Fans of Chinese and Mandarin
Originally all words had one pronunciation each (一個蘿蔔一個坑 each radish has its hole, couldn’t resist that), but as the language evolved, characters took on different …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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, …