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What are the biggest slums in China?

June 16, 2023 by chinesespeaking

If this is the kind of slum you are talking about, unfortunately, there are none in China. What is associated with slums in China are …

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Is Chinese writing in China inferior to English since English is easier to read and write?

June 16, 2023 by chinesespeaking

No, English is not necessarily easier to read and write. It only feels that way because you can only read and write English. If you …

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What would a “typo” mean in Chinese, and would a native speaker know what was meant and how the “typo” occurred?

June 11, 2023 by chinesespeaking

A typo is called 错别字 (cuò bié zì) in Chinese. 错 means “incorrect; wrong” and 别 means “another”. So putting together, a typo in Chinese refers to …

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Is there any language that is harder than Mandarin Chinese, excluding Cantonese?

June 9, 2023 by chinesespeaking

For adult learners, most languages in the world are harder than Mandarin. The only real challenge when learning Mandarin is tone, and you can get …

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How many Chinese characters am I required to know in order to speak in a sophisticated way?

June 6, 2023 by chinesespeaking

Characters are for writing, not speaking. I have an acquaintance who is functionally illiterate in Chinese but, according to the Chinese people I’ve asked, he …

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Are new Chinese characters still being invented?

June 4, 2023 by chinesespeaking

Very very rarely. One big problem of inventing new characters nowadays is you cannot type it easily. Different from new English words, which a just …

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In Eastern Guangdong, do some Chaoshan people understand some Cantonese language?

May 24, 2023 by chinesespeaking

The Chaoshan (潮汕) region has its own language, Teochew (or Chiuchow) – which isn’t mutually intelligible with Mandarin or Cantonese, actually I find it closer …

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How does China have so many different languages but still call them all “Chinese”?

May 22, 2023 by chinesespeaking

Again, China in your imagination is China retold from western perspective. Even as someone a Chinese diaspora in eastern hemisphere, who has growing up through …

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Why did the ancient Chinese create such a beautiful but difficult writing system?

May 20, 2023 by chinesespeaking

Chinese writing evolved. It started out as pictures. Sometimes they used images to represent ideas; even in today’s writing, you can see that 大 is …

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Why do the Chinese use so many words with the letter “X” pronunciation?

May 17, 2023 by chinesespeaking

Because of Zhou Youguang and his team. Chinese, of course, has its own script distinct from the Roman alphabet. And like many languages, it uses …

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