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There was a joke in China that in a primary school, a Chinese mainlander student and a Chinese Taiwanese student are punished for being naughty. …
華人is a term that describes all people that has Chinese heritage,including Taiwanese,Hong Kongniese,some Singaporean and Malaysian,Chinese who immigrated to America,to Europe,to all over the world,but …
Yes, let me show you the numbers 1–10 in one-hand gesture. Why these gestures are like that? Gestures of 1–5 are easy to understand, right? …
This is a culture misunderstanding or translation miss. In fact, the Chinese dragon and wester dragon are 2 completely different creatures if they do exist. …
The literal translation of Chinatown in Mandarin is 中国城. Another commonly used name, 唐人街, literally means Tang People Street. However, the term Chinatown itself may …
米国 (Beikoku) is an older name for the United States in Japanese. But the origins of 米国 — and the reason it ended up being …
Some foreigner friends of mine think that Chinese characters are “impossible” to master. What? 50000 characters? The truth is, as other answers have stated, there …
To avoid confusing 左/右 as a beginner, I associated the falling fourth tone of 右 yòu / yow and the very last falling stroke of 口 with the meaning “right”: …
This is an interesting question, from the perspective of non-Mandarin speakers prior to the advent of Modern Standard Chinese. This is a page from the …
Ok, I’ll try to unpack this as best as I can but please bear in mind that we are talking about 5,000 years of human …