网友讨论：为什么你们选择学习汉语，而非日语？
Why did you choose Chinese over Japanese?
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事实上我很喜欢看中国电视剧，比如《陈情令》《你微笑时很美》以及《苍兰诀》。
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My question is especially for those who learn Chinese as a hobby/for entertainment purposes. I get that they are different languages of different cultures but it seems that Japanese media is much more developed, uncensored and accessible, so I am curious.
我这问题只针对那些因为爱好或者娱乐等原因而学习汉语的人。我知道中日有不同的文化以及不同的语言，但是日本的娱乐媒体似乎更加发达，受到的审查也更少，对我们而言也更容易接触到，所以我很好奇。
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I actually love watching Chinese dramas like The Untamed, Falling into your Smile or Love between Fairy and Devil. There is a huge amount of content available for free on YouTube, especially if you don't need English subs, so I am highly motivated to improve my language skills.
事实上我很喜欢看中国电视剧，比如《陈情令》《你微笑时很美》以及《苍兰诀》。油管上有大量的免费内容，特别是如果你不用英文字幕就能看懂的话，所以我有了很强的动力去提高自己的语言水平。
Haha my wife laughed thoroughly at your comment. She wanted me to watch Love between Fairy and Devil with her, and I (not a fan of chick flicks, let a lone an entire series) begrudgingly agreed. Turns out I enjoyed it as much as she did, and I listen to the soundtrack all the time now. 决爱 is one of my all time favorite Chinese songs
哈哈，你的评论把我老婆给乐坏了，她之前想让我和他一起看《苍兰诀》，我只能勉强同意了（我不是什么言情片爱好者，更别提是这样一整部言情剧了）。结果我和她一样喜欢这部电视剧，我现在一直在听这部电视剧的原声专辑，决爱是我最喜欢的汉语歌曲之一。
It's a more useful language, in general, as far as utility goes and being able to communicate with more people. A lot more opportunities to practice with strangers in the US as well.
一般来讲，汉语是一种实用性更强的语言，学习汉语能让你与更多的人交流。在美国你也能拥有更多与陌生人搭话练习汉语的机会。
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遗憾的是，我不是从高中时就开始学习汉语的（真希望我当初选了汉语）。我们高中甚至不教日语，我的大学也不教。对于西方人而言，日语并不是一种很受欢迎的第二语言，除了那些出于个人原因想学日语的。
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I think that Chinese (Mandarin) is more useful because it's spoken by over 1 billion people and China is a fast developing country, it also has an easy grammar
我认为汉语（普通话）更有用，因为有超过10亿人说这种语言，中国是一个发展快速的国家，而且汉语的语法也比较简单。
Vacation to China booked for March 2020... But..., when I finally do go I'll be fluent
我原本预定2020年3月去中国度假的，但是.... 等我哪天真去了中国时，我的汉语肯定已经相当流利了。
Let me know if you need to borrow a time machine
如果你需要时间机器的话，就和我提一嘴。
Who wants to go back to March 2020?! I’m good…
谁会想要回到2020年啊？谢拒...
I took a Japanese course only to learn enough to realize no one was speaking Japanese around me. Way more Chinese and Koreans to converse with.
我去上了一门日语课后才发现自己周围根本没有人说日语，身边能够交谈的中国人和韩国人明显更多。
because i have no interest in the japanese culture or the language whatsoever
因为我对日本文化和日语这种语言都不感兴趣。
I wanted to learn Japanese for a long time and even had a friend who learned Japanese to almost fluency in fairly short time (3-4 years I think). But I never got further than learning hiragana.
我很长一段时间以来一直想学日语，我甚至还有一个在相当短的时间内（我想是3-4年）就把日本学得非常熟练的朋友。而我学完平假名后就没再继续了。
然而当我开始阅读中国网络小说（翻译过的）并开始阅读译者的旁注时，我突然意识到这种语言是如此的美丽，作者在自己的作品里随笔而出的诗歌也是如此之美...那几乎已经是一年前的事情了，我如今依旧在坚持学习汉语（缓慢但坚定），此外汉语的语法似乎也比波兰语更容易。（我在学习汉语之前还尝试过学习波兰语）而且理解汉字及其意义在某种程度上也能有助于你理解日语文本。
May I ask what those web novels are called? Would love to check them out!
