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Is 徐若滢 a good Chinese name?

June 30, 2022 by chinesespeaking

You can separate this name to two parts:徐 is regarded as surname, which is succeeded from the family, and 若滢 as first name, which contains …

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Why were some complex Chinese characters such as 警察 not simplified?

June 30, 2022 by chinesespeaking

Funny story, that. There actually was a time where those two characters were simplified. Following the huge success of the first round simplification in 1956, …

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How do you translate 三十而立,四十而不惑 into English?

June 30, 2022 by chinesespeaking

Ah, so you are trying to translate Wei Zheng’s analects. The full quote is: “吾十有五而志于学,三十而立,四十而不惑,五十而知天命,六十而耳顺,七十而从心所欲,不逾矩。” An approximative translation would be: “At fifteen, I was focused …

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Why is the name “Lee” a Western and Chinese name?

June 29, 2022 by chinesespeaking

Despite both being spelt Lee, the way it is pronounced in England and the USA is quite different when sounded in Mandarin and again in …

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How do you translate 好汉不吃眼前亏 into English?

June 28, 2022 by chinesespeaking

How do you translate 好汉不吃眼前亏 into English? Literal meaning of each component: 好汉 (hero, “a real man”) 不 (does not) 眼前 (“in front of the …

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What does “nmsl” mean in Chinese?

June 27, 2022 by chinesespeaking

Chinese netizens love using abbreviations. “nmsl” is just an abbreviation used as an internet slang. NM$L/nmsl : Never Mind the Scandal and Liber. In Chinese, …

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Do Chinese people not get tired of writing all their characters in Chinese characters?

June 27, 2022 by chinesespeaking

我不累。 I’m not tired. 因为汉字是二维的,而字母文字是一维的。 Because Chinese characters are two-dimensional and alphabetic letters are one-dimensional. 所以实际上,写汉字可以在更少的空间内放下更多的内容。 So in fact, writing Chinese characters allows you to …

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Do Chinese really use all the correct tones when they speak Mandarin?

June 27, 2022 by chinesespeaking

Yes. Only if you use correct tones can we understand your speech. We native Chinese speakers do not understand Chinese songs without reading lyrics, only …

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What does “neigga” mean in the Chinese language?

June 26, 2022 by chinesespeaking

I understand that some people may use”neigga”to reflect the racial slur. So,I wish to clarify,for one and all,that there is no such word called”neigga”in Chinese.No …

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Does the word for China, 支那, carry bad meanings? Does it have any positive meanings?

June 26, 2022 by chinesespeaking

I don’t know china is a good word or not, but China has its own name in Chinese 中国. And Japanese just incredibly created a …

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