Hello Learn Chinese: 七月 2018

Hi! I just started learning Mandarin a few weeks ago and have been trying to self-study on my own. I joined the Discord ChineseLanguage server yesterday and found pandanese.com as a resource.

I've been using it in the past day and find it quite effective as it teaches you Chinese radicals through the use of mnemonics and spaced repetition system (SRS).

However, I was just wondering what you guys might think of it as a method of learning Chinese and its radicals effectively. I'm not entirely too sure if learning via mnemonics will actually help/is effective in learning Mandarin or how actually will the radicals aid me for when I start delving into the reading aspect of Mandarin if I don't even know what their pinyin is.

Apologies if my question is a little bit scrambled(?). I am still trying to get the hang of gelling everything together- pinyin, the 4 tones, radicals, simplified and traditional etc. You guys can check it out at pandanese.com and see how you like it. Take note it's not mobile responsive so far but I would definitely suggest some of you check it out when you have the time!

Thanks!

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What are good dating profile bios?

I want to say something flirty and playful

But I don’t understand sex culture enough to ask these questions and I’m not sure how to translate why I do know

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6 banking words you need to know

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Need help with English writing. Can help with Chinese writing in exchange.

Writing is a torture, especially when you’re writing in a foreign language. I’m desperately in need of help with my English writing. I can help with Chinese speaking or writing in exchange.

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85 injured In Aeromexico plane crash with no fatalities

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Learning Materials

Looking for learning materials to keep working on my Chinese. I'm currently at a level between HSK 4 and 5 I would say and am aiming to get to HSK 5 towards the end of the year.

I've worked through most of the Popup Chinese intermediate podcasts now (about 140) and am looking for some fresh material. I used to use Chinesepod but am a little skeptical right now.

Been watching native content as well, working through 家有儿女 at the moment.

Any thoughts on different listening materials I can use? Is Chinesepod really worth it? One of my qualms with it was that I usually speak to mainlanders and they would often pick me up on my word usage (口音 vs 腔）for example. I have very little money and am a student, which limits me in terms of what I can spend and is another big reason why I'm reluctant to pay the Chinesepod sub.

Cheers

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How to ask about "when the next meetup" is?

What is a good Chinese phrasing for the noun "meetup" (e.g. I heard that there is a Chinese-practice meetup next week.)?

Also, how is asking when the next meetup is best phrased? My best attempt has been:

下次"meetup"是什么时候？

but I feel that this can definitely be improved...

My grammar still needs a lot of improvement, so any help would be greatly appriciated!

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Aeromexico plane crashes soon after taking off near airport in nothern Mexico, no casualties

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Designs for 3-D printed guns may be shared online

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LIVE: Explore the beauty of Small Three Gorges

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I sometimes like to turn Tang Poetry into songs (or cover existing ones) as a way of practicing, this is one of my creations that I'd like to share with you. Feedback most welcome.

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怎么正确用中文说或者写 “ 这离 ”

我要改善我的语法，和真的需要你们帮我关于距离的词和语法。

领情

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Uber to end self-driving truck program

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36,000 firefighters continue battling California blaze

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Malaysian civil aviation authority head resigns over air traffic control irregularity

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What's the actual different usage of 打算 and 计划?

When I lived in China, in class the teacher taught us that the former is a verb while the latter is a noun. However, I've noticed that it isn't that simple and they can both be used as nouns and verbs. Is there any rule about this? Can someone give some examples?

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I’ve just stumbled across this, few Chinese covers of songs from the 60’s on it. Very refreshing, easy listening.

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说 [說] shuō

to speak / to say / to explain / to scold / to tell off / a theory (typically the last character in a compound, as in 日心說|日心说 heliocentric theory)

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Job for American Chinese speakers

We are looking to hire Chinese speaking Americans. If you fit this description and are willing to relocate for work, send me a pm with your resume. This job has tons of room for advancement plus a chance to use your Chinese on a daily basis.

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How to express “when hell freezes over” in Chinese

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China’s Sudden #MeToo Movement

In the past week, accusations of sexual harassment and assault have exploded on Chinese social media.

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CNC Talk:China, UK stand for multilaterism

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吗 [嗎] ma

(question particle for "yes-no" questions)

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The POINT - Mandela sayings in Xi's speeches

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Anyone have a link to Peppa Pig in taiwanese mandarin with subtitles please?

As title. I've only found taiwanese mandarin with no subtitles or pu tonghua with subs. Thanks guys!

