从繁到简
dàlù 大陆yě 也yǒurén 有人rǎng 嚷zhe 着yào 要huīfù 恢复fántǐzì 繁体字bùguò 不过jiǎntī 简体fāngbiàn 方便róngyì 容易xiě 写róngyì 容易jì 记jùshuō 据说sǎománg 扫盲duōkuī 多亏le 了tā 它zàishuō 再说jǐ qiān 几千nián 年lái 来hànzì 汉字yīzhí 一直zài 在jiǎnhuà 简化ā 啊cóng 从jiǎgǔwén 甲骨文jīnwén 金文biàn wéi 变为zhuànshū 篆书zài 再biàn wéi 变为lìshū 隶书kǎishū 楷书zǒngtǐ 总体qūshì 趋势jiùshì 就是cóng 从fán 繁dào 到jiǎn 简
There are also people on the mainland who say we should get back to traditional characters. But simplified characters are convenient, easy to remember and to write. Apparently they did a lot to reduce illiteracy. And furthermore, Chinese characters have been being simplified for thousands of years. From oracle bones and bronze inscriptions to seal script, and then again to the Han script and regular script-- the general trend is from complexity to simplicity.
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