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What are some easy-to-remember Chinese characters?

July 4, 2024 by chinesespeaking

Build upon the basic elements that people already taught you. Almost everything can be understood as a combination of elements. 林 – two trees = …

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Do Chinese people’s names really have a meaning?

July 2, 2024 by chinesespeaking

The answer is yes. Chinese, unlike many other language, doesn’t have some names so you can choose. When parents in China named the babies, they …

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Is Chinese (Mandarin) very difficult to learn?

July 2, 2024 by chinesespeaking

In my experience, no. At least, not compared to learning other languages as a second or other language. Mandarin has no gender, no case, no …

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What do you think about Mandarin?

July 2, 2024 by chinesespeaking

Well, Mandarin is the standard spoken Chinese language. And when Chinese people from different regions talk together, they could use Mandarin as the bridge of …

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How can I start learning Mandarin? What are some free resources?

June 30, 2024 by chinesespeaking

I started learning Mandarin few years ago myself and have found these resources to be quite helpful: Learning Chinese Online Page – a great website with …

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My Chinese teacher gave me the name 黃珍愛 (Huang Zhen Ai). Is it a good name?

June 30, 2024 by chinesespeaking

Well, since you didn’t mention your full name, I just view this Chinese name that your Chinese teacher gave to you. With regard to Huang …

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What does it mean when someone says “打酱油” in Chinese?

June 25, 2024 by chinesespeaking

打酱油, which literally translates to “buy soy sauce” can be used in two context. Context 1, which is perhaps the most common one. It means …

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Why is the Chinese word “gan” (干) a bad word when it means “dry” or “to do something”?

June 24, 2024 by chinesespeaking

I see you are using simplified Chinese. If you use traditional Chinese, you wouldn’t get confused, because they are two different characters: 幹 (bad word) …

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In Chinese, what is the difference between 汽油 and 石油?

June 24, 2024 by chinesespeaking

Row 1: Characters + Bopomofo* (Ruby text). Row 2: GR Tonal Spelling* (Gwoyeu Romatzyh, Bopomofo’s romanized companion; ), with Hanyu Pinyin** below. Row 3: English …

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Is it really useful to learn Chinese, or is it an unnecessary hyped up waste of time?

June 24, 2024 by chinesespeaking

I felt that learning any language is useful. If nothing else, learning a new language keeps your mind sharp, opens you up to new cultures …

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