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Amazing aerial view: World's largest shiplift at Three Gorges Dam

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New eye in space! China launches high-resolution Earth observation satellite

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Vocabulary Jump

I have been studying Mandarin for a few years and am looking to significantly boost my vocabulary up from around 1700 words to 3,500 in a very short period(30'40 days). The original goal was to be able to for the most part to be able to comprehend Chinese television/films, boost general comprehension, and read more advanced day to day content such as the news in Chinese, but I soon realized I needed a much stronger foundation to actually do this. Are there any recommendations as to how I should learn the characters at a rapjd fast pace without simply forgetting them immediately after learning them. I am looking at around 40 characters a day (I will learn to write these new characters later) on Anki Droid, Also, I am working my way through the Hsk lists currently starting on hsk 5(Level wise I am probably at 4, but what I want to do is set the framework to improve rapidly by knowing a fluency level number of characters) are there any sources besides hsk for vocabulary that I should look towards for vocabulary?

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10 years of Beijing-Tianjin high-speed railway

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10 years of Beijing-Tianjin high-speed railway

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LIVE: Explore the beauty of Small Three Gorges

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U.S. film industry optimistic about opportunities in China

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This is the reason why green is a sensitive color in Chinese culture.

https://i.redd.it/63d135ibk8d11.jpg

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KK Show | Chinese Jokes

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2018年7月30日星期一

From backwater town to vigorous modern city, a sea change for China's Zhuhai

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LIVE: Mars makes its closest approach for over a decade

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World's first! Panda twins born to both captive and wild parents

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Rice paddy art in E China

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Int'l Army Games "Seaborne Assault" kicks off in China

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Who decided to write Taiwanese in the Cyrillic alphabet using the TLG system? Why? (x-post from /r/linguistics)

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LIVE: Three Gorges Dam: How world's largest shiplift works

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Spontaneous ballet performances take over Mexico City traffic

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LIVE: International Army Games 2018: Clear Sky competition held in Xinjiang, China

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Chinese jokes - We have the same hobby.

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another question: does anyone know where i could find a software with functionality similar to pleco's clipreader that i could run on my pc?

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What is the difference between 般 and 像？

So I encountered the example 鬼魅般。What would be the difference between saying it like that and saying it 像是要鬼魅。

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China’s Belt and Road Makes Inroads in Africa

In Senegal, Rwanda, and Mauritius, China pursues Belt and Road agreements -- with mixed success.

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Can we talk about Pleco?

My opinion is that Pleco is the lord and savior of all Chinese dictionary software, but I could be wrong. There are certainly some drawbacks (cough cough- no desktop version) but I want to hear what you all think. I have been using the free version of their flashcard system for a bit, but I know everyone seems to prefer Anki. Why? If there is a better system out there, I'll use that instead, so convince me. Or not.

Also, if you guys haven't heard of Pleco, it's a Chinese dictionary app with lots of other features, too. Check it out.

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何蓓妤: Is this name natural?

I just really like these characters, but my usual way to check if names are normal is searching them up on Google Images to see if real people show up, and that hasn't happened. So what do you think?

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Russia launches supersonic missile drills in Caspian Sea

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MH370 investigation ‘unable to confirm’ cause of disappearance

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Can anyone help me find the name of this Taiwanese Mandarin learners book?

In high school my Mandarin teacher showed me a small book which was all in Traditional Mandarin and had Bopomofo next to unfamiliar words. It had questions after each chapter, and they were all in Mandarin as well. They were readers books for learners, somewhere at an Intermediate/Advanced level. I can't find the title anywhere for the life of me, and I lost contact with my teacher years ago so I can't ask her, but I really want to read them! Thanks for your help!

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How do build a sentence with 云雨?

I came across this „phrase“ today and it seems quite charming/funny to me. I sadly have no clue of the chinese language, apart form some swear words, so my question is how i fit this phrase into a sentence structure to mean some thing like „do you want to sleep with me?“ Thanks in advance!

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What is the most crucial thing to know when learning Chinese?

I am a very begginer in Chinese and before I go into hardcore studying I want to know, what is the most important thing to keep in mind before learning Chinese?

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Sentence mining using sources other than myself? Clozemaster, pre-made Anki decks?

I’m totally new to sentence mining, so far have only read some articles online and not actually done it but I understand it is a great way to learn. I’ve found 2 sources so far that I’m wondering if this will work for sentence mining or do I have the idea wrong...

Clozemaster, which I understand has that extra missing word feature, but does this count as sentence mining work?

Then there’s the "Spoonfed" Chinese anki deck. (10,000 sentences with Audio included) https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/867291675

Is doing these what is considered sentence mining work? Or do i have to mine them myself for it to be as useful. If premade is okay, any other options for pre-made sentence mining work?

(I am a high beginner/elementary if that makes a difference. And I don’t have anki. I use another flashcard app called TofuLearn but can download ankidecks into it).

