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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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Does the Mandarin Chinese surname Wang mean “king”?

March 6, 2024 by chinesespeaking

Well, it depends on which surname Wang you refer to. I mean, there are four Chinese surnames that could be written in Pinyin as Wang, …

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Do Chinese have their own way of writing numbers?

March 6, 2024 by chinesespeaking

I live in China, whenever I write numbers (01234566789) on a piece of paper by hand, Chinese people are generally confused and can’t understand what …

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What does native Chinese handwriting look like?

March 4, 2024 by chinesespeaking

This would be a really fun question for me to answer. Little bit on my background. I’m Singaporean Chinese, L1 is Chinese and L2 is …

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Is it difficult for a foreigner who doesn’t speak Chinese to live alone in China?

March 2, 2024 by chinesespeaking

This is very difficult to answer in a general, catch-all way as it depends on many variables Where you live: I lived in Shanghai when …

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What does 虚(Xū) mean in Chinese? Is it good to use for a name?

February 29, 2024 by chinesespeaking

This Chinese character 虚 has multiple meanings. It could mean empty and unoccupied, for instance, 座无虚席, which literally means a banquet with no empty seats …

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