Why do the Chinese call India “Yìndù” and not “Bhaarat” as it is designated by those from India?
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 …
If Chinese characters are so difficult, why do people still use them?
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 …
Why do Chinese use “筷” as the character for “chopsticks,” while Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese all use “箸”?
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. …
My friend’s name is “Isaiah Lee” and he wants to know if these characters(以賽亞) are appropriate for his Chinese name?
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 …
If I memorize traditional Chinese characters, can I understand classical Chinese (漢文/古文)?
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 …
When did the Chinese words for chemical elements like 氟,鈣, 矽, etc. be created?
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 …
Does the Mandarin Chinese surname Wang mean “king”?
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, …
Do Chinese have their own way of writing numbers?
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 …
What does native Chinese handwriting look like?
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 …
Is it difficult for a foreigner who doesn’t speak Chinese to live alone in China?
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 …