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Mandarin Refresher Suggestions

Hello everyone. I am a recent college graduate who will be living in China for the next year, and was looking for suggestions to refresh my Mandarin over the next month. I spent a semester in Beijing and am already close to fluency, so I am looking less for Chinese lesson videos and more suggestions for someone who already speaks the language and just needs to hear the language (since I live in the middle-of-nowhere United States and don't hear much Mandarin.)

I was thinking of watching some Chinese movies with English subtitles, but a lot of times they speak at a speed and sound that a non-native speaker such as myself has trouble listening. If anyone has any ideas, please let me know, and thank you for the help.

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U.S. President Donald Trump hosts Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte at White House - 4K Ultra HD

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New Orleans gunmen fire into crowd, 3 dead

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California wildfires continue to spread across the north

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Study finds LGBTQ adults in U.S. less likely to have jobs, be insured

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How can you say "video game" in Chinese?

Also, how can you say "I like to play video games" in Chinese as well?

So far, I can say "Wo xihuan wanr…" but I don't know how to say "video game" in Chinese. Whenever I Google it, I can't find it. I just see a bunch of articles on Google about the state of video games in China, but nothing on how to say the word "video game" in Chinese.

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这 [這] zhè

this / these / (commonly pr. [zhei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)

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Do HSK requirements for universities in China include the HSKK?

Hey everybody, there's something I don't quite understand regarding the HSK test. The Wikipedia article is very confusing and I can't find a solid answer to my question anywhere else. Anyway, Wikipedia says that the HSK consists of a written part and an oral part. However, chinesetest.cn says that a HSK certificate for a given level only shows results for listening, reading and writing and furthermore implies that this certificate is sufficient to demonstrate proficiency. So which is it, do you or don't you need to take both the written exam and oral exam? If so, do you need to book them separately? If not, what exactly is the point of the HSKK?

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How to improve reading speed? (native speaker)

Hi. I'm a native chinese speaker. My reading speed is really slow, even though I know how to read all the words. How can I improve my reading speed? Not trying to be the best speed reader or anything, just wanna get through the novel I'm reading but not at a snail's pace.

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A productive word list for Chinese characters?

I have been learning Chinese for a few months now, and I've been trying to approach the process in the most strategic manner possible.

I just today discovered HanziCraft's Productive Component list, which ranks character components based on their frequency in the most common 8943 characters and these characters' placement on that list.

For example, 人 is ranked #1 despite only being present in 942 characters (as opposed to 口 which is present in 1503) because it is part of many of the most frequent characters (你，他) .

I'm wondering if there is a list that ranks characters (and not components) in a similar fashion, as I feel that would be a great tool for organizing vocabulary priority.

HanziCraft's website states they have such a list "coming soon", but as far as I can see, the website hasn't been updated in quite a while.

TL;DR, is there a list that ranks Chinese characters based on their frequency in the most common characters? Thanks!

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CNC Talk: Skepticism on EU-US trade agreement

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The POINT- African proverbs meet Chinese sayings

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Truck falls off runaway ramp, driver saved by huge net

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need help with transcribing the lyrics to a mandarin song by taiwanese musician Aristophanes (貍貓)

(you may know aristophanes from her collaboration with singer grimes, otherwise here's a short introduction to her music)

ok so here's the link to the song, it's called 'Untitled (demo)', (skip to 0.49 of the track).

the lyrics aren't anywhere online so i decided that i had to try and write them out from listening to it because i stumbled upon this and fell in love with the instrumentals.

problem is mandarin isn't my first language so i'm pretty sure there are many errors in the phrasing (i used hanyu pinyin and translations online to help, so).

also, due to the editing and backing instrumentals on the track it's a bit difficult to make out what she's saying sometimes. it's mostly talking over an instrumental background, experimental music-style, listen to it for yourself and you'll understand what i mean.

would be best if someone who's really good at mandarin or a native speaker could help out!

here's what i managed to eke out after one whole day of listening to it on repeat:

some phrases have a slash (/) in between them that's because i can't be sure which phrase it is (maybe they have the same homonym or similar meaning)
the ellipsis (...) means i have no idea what she's saying at all
some parts where the voice is quite clear i'm pretty sure that the words are correct, eg. 我也没愿望了, 你能够爱人吗?, etc.

问题再取回复之前

这就是青春空置中多容易的话其怎么承认悲戚 / 悲剧的时间

我的心能到孤独由 / 又冰凉的时候安全

因为我这样离开, 离开所有可能被分开的积淀

我愿会继续失眠, 我愿会继续自我己骗, 我愿会生争

你的父亲爱你吗? 你的母亲爱你吗?

你的国家爱你吗? 你的城市爱你吗?

你的亲人爱你吗?

你能够爱人吗?