能分享一下你看得那些网络小说吗？我也想去看看！
Very interesting question and I love to read the answers! For me it’s ‘just’ because I find Japanese culture is considered very trendy at the moment and I find that Chinese is a bit overlooked in the mainstream and there’s a lot of prejudices surrounding it especially after covid. As such it attracts me more.
非常有趣的问题，我喜欢看你们写的答案！对我来说，原因很简单。我发现日本文化在当下被视为是非常时髦的，而中国文化则相对受到了忽视，尤其是在新冠疫情之后，这世界上产生了针对中国的偏见。因此，它变得更加吸引我了。
If you want to understand the history, culture and art of East Asia, then Chinese is the language to begin with.
如果你想要了解东亚的历史、文化以及艺术，那么就从学习汉语开始吧。
Different people learn language for different reasons, even when it's just a hobby. I don't really care about media, it doesn't tend to be a motivator for me when it comes to learning a language. I mostly focus on personal connections and other facets of culture. Chinese is a popular language in my country relatively speaking, so that's one of the main reasons why I enjoy learning it.
不同的人们因为不同的原因去学习语言，即便只是视其为一种爱好。我不太关心娱乐媒体，当我学习一种语言时，媒体并不是驱使我学习语言的动力。我主要关注的是人际关系和文化的其他方面。汉语在我们国家是一种比较流行的语言，这也是我享受学习汉语的主要原因之一。
I just love the way Mandarin sounds. Plus it is spoken by so many, even just in NYC. Like at my job, of my team of 40, six are native Mandarin speakers. : ). I run into Chinese people in NYC alllll the time, Japanese not often at all.
我只是喜欢普通话的发音。此外，说普通话的人很多，甚至光是在纽约就有很多。以我的工作为例吧，我们40人的团队中有6个人的母语是普通话。我在纽约经常碰见中国人，却很少碰见日本人。
didn't want to go to class with a load of weebs
我可不想和一群死宅一起上课。
Weird question.A lot of people would have started studying Chinese without considering studying Japanese.
真是个奇怪的问题，很多人在开始学习汉语时压根儿就没有想过要去学日语。
Agreed. Might as well ask why I chose Chinese over French
赞同，楼主还不如问我为什么选择汉语而非法语呢。
I just find Chinese history very interesting. And if I choose to research Japanese history later, I might find out a lot of the original sources are also in classical chinese
我只是觉得中国的历史很有趣，如果我以后选择研究日本历史的话，届时我可能会发现日本的很多文献也是用中国的文言文写的。
I always wanted to learn Japanese but the grammar, 4 different readings for a Kanji makes it so unappealing.Chinese has mostly 1 sound for 1 character. Basic and simple grammar.
我一直都想要去学习日语，但是它的语法实在太难了，而且一个汉字能够有4种不同的读法，这点让日语变得缺乏吸引力。汉语里大部分字都只有一种发音，而且语法也很基本和简单。
I am much more interested in Chinese entertainment whether it’s music or dramas and the fact that you always have Chinese subs in dramas is a big advantage.Also the Chinese media in the recent years is developing in a fast pace and they are not up to Korean/Japanese level but it’s not underdeveloped either. Also it depends on your taste, I like history so the historical c dramas are up to my taste. Also other reasons but you specifically asked for entertainment/media reasons
我对中国的娱乐作品更感兴趣，无论是音乐还是电视剧，而且中国电视剧总会有字幕，这是一个很大的优势。而且中国的娱乐媒体近年来的发展速度非常快，他们虽然还没有达到日韩的水平，但也算不上落后。这也取决于你的口味，我喜欢历史，所以历史剧很符合我的口味。我之所以选择汉语还有一些其他原因，不过你只问了娱乐影视作品这方面的原因。