Chinese language: Why does 東西 (dongxi) means “things” in Chinese?
The word “東西“ meaning ”things” came from “买東西“ which came from 买東又买西 which is preceded by 买了東又去西买 meaning after shopping from the east, go to …
Can you provide some examples of Chinese words that have different meanings when spoken with different tones?
The word ”中国”. As you can see,the ”Zhong” with the first tone and the “Guo” with the second tone in Mandarin combined as a word …
Is it true that it takes 4 times longer to learn Chinese than Spanish?
It depends on your original native language. I assume you are a native English speaker since the question was in English. If you study full …
What is the meaning of Wang (王) in Chinese? Are there any other meanings beside “king” or “royal”?
There is no doubt that the character “王” (Wang) originated from the pictograph of an axe. This is a large axe from the Shang Dynasty, …
I’m learning Chinese but the vocabulary is quite complex, what methods can help me learn them?
To be honest? I think you are making this difficult for yourself. You say the vocabulary is complex. In what way? I don’t know what …
What do Chinese people write when they can’t remember Chinese characters?
It is easy and very flexible. There are many ways to avoid such bad situation. I just take 2 usual solutions. 1st, use other words …
What’s the importance of writing Chinese characters in the right order?
I thought the order of the strokes of Chinese characters were easy- A horizontal stroke before a vertical one; A left-falling one before a right-falling …
Can I use 黛安雅 as a chosen Chinese name or does it not make any sense?
Well, since your name is Diana Costa Paiva, I recommend you choose Bai Yana, or 白雅娜 in Chinese, as your Chinese name. 白 is a …
Why did the Chinese never adopt word spacing?
People who ask this question don’t seem to know that word spacing is quite a recent invention, and very few ancient scripts had spacing. Some …
What does “wo qu” mean in Chinese?
As a native speaker, I wouldn’t misuse this phrase, but explaining it clearly is not straightforward. “我去” (wǒ qù) is a phrase favored by people …