(interlude)

从此不再会有的濡起来的大雨

生愿不再有人死亡

疯狂哪像遄征怎么样行走

火焰的星震能够停留

流星不再实在 / 身在愿望, 我也没愿望了

总之我能够花长长的时间凝视使醉 / 释罪宇宙

总之我能够花长长的时间凝滞心里的漏 / 瘘

... 对我而言, 我觉得不凡一样的多....

恐惧能造成勇敢? 还是恐惧只能造成恐惧?

我凝视我全程的幻想, 合段近来的短讲

失去的昼夜与刻毒感知因此蒙着

誓约的表面被拉紧, 弹出随声嗓音

我的悲伤因此干涸了吗? 我伤害的人入睡了吗? 恨我的人得到幸福了吗?

我爱慕 / 流目的人拥有爱情了吗? 同时伤害的人地到欢迎了吗?

那如我的人得到就说了吗? 悲哀的人得到失喪了吗?

未知理想的人幻灭了吗?

(interlude)

像我这样一个逃跑的人可死于能所还是坟墓违心

不是至于说有现场的之间愿望如何伤痕倒行不屈

护理的悲伤扶植步入途大旱

我实际 ... 一轮的发抖

我的短梦怵惕见罢手的确空空荡荡

我一点办法也没有

我偏偏 / 天天 ...

我继续在进行即在后退

我面玲自诩也面玲担承

我有时破撕有时完成

是不是一个无可奈何 ... 星星黑暗

还是 gong ying ?

我多次爱的时候才发自无能为力

... 嫉妒也无能为力

我的生命属于和平或达无间?

于是作用纭那毅力还是不要眠?

我的语言制伏好还是不要厌?

我的爱有哪些条件?

我到什么地步负使用暴戾?

在那时中旁的鲜活在哪里?

我, 如何受羡慕的同情?

我, 如何当政我的压迫?

要怎么才能同时愤怒和温柔?

要怎么才能同时直线如全面?

要怎么才能自由而不孤独?

要怎么才能毫无窥见?

我一直在逃, 从家乡逃到远方, 掏出关系, 现在就要掏出地球

可是我还想心有什么的前方等这我

那就是终点, 不管那是不是幻觉, 我就是跨着幻觉之得益长大

我只想知道:

你会不会之上来?

please feel free to edit anything (phrasing, add hanyu pinyin, whatever) i'm pretty sure at least half of this is wrong (i'm so sorry if you cringe while reading through it i really butchered the lyrics) also i'm not sure if people ask this kind of stuff in the forum so if it's in the wrong place i apologise for that too.

you can copy and paste the corrected lyrics in the reply.

thank you so so so much! 谢谢! 😊😊

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When should you "graduate" from pinyin?

I just started self-studying via HelloChinese and I'm about a week in consistently (so I've barely started really). I've found myself obviously heavily reliant on pinyin which seems expected. I'm learning the actually characters through the character review module at a much slower rate than I'm learning the words via pinyin. At this early stage though I can't imagine not using the pinyin to be reading and memorizing the words, meanings, and tones.

Kind of a vague question, but at what stage should I be trying to forgo the pinyin entirely and focus only on the characters? I imagine this app will use pinyin through, and going through all the lessons will take months, so I'm wondering if I should cast pinyin away after I'm through with the app, or try to do it at some earlier stage.

Side question, I know tones are 100% important, but I'm curious how many learners absolutely memorize the tone fully attached when they first encounter a new word, or if you're mostly learning 5-10 words a day, and you may be able to recall the word first but not the tone, and the tones become cemented further down the line with more practice.

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Life gradually returns to normal in Egypt's Sinai after years of battles on extremists

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The Ultimate Guide to Learning Chinese Radicals

If you’re new to learning how to read and write Chinese, you may not have come across radicals yet. But you’re here now, so let me introduce you to Chinese radicals!

Before you start, let me tell you that radicals are really an essential part of learning to read Chinese characters as they are the ‘building-blocks’ that help us to understand a Chinese characters meaning.

In the following articles, we’ll answer several questions, such as:

WHAT ARE RADICALS?

HOW ARE THEY USEFUL?

HOW DO I LEARN THEM?

To get the ball rolling, take a look at our first article:

The Radical Truth

The Radical Truth provides an introduction to Chinese radicals and how to use them to learn Chinese. The final section of the article shows you how to use radicals to search for a word in a Chinese Dictionary.

Radicals Are Your Friends

Here’s an example of how radicals work in the Chinese character 想 (xiǎng). Learn how to use this method to study and remember other Chinese characters.

The following posts deconstruct specific radicals and the characters they appear in. Learn some of the etymology behind characters and why they contain certain radicals.

