Reads ≠ knows the meaning
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varieties_of_Chinese. Standard written
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Written_vernacular_Chinese is based on "barbarian" .
In "barbarian"
dictionary
厝 [cuò]
1. verb to place; to dispose
2. verb place a coffin in a temporary shelter pending burial
There's grammar difference btw 2 "languages"
Hokkien: house-side-head-tail home-oneself-man
"barbarian" : 鄰 [adjacent] 居 [house] 是 [is] 自家人 [oneself-home-man]
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Classical Chinese
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Chinese is more "useful" as cross language media than [std written]. It was known by every educated in East Asia (China/ Japan/ Korea/ Vietnam)