instruction: What are some of the differences between English and Mandarin Chinese languages?
response: 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