The Female Radical

Learn about the ‘female’ radical and learn some of the characters that contain 女字旁 (nǚ zì páng).

The Metal Radical

Learn about the characters and bigrams that contain the ‘metal’ radical, aka 金字旁 (jīn zì páng).

The Grass Radical

Find out about 草字头 (cǎo zì tóu) or ‘grass on the head’ and the characters that contain this radical. Learn some etymology behind some characters containing 草字头 (cǎo zì tóu) and example sentences.

The Earth Radical

土字旁 (tǔ zì páng) is the ‘earth on one side’ and appears in characters that relate to the ground. Learn about these characters and bigrams along with example sentences.

The Tree Radical

Learn about 木字旁 (mù zì pang) or the ‘tree’ radical and the characters that contain this radical. See examples of bigrams and example sentences.

The Heart Radical

心字底 (xīn zì dǐ) is the ‘heart’ radical and you’ll find it in characters associated with emotions. Study some of these characters and bigrams in detail with example sentences.

The Food Radical

Who doesn’t love food? You can use the ‘food’ radical 饣字旁 (shí zì pang) to find food related characters (very useful in a restaurant!).

The Water Radical

Find out how to recognize characters that are associated with ‘water’ with images and example sentences.

How to Learn Chinese Characters That Look Alike

How to Learn Chinese Characters

Learn how to recognize characters from the radical on the left-hand side. You’ll also find other methods to learn how to separate and remember characters that look similar.

How to Read Chinese Characters: A Beginner’s Guide

An extensive guide on learning to read Chinese characters, there’s a section specifically on using Chinese radicals to help you learn how to read and write.

Are we missing something? Leave us questions and comments below and we’ll get back to you soon!

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New desert road to cross the Sea of Death

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Spectacular army Olympics! 4 contests of Int'l Army Games 2018 held in China

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Getting out of poverty with citrus! Chinese village witnesses huge changes

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段子 stand up/拼多多 PDD: Try hard for better value and more fun/ a New online shopping giants with huge disputes

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chinese keyboard that isn't bundled with a shitton of spyware?

i really like the way the 搜狗 chinese keyboard works, but i just bought a new american laptop, and it doesn't have all the chinese spyware/malware that slows down most of the computers that you would buy in the mainland, so im not interested in installing any software that could potentially be bundled with that kind of crap. because of this, i am not interested in installing the 搜狗 keyboard or most of the other mainland chinese keyboard programs. does anyone have any suggestions for a safe chinese keyboard i can install? i don't know 注音, so i need something that's based on 拼音, ideally something with similar functionality to 搜狗. thanks.

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Putting a green coat on desert! Watch how Chinese workers take on desertification

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"Crazy" South African architect builds "secret garden" in China's Yangshuo

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Farmers want access to markets rather than subsidies: U.S. economist

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出租车 [出租車] chū zū chē

taxi / (Taiwan) rental car

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Winter Dream

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Chinese Dialects

Hello,

I passed HSK 4 two months ago and I've been learning Chinese for 3 and a half years. I'm really interested in learning more about Chinese dialects like Wuhanhua, Dongbeihua, Beijinghua, and Sichuanhua. Are there any good books or websites that discuss sociolinguistics in China or resources about the study of Mandarin dialects? Any websites similar to Phonemica would be interesting as well.

Thank you!

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Integrated Chinese

Does anyone know if there's a PDF answer key for IC level 1 part 2? I want to go back and check my answers, but I can't find anything

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Short story (in simple Chinese): Doomed Gym Romance at the 语言学校.

The tale of a doomed gym romance, in the distinctive setting of Keats Language School (of Kunming, China).

我住在一个语言学校。这个地方有好处和坏处。所有的学生是成人，但是我们没有成人的责任，当我们住在这里的时候，我们没有工作，没有家庭，么有朋友或者敌人。一些的学生感觉这个地方看起来像一个监。很少学生试试找新的爱，因为在这里他们没有真的家。

我有一点点开心，但是我唯一的娱乐是我们的健身房。在这里，一个很帅的外国人和一个女私人教练试试约会。在开始的时候，她对他没有兴趣。他假装他不明白所有的机器，因为他想问她，“你可以帮助我吗？”

他甚至表现得像他不明白怎么做卧推。如果我没自己看这个情况，我不相信。一次，他参加她的操课。所有的她的一般学生是老女人，和她们有一个竞争。

因为他比较强，他赢了，但是女私人教练不给一般奖励，因为这个是一个女人的衣服。所以，她决定她让他给她推拿，这个是他的奖励。也许他们开始互相有兴趣。

最后，他们约会。当这个时候，他需要承认他不久以后离开昆明。诚实地说，他想马上和她发生关系。同时，她承认她是一个处女。她从来没有男朋友，她从来没有吻一个男人。

为什么我知道这个故事？

以后，他对我说明这个情况，因为他邀请我替代他。也许他感觉内疚，也许他想想象别一个男人，有道德的人，可能变成她的第一次爱。但是，我对她没有兴趣。 [End.]

