What is ‘不倫’?
First, 倫 lún：this is a combination of 人 person and 侖 which is 亼 chí / ji gathering 冊 books (for those who care: 形聲必兼會意）; …
What makes some identical Chinese characters have at least 2 different pronunciations?
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 …
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 …
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 …