Would You Marry Me?
Marriage is one of the most significant things in a person’s life. In Chinese, “婚”(hūn) is the literal meaning of marriage. This Chinese character has two parts, that is to …
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Fun with Chinese Homonyms
There are two categories of Chinese homonyms, one is that the words share the same characters and pronunciations but have different meanings, such as 生气(shēng qì) not only means being angry with …
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Some Confusing Chinese Family Names
我国有很多姓氏，看起来都是常见的字，一写就会，可是一读，就不是那个样子了，往往读错，让人啼笑皆非。 中国的姓氏中，除了有生僻字，还有不少容易读错的姓氏，朴、仇、过、繁、訾、令狐 ……就拿“仇”来说吧，用在姓氏上，它就不是仇恨的“仇”字读音了，应该读“求”。 赶紧来学习一下，读罢这些姓氏，你绝对直呼“长知识”！ 读音相异 1、仇，读qiú，不读chóu；如明代画家仇英。 2、朴，读piáo，不读pǔ；此姓朝鲜族多见。 3、单，读shàn，不读dān；如《说唐》中的单雄信。 4、解，读xiè，不读jiě；如明代才子解缙。 5、区，读ōu，不读qū；如柳宗元《童区寄传》中的区寄。 6、查，读zhā，不读chá；如金庸原名查良镛。 7、繁，读pó，不读fán；如写《定情诗》的汉末诗人繁钦。 8、瞿，读qú，不读jù；如瞿秋白。 …
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All about eating—Or is it？
In China, people say that “民以食为天 (Bread is the stall of life.),” and that is true. Eating is such an important element of our lives that friends meet at restaurants, …
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The Process Of Learning Tones
1.Stupefied In the very beginning, when you hear the different tones juxtaposed one after another, you can hear that there’s a difference, but articulating the difference or reproducing the tones …
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10 Words for “Rich” (“Wealthy”) in English and Mandarin
I’ve got a vocabulary challenge for you. How many words for “rich” (as in “wealthy”) can you think of in English off the top of your head? Now, how many …
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How to give vague anwers in Chinese
The Chinese are famously pretty vague in giving answers. As most will readily admit, they prefer to offer estimations rather than specifics, especially if there may be consequences involved. Instead …
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15 Funny words in Chinese
Let’s try something a bit lighter today. Here’s 15 words in Chinese I’ve collected over the years that I think are pretty funny when translated literally. Some of them also …
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Podcast｜Chinese Featured Houses
Rúɡuǒ nǐ duì Zhōnɡɡuó wénhuà ɡǎn xìnɡqù，nǐ yídìnɡ zhīdào，Zhōnɡɡuó měi yí ɡè dìqū de jiànzhù dōu bù yíyànɡ，érqiě ɡè yǒu ɡè de tèsè。Běijīnɡ yǒu sìhéyuàn，Nèiměnɡɡǔ yǒu měnɡɡǔ bāo，kèjiā yǒu tǔlóu……nàme …
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了 “let your sentences reach a higher level
‘了’（le）is one of three vital auxiliary words in Chinese, all of which are widely used in oral or written Chinese to express grammatical features instead of using a change of …
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