If you want to see the story as it was originally hand-written, here it is: http://a-bas-le-ciel.blogspot.com/2018/07/Chinese-story-doomed-gym-romance.html

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Should I learn traditional or simplified?

Hey, I'm new to learning (Mandarin) Chinese and was wondering which I should learn. People always say that traditional is more respectful to the culture, but (for mainland China) I've also heard that simplified is more commonly used (and there are more resources for it). I've also heard that if you learn traditionally, you can still recognize simplified, but it doesn't work as well the other way around. I'm not sure if I should be worrying about that yet since I've heard it's better to learn to speak before to read and write. What do you think?

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So ummm...what is the best way to tell someone to "back the f*** up" out of your personal space?

So...yeah...I live in Macau as an expat. Been here a couple of years now, visited many times. Learning Mandarin even though I should focus on Cantonese down the line. We get a lot of mainland tourists here, and sometimes when I'm in line at a store or something like paying for my items there is a lack of personal space from people behind me....usually mainland citizens. I think I know how to tell someone to move, but I don't really know yet the best way to pretty seriously tell someone to back up. This morning I was walking my dog, and went down the elevator. Right when the doors open two guys were trying to get in, and nearly trampled my dog (a corgi). They apologized in the little English they knew, and I tried not to get too upset. Still, I was thinking that a phrase to let someone know that they're too close, and need to fallback would be useful. Is there a common technique or phrase I could use? Thanks.

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LIVE: International Army Games 2018: "Suvorov Attack" contest held in Xinjiang

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Why can 怎么卖 mean "How much"? Based on the book that I bought

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Child from Queretaro, Mexico, a hero after multiple organ transplant

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Costa Rican vegetable company eyes Chinese market

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Trying to make it easier to record and practice speaking Mandarin

I'm a lapsed advanced beginner trying to build momentum to work through my weaknesses. Speaking is my least developed skill; Far behind Listening, Writing, and Reading.

Wanted to use something (preferably for free or close to free as possible) to track the evolution of my speaking skills over time.

Ideally I would record myself once a week every week speaking Mandarin and would update a blog to keep myself accountable for speaking.

Heard that SoundCloud might be an option, but I not sure if it's the best option.

Are there any other options? Am I missing something?

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"ng" sound 4th tone GR question

Hi, I was looking into Gwoyeu Romatzyh because that makes a lot more sense to my brain than Pinyin and when you write syllables that end in "ng" (e.g. "feng", "shong", "cang", etc.) they're written as "nq" ("fenq", "shonq", 'tsanq", etc.).

Does anyone know why the "G" is written as a "Q" and what the specific sound here is supposed to be?

I've listened to lots of pronunciation guides and it always sounds like a "G".

Thanks in advance for any help.

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My cousin got these years ago, and she thought they said love and happiness in Chinese, but they obviously don’t. Anybody able to translate these bad boys?

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Braised Chinese Mushrooms with Bok Choy

Braised Chinese Mushrooms with Bok Choy, or xiang gu cai xin (香菇菜心) is a popular and very traditional Shanghai vegetable dish usually served during Chinese New Year in Shanghainese homes. Made with baby bok choy (sometimes called Shanghai bok choy) and fragrant braised dried Chinese mushrooms, it’s also a great dish to serve to your […]

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Lesson 075. Road Safety in China.

This lesson consists of some useful expressions and vocabulary related to driving and road safety in China. In the first dialogue a car is pulled over by a police because the driver didn’t follow the traffic regulations. The second dialogue describes a typical situation at an intersection in China with people jaywalking and drivers running the red light. The third dialogue is based in a hit and run accident and it’s a phone call to the police. Please signup and become a registered subscriber to access ALL 276+ audio lessons with full PDF transcripts, worksheets and extra dialogues

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Is there an alternate phrase for "breastfeeding room"?

I had a friend who once had to translate said phrase for a Chinese client. She said 擠奶房 - while the client didn't take any offense it caused the group around her to burst out laughing once the client was gone.

As a non-Chinese it took some explaining for me to "get it".

Just wondering if my friend did a Chinese faux pas? Is there a better phrase for that?

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International Army Games 2018: Seaborne assault contest begins in E China

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CNC Talk：Xi's visit deepens South-South cooperation

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Practice Pronunciation

Hello there! Is there someplace online where you can test your pronunciation and see if your tones or sounds are off?

