How is your Chinese handwriting?
It’s not completely awful. If I can read it, then it’s good enough for me. My handwriting when I started learning the language, about two …
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Should I change my Chinese first name into something more American?
I took the liberty and checked out your profile. Looks like you live in the US, and work in the hospitality industry. You are providing …
Can I use 余怡蜜 as my Chinese name?
Yes, you can. Yu Yimi, or 余怡蜜 in Chinese, is a great Chinese name choice for you. The surname 余 could mean extra and surplus. …
How do Chinese kids learn characters?
My kids start to learning Chinese characters from a classic book<<画说汉字>>. As the bellow image, you can easily understand what this Chinese characters meaning, and …
How do Chinese kids learn characters?
Chinese kids learn Chinese characters in their own ways.You can’t tell. But,here is how the Chinese kids were taught in school. Day_01 They were taught …
What do Chinese people write when they can’t remember Chinese characters?
Well,it depends… For example,this one: This is my kid’s homework. See the Chinese character in the red-line box? He wanted to write this character “奶”，so …
What is the reason for the smaller vocabulary in the Chinese language compared to languages like German or English?
It isn’t. Let’s play a numbers game. For every synonym I can think of each language gets one point. “Die” English: die pass away left …
Is it incorrect to refer to the Chinese language as “Mandarin”?
Yes. Also, no. “The Chinese language” can really only refer to the written form, which is the same all over China. Mandarin is a Chinese language. Many languages are …
Do Chinese people not get tired of writing all their characters in Chinese characters?
Coincidentally, I haven’t written a long paragraph of Chinese characters for a long time. Because of the daily use of computer input Chinese characters. However, …
Why is classical Chinese so difficult to learn?
Because people try to read it like modern Chinese. Modern Chinese is written to be read quickly: read it as quickly as you can and …