How does Chinese acquire new words if they are all different characters?
WiFi => 无线,无线网 (no wire, wireless, wireless network) Computers => 电脑,计算机 (Electronic Brain, Computating Machine) But those aren’t new words, they’ve been around for a …
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WiFi => 无线,无线网 (no wire, wireless, wireless network) Computers => 电脑,计算机 (Electronic Brain, Computating Machine) But those aren’t new words, they’ve been around for a …
To be honest? It’s one of the worst names I’ve seen suggested on Quora. The moment I saw it, I immediately thought 挪用公款移法辦 embezzling and …
Well, in the Chinese culture, we have a term generational name, or 字辈 in Chinese, which could be seen in some Chinese people’s names. And …
Well, I will mention an example, 天不言自高, 地不言自厚, which literally means the sky doesn’t say how high it is and the ground doesn’t say how …
There are tons but I know some… [I know that I’m missing some more but these are what I currently know on the top of …
LOL, no. If you’re going for “lucky butterfly,” 吉蝴 is the worst you could go with. It’s a weird name because 蝴 isn’t a common …
Well, it depends on how you see this topic. I mean, the sentence structure of the Chinese language is usually SVO, which is subject–verb–object, or …
Two theories about the meaning of 海参崴* Hǎishēnwǎi / Haeshenwae 1: Perhaps a translation of a Manchu name that means “seaside village”: ᡥᠠᡳ᠌ᡧᡝᠨᠸᡝᡳ 2: Perhaps …
The name that you mentioned in the question, Mixin, or 蜜心 in Chinese, literally means honey heart. Since honey tastes sweet, this Chinese character could …
First, 倫 lún:this is a combination of 人 person and 侖 which is 亼 chí / ji gathering 冊 books (for those who care: 形聲必兼會意); …