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From Soda cans to masterpieces, Egyptian boy dreams of Guinness

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Sharp-eyed lifeguard saves drowning mother and son in Guangdong, China

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Reference book for chinese calligraphy

I am searching for a reference book on calligraphy, which one will you recommend ? Many thanks in advance !

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Chinese firm builds metro line in India's Mumbai

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Higher tariffs won't bring jobs back to U.S.: Analyst

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LIVE: Robot armies go to battle at RoboMaster 2018 in Shenzhen, China

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Protecting China's three great rivers at the source

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Key tunnel drilled through on trunkline railroad in SW China

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LIVE: Navy Day parade in St. Petersburg with participation of Putin

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Outliers Dictionary for Characters?

Has anyone been using the Outliers dictionary/method in Pleco for learning characters/vocab? I got it last night and have gone through 2 of 5 pages of HSK 1 characters to see if I would have any epiphanies, but I’m really struggling to understand the most efficient way to use this to progress with HSK material in an efficient manner. I don’t know that searching such disparate characters is the best way forward.

Has anyone as a relative beginner or intermediate really found a way to benefit from the material in terms of remembering characters and the associated sounds?

I was using Zizzle to remember the characters and sounds and tones quite successfully, but it has its difficulties with some characters and the complicated stories required sometimes.

How can I use this best, and how have you been using it? I have the Essentials edition.

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Third highway being constructed through China's largest desert

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Gas explosion rips through flat in E China

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2018年7月28日星期六

LIVE: Int'l Army Games 2018: Chinese army hosts three contests in Xinjiang

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Help Harvard researchers learn about Mandarin instruction for kids

Hi all,

I'm part of a research team at Harvard University looking to collect data on online Chinese teaching instruction for kids. We want to evaluate whether small, online classes might be preferred compared in-person classes, either for kids from native Mandarin speaking families (Heritage-learners), or kids from families who do not speak Mandarin at home.

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今天 jīn tiān

today / at the present / now

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Lesson 074. Making a Reservation. Part 2.

Let’s continue to learn useful expressions and vocabulary we will need in order to reserve a restaurant in Mandarin Chinese. We will hear a second part of the dialogue from the previous lesson. Both this and previous lessons contain a situational dialogue based on a real recorded phone conversation. So you can hear real native speed of the Chinese language.

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Lesson 073. Making a Reservation. Part 1.

Make a phone call and make a reservation in a restaurant! Learn all the necessary expressions and vocabulary by listening to this audio lesson.

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6 Gifts to be Avoided in Chinese Business Etiquette | Chinese Culture

Pears
Umbrellas
Clocks
Shoes
Green Hats
Books

Full explanation in this article: Here.

[Discussion]

Any more taboos you can think of?
What gifts you'd suggest to give during a Chinese business setting?

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Help understanding this paragraph

大家好！我正在读我的第一小说，这本书叫«移动迷宫1» （我说不定这本书对我很适合，但是我过了生日的礼物）。
Uff that was hard haha. So, I'm reading it along the English version to help me clarify ideas. But I just can't understand this part.

“看看这菜鸟，”一个沙哑的声音说，托马斯并没有看到说话的人，“住进新住所时我会给他好看。”几个孩子笑了。

This is giving me headache 住进新住所时我会给他好看

The original version:
“Look at the Greenbean,” a scratchy voice said; Thomas couldn’t see who it came from. “Gonna break his shuck neck checkin’ out the new digs.” Several boys laughed.

Can you help me? Did the translator changed the sense of the sentence?
Thanks in advance. Sorry for my English, sorry for the format I'm on my phone.

P.S. do you agree one should scribble pinyin and meanings on a not academic related book? You know some say books are sacred and all that stuff.

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怎么样 [怎麼樣] zěn me yàng

how? / how about? / how was it? / how are things?

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China and the Reconstruction of Syria

China is in a strong position to shape Syria’s post-war future. So far, it hasn’t done so.

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The character system: daily "upkeep", number of hours, and potential eventual replacement?

Hi, everyone. I've been thinking about learning Mandarin for a while, but I'm afraid that I'll spend 100s of hours learning the writing system, only to (a) not achieve any kind of working proficiency and (b) subsequently forget everything since I won't be using it 8+ hours a day.

So I have several questions for you.

How many hours did it take for you to achieve news paper proficiency in the writing system?
Have you found that you need to spend several hours a month just relearning/maintaining your knowledge of the writing system?
I have read that it is common for even very smart native Chinese to forget characters (character amnesia). Have you found this to be a normal problem?
Are you aware of any government action in the PRC or any other organization, whether political/governmental or not, to create a new writing system, perhaps similar to the Korean (Hangul) or Japanese (the two syllabaries: Hiragana and Katakana) writing systems?

