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Why are there some Chinese words under the Nikon logo in the camera box?

April 14, 2024 by chinesespeaking

Well, if the Chinese characters you refer to are these two Chinese characters circled out in the red color in the following picture, then the …

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Why is Chinese often ranked as the most difficult language in the world to learn in many rankings even though it has super simple morphology and grammar, even more so than English?

April 12, 2024 by chinesespeaking

Well, in my humble opinion, for many foreigners whose native languages are quite different from the Chinese language, learning the Chinese language means undergoing a …

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What are the first characters a Chinese language learner learns?

April 12, 2024 by chinesespeaking

Well, let’s use the latest version of a textbook teaching the Chinese language to Chinese students who are in their first year at primary schools …

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How hard is Mandarin Chinese?

April 9, 2024 by chinesespeaking

In general, Mandarin Chinese is not as difficult or impossible as you might think, but not easy to become fluent in, either. Some reasons that …

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Why do the Chinese call India “Yìndù” and not “Bhaarat” as it is designated by those from India?

March 27, 2024 by chinesespeaking

Ancient India has many records in ancient Chinese documents There are also many names “Yindu” is the one that is used more often, so it …

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If Chinese characters are so difficult, why do people still use them?

March 27, 2024 by chinesespeaking

Chinese characters are basically a language of pictures, which contain within them subtle relationships, images, and memories that cannot be captured by alphabetic language. Imagine if all …

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Why do Chinese use “筷” as the character for “chopsticks,” while Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese all use “箸”?

March 15, 2024 by chinesespeaking

For most of ancient China, chopsticks were called “箸zhù”(Evidence can be found in a large number of ancient documents), and Chinese neighbors learned this name. …

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My friend’s name is “Isaiah Lee” and he wants to know if these characters(以賽亞) are appropriate for his Chinese name?

March 10, 2024 by chinesespeaking

Well, Isaiah Lee is translated in Chinese as 以赛亚·李. In my humble opinion, if your friend wants to have a name looks and sounds more …

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If I memorize traditional Chinese characters, can I understand classical Chinese (漢文/古文)?

March 10, 2024 by chinesespeaking

Well, if what you wanted to ask in this question is whether after learning traditional Chinese characters, you could automatically understand Classical Chinese, then the …

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When did the Chinese words for chemical elements like 氟,鈣, 矽, etc. be created?

March 7, 2024 by chinesespeaking

Well, it depends on which chemical elements you refer to. I mean, if you refer to chemical elements that Chinese people already knew before the …

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