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Posted on: 66 Enjoyable Characters with Joy #1
April 2, 2019 at 7:11 PMI didn't notice it at first, but the description for 66 Enjoyable Characters with Joy does say: "... we are gonna show you 66 traditional characters that you see every day."
Posted on: Finally
April 2, 2019 at 7:09 PM我终于通过考试了！
Posted on: "Me too!" 4 ways to use 也
April 2, 2019 at 7:09 PM你也要一杯茶吗？
Posted on: 2018 Google Most Searched News
April 2, 2019 at 3:42 PMHi Alice,
Glad you liked it!
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Posted on: Can you help me find...?
April 2, 2019 at 8:30 AMHi Jasmine!
There are a few words in Chinese that tend to change tone, and bù is one of them. Here is a series of lessons about the three most common:
Posted on: In the red 入不敷出—收入不够开支
April 2, 2019 at 8:26 AM双十一 is "Singles Day," because the date is written 11.11 - all single digits. It's a new holiday invented primarily, from what I can tell, for commercial purposes. It has turned into a buying frenzy that completely eclipses America's "Black Friday." Here's an article about it from over a year ago.
Posted on: Online Shopping 网上购物
April 2, 2019 at 8:23 AMMy two cents: I've always heard it yìmóyíyàng, but I've seen Pinyin for both.
Posted on: Characters - The New Co-Worker
April 2, 2019 at 8:22 AMIt does seem weird! Breaking down characters according to the meaning of the individual components is a tricky but necessary process. If you want accurate information, your best source is the Outlier Dictionary. If you want to go very far with characters, a dictionary like this is indispensable.
If you're going to memorize huge quantities of characters, many people find it quite effective to come up with ludicrous stories about how the components interact with each other. This can be far faster and more effective than learning the true etymology, especially when you've got THOUSANDS of these to memorize, and the etymology is often rather arbitrary and unmemorable.
Posted on: Do you drink hot water? 你今天喝热开水了吗？
April 2, 2019 at 8:17 AMIt's a bit more complicated than that, but my personal hunch would be the same as yours. Now if you talk with Chinese people who really believe in Traditional Chinese Medicine, there's a huge system of thought regarding the proper balance between "heat" and "cold" in the body. It influences almost every aspect of health care.
Posted on: The Tones of Ma
April 2, 2019 at 7:28 PMA famous tongue-twister is about the difference between sì 四 (the number 4) and shí 十 (the number 10), with the verb shì 是 ("is") thrown in to make it harder. Here are the first couple of lines:
四是四，十是十；
十四是十四，四十是四十......
sì shí sì, shí shì shí;
shí sì shì shí sì, sì shí shì sì shí