Chinese words about Spring Festival travel season
春运 (chūn yùn) is the combination of 春 (Spring, short for "Spring Festival") and 运 (transportation). It refers to a period around the Chinese New Year that has an extremely high traffic load.
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3 words meaning “to meet” in Chinese
The Chinese verbs 碰见, 遇见 and 见面 can be easy to get confused because of their similarity. Whilst all three words can mean "to meet", they're actually quite different in usage and grammar.
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Use “高端大气上档次” to show your sense of humor
高端大气上档次 (gāoduān dàqì shàngdǎngcì) became incredibly popular in 2013. Nobody is exactly sure of the etymology of the phrase. The most common theory is that it started on the 2005 TV soap opera My Own Swordsman.
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Semantic-phonetic compounds in Chinese
Semantic means related to meaning and phonetic means related to sound, so it's simply a character consisting of one part giving the character its meaning and another part giving it its sound.
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Chinese homophones
Since Chinese uses tones to indicate the meaning of the word, there are even more ways to create both spoken and written puns and homophones.
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Add “一” on the top of “火” to form “灭”
The Chinese character "灭" (miè, to put out a fire) is made up of two components - "一" (yī, one) and "火" (huǒ, fire). It seems that one thing is put on the top of a fire to put out a fire.
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Combined ideograms in Chinese characters
Combined ideographs is a type of character that frequently appears in demonstrations of how easy it is to learn Chinese, along with pictographs.
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Latest online catchphrase: “主要看气质”
The phrase "主要看气质 (zhǔ yào kàn qì zhì)", meaning "focus on aura", goes viral on the internet overnight.
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How does “任性” go viral online?
任性 conjures up a strong-willed, unrestrained, and do-as-I-please attitude, perhaps bordering on capriciousness; neither had much to do with the other until a strange event in 2014 when a man surnamed Liu spent 1,760 RMB on a health supplement.
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5 Chinese phrases for dining
The next time you are out with Chinese friends, try one of these top 5 phrases that come in handy during eating. You will probably raise some eyebrows.
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