I know that there is pinyin, but apparently many Chinese people don't like to use it and native Chinese have told me that pinyin doesn't do a very good job of distinguishing homophones from each other. One Chinese from Shanghai told me he did not think that it would be possible to create a new writing system and even Mao Zedong considered it, but then settled on simply simplifying the traditional character system!

Any other thoughts? Thanks!

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BRICS HERALDS IN 2ND "Golden Decade"

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Guide to Chinese keyboard (esp. punctuations) on Mac?

I am trying to type ellipsis -- I've found this https://blog.tomayac.com/2011/09/07/generating-the-ellipsis-character-on-mac-windows-and-linux-180523 But, there are six dot on Pinyin input engine! …… (Shift+6 does not work)

PS: For Windows, it's https://www.writtenchinese.com/how-to-use-chinese-punctuation-and-keyboard-input/

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CNC Talk: China looks for shared prosperity ahead of first import expo

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天气 [天氣] tiān qì

weather

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Time-lapse sea of clouds over terraces in Ningxia, China

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find a long-term partner

I'm from ShenZhen, in college at Guangzhou now, I can help to you improve grammar and speaking in Chinese, so I got a idea, we can use voice chat, to help you the speaking, and you can correct me what I say in English by the way, 😄if you are interested, please email 2247434427@qq.com😄

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BRICS should eye closer cooperation in creating fair world order: Indian scholar

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U.S. apparel industry concerned about trade row with China

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Meet "Jinbao"! Mascot of China Int'l Import Expo

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2018 World Robot Contest Finals open in China

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2018年7月27日星期五

Use of 不如

I had understood 不如 to usually be used to mean "inferior to" or "would be better to be"

E.g. 不如死了 - would be better to be dead A不如B － B is better than A

But going through the memrise grammar courses there are two examples where the order at least appears to be the other way around

1。你不是电脑高手吗？怎么连我也不如 2. 你真是老糊涂，连小孩子都不如

In both these cases the object before 不如 appears to be the "better" one (even I am better than you, even a child is better than you). Can 不如 generally be used this way or is this a specific structure related to the use of 连

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Check out this soccer-crazy elephant

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Who said, ”社會存在決定人的思想。”

I found it on Pleco.

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Any recommendations on phrase books?

I’m mostly into Chinese for academic purposes, such as history and philosophy. So any books that can help me understand those areas and learn how to read more effectively would be appreciated.

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Blood moon enthralls stargazers around the world

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Pinyin or Yale?

hello! which is better for learning bits of both Mandarin and Cantonese: Hanyu Pinyin or Yale Romanization?

can i get around with just one, or is it best to learn both? i'm a complete novice. thanks!

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Can you read/write in cursive?

Because I’m getting to the point I can read most sentences, as long as they’re block, but cursive characters don’t really look anything like regular ones!

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This is supposed to be 越努力越幸运 , is it right? I intend to have it tattooed.

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A question about adjs vs verbs and 得

I know that chinese adjectives are actually verbs (hence 我很好）

And I’ve been trying to figure out why you can’t just say “我好說中文” and must say 我說中文說得很好？ (or 我中文說得很好）. Does it have to do with adjectives being verbs? And thats why you can’t just shove hao in front of shuo?

And what’s the diff between 我常常練習說中文 & 我說中文說得常常？

And is it the difference between the first comparison and my second comparison that 好 is an adjective (actually a verb) and 常常 is an adverb?

Trying to figure out how it’s all connected... (or not)

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汉语 [漢語] Hàn yǔ

Chinese language / CL:門|门[men2]

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Greece's only wheelchair-bound Kung Fu teacher takes a step further

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We want trade not aid: Trump's $12 bln farm bailout worries farmers

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How do you use 存在?

Does the thing that exists go before or after the verb? I would appreciate it if example sentences of proper usage could be provided. Thank you

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朋友 péng you

friend / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

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What does this sign say?

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积累 or 累积? (to accumulate)

Is one more commonly used over the other or are they 100% interchangeable with no difference in meaning/usage?

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人 rén

man / person / people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

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Taiwan: When Sports Is Politics

On the cancellation of the East Asian Youth Games and cross-strait relations.

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List of HSK words with Cantonese pronunciation?

Hi All,

I am a Canadian born Chinese, whose primary language is English. I can also speak and understand basic Cantonese.

I've been learning Mandarin for the last few weeks, and sometimes a word clicks because I realize what the word is in Cantonese, and suddenly I know how the word is used grammatically and in what context. I sometimes lookup words I struggle with on http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk , hoping it'll help.

Does anyone know if there is a list of all the HSK words with the Mandarin pinyin and Cantonese jyutping?

Thanks!

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