What are some of the differences between English and Mandarin Chinese languages?
There are quite few differences.
1. Chinese characters are hieroglyphic; English words are phonic.
2. Chinese is character based; English is word based.
3. Chinese verbs don't have tenses; English verbs do
4. Chinese characters have tones; English words don't
5. Chinese adverbs and adjectives are indistinguishable; English adverbs and adjectives are different words most of the time
6. Chinese questions are sentences with a special character added to the end; English question are sentences with a special word added to the front