Is Chinese really the hardest language in the world to learn?
I’m Singaporean. In theory, I’m bilingual. In Singapore, many of my daily interactions will be in Chinese. Many people will speak Chinese to me, and …
What is the meaning of “如何51吃瓜北京朝阳群众热心吃瓜”?
You might not have copied the sentence completely. “如何51吃瓜北京朝阳群众热心吃 瓜” Do not know what does that mean. But I’d like to explain a bit. “瓜” …
Why Chinese people dont use different kind of Chinese characters?
we have used “贾湖刻符” at 9000 years ago: we have used “双墩刻符” at 7000 years ago: we have used “半坡陶符” at 6000 years ago: we …
Do Chinese characters look like what they mean?
It depends on which font/script you’re looking at and what the original meaning is. 1# Let’s say nouns. There are many types of nouns, like nouns representing …
Why do people pronounce “那个” as “nei ge” instead of “na ge?”
The reason people pronounce “那个” as “nei ge” is similar to the reason why people pronounce “going to” as “gonna.” When words are spoken quickly, …
Did Classical Chinese (文言) have similar use of punctuation marks (标点符号) as modern Chinese?
No. Classical Chinese was not punctuated. The reader could add marks, called 讀 (pronounced tòu/do) and 句; 讀 was like a comma, 句 like a …
What is the reason for the large number of characters in the Chinese language? Is there a way to simplify them without losing their meaning?
Like most other forms of written language, Chinese script started out as a pictographic script where the characters looked like what they represented. You can …
Why is next month 下個月 instead of 明月?
The basic meaning of 明 is bright (sun+moon). 明天 implies hope, a time that we look forward to. When the night is over, the bright …
My English name is Paris im a girl my Chinese name is 范逸瑶. Does it have a meaning, does it go with my name and is it pretty?
If what you wanted to ask is whether Paris Fan is a suitable name for your Chinese name 范逸瑶, which is spell as Fan Yiyao …
Will 個/个 eventually replace the majority of measure words in Chinese?
As Xie Wei mentioned, the term “measure word” / 量词 is actually obscuring a bit of complexity here. The quick and dirty version is that …