What challenges have you faced learning Chinese?
One of the challenges I faced learning Chinese was the way Chinese expresses things so much differently from English, my native language. An example is …
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What does 2333 mean in Chinese?
2333. You might think it’s a random number unless you’ve spent a good chunk of time chatting with Chinese netizens or wading through the comments …
Why are Chinese characters so fascinating?
All I can really say is, I agree wholeheartedly. I am where I am today because I was utterly fascinated the first time I encountered …
Why do the Chinese have no grammar?
Wow, wow, the 3 existing answers written by people who do not speak Chinese. Like, I have no idea where you guys get your confidence. …
What does “996 (jiǔ jiǔ liù)” mean in Chinese?
This is a very interesting question. As a popular superpower, China is currently developing rapidly. The imperfect systems brought about by development have led to …
How can mainland Chinese still recognize traditional Chinese characters?
This is the Xinhua Dictionary of 1953, its main role was to promote national literacy，The traditional Chinese characters are in brackets. This is the Xinhua …
What is the derisive Chinese name for an outsider, a westerner, a European, an American, or a white person?
I believe the words you’re searching for are: 鬼佬， or gweilo. Otherwise known as “white devil” or “ghost.” 鬼子， gweizi. Mandarin slang. 海人， gaijin. …
If the Chinese language has around 6000 characters, how are they even able to write at all and memorize all of that?
It doesn’t work that way. A chinese character is composed of radicals combined in a block. There are ~200 radicals in total. These are the …
What is your purpose or motivation for learning Chinese?
Way back when, I saw Chinese characters up close for the first time. This was in Pasadena, near Los Angeles, back in the late 60s, …
New generations of mainland China can’t read traditional Chinese characters, right?
It’s totally wrong.Most of Chinese mainland’s primary school have calligraphy class,the teachers teach kids to learn brush handwriting with traditional Chinese characters.For me,I can read …