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Learn Basic Chinese Radicals

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Except for the photographic characters that originated from carved symbols, other characters have a radical or are themselves radicals. In the most widely accepted table of radicals, there are 214. A radical is used in front of another character to tell something about the meaning of the word symbolized by the particular character, such as whether it is made of metal, is tall, etc. For example, 女 is the character for woman. It is also the radical for many female things: 姐姐 for elder sister, 妈妈 for mom, etc. Western culture talks about four elements (earth, air, fire, and water). The Chinese named five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Symbolized by characters, each can serve as an independent radical with at least one form. Today, we are going to see these and their variations. According to the Chinese traditional medicine and philosophy, the five elements are the fundamental components of the universe. 1. 金 jīn “gold” The character above is the radical for gold and...

Chinese Character Recognition

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To learn Chinese, I believe the Chinese character is a hurdle for many people. Especially for people whose mother tongue just includes the alphabet, it is more difficult in the beginning. Because this is a new field actually, the field never experienced. So obviously, when we just get started with the Chinese characters, it will certainly be a little difficult. But it should be noted that, learning Chinese characters is the same as we learn Pinyin actually, there is also the regularity. Firstly, the component of Chinese character such like pinyin, is composed by a number of simple structure. In simple terms, we can think them firstly as: Stroke. There are lots of strokes for Chinese character. For example, the basic strokes of Chinese characters are as flow: STROKE NAME EXAMPLE STOKE NAME EXAMPLE 丶 点 diǎn 广guǎng 乛 横钩 héng gōu 写 xiě 一 横 héng 王 wáng  横折钩 héng zhé gōu 月yuè 丨 竖 shù 巾 jīn 横折弯钩 héng zhé wān gōu 九jiǔ 丿 撇 piě 白 bái 横撇弯钩 héng zhé piě ...

Chinese Characters for Happiness

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Happiness refers to an inner feeling of joyful, peaceful and satisfied state of mind. It is plentiful harvest and a way of expression. You will be energetic and with smile on your face when you feel happy. Happiness comes from beautiful nature of each creature. We own the most happiness in our childhood because of the innocence. Happiness is the feelings about the environment surrounded and even the whole world; it makes our life vivid and fulfilled. How to express happiness in Chinese? There are many words and phrases to do that, however, today we are happy to help you with you on the journey of Chinese learning. Chinese synonym words of happiness: 高兴(Gāoxìng) 开心(Kāixīn) 兴奋(Xīngfèn) 愉悦(Yúyuè) 欢乐(Huānlè) 欢快(Huānkuài) 欢喜(Huānxǐ) 喜悦(Xǐyuè) 囍(双喜) 1. Happiness: 高兴 高兴 Gāoxìng - glad; Happy; cheerful; delighted; to be happy to Example : Wǒ jīntiān hěn gāoxìng 我今天很高兴. I feel happy today. 2. Happiness: 开心 开心 kāixīn - happy; Have fun; b...

Chinese Vocabulary of Snacks

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Learn Chinese Idiom - 冰冻三尺非一日之寒

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冰冻三尺非一日之寒 b ī n ɡ d ò n ɡ s ā n ch ǐ f ē i y í r ì zh ī h á n Rome is not build in one day For example: 冰冻三尺非一日之寒。更加努力的学习,更加勤奋地操练,你所付出的一切将会得到上帝的回报,上帝是公平的。 b ī n ɡ d ò n ɡ s ā n ch ǐ f ē i y í r ì zh ī h á n 。 ɡè n ɡ ji ā n ǔ l ì de xu é x í , ɡè n ɡ ji ā q í n f è n d ì c ā o li à n , n ǐ su ǒ f ù ch ū de y ì qi è ji ā n ɡ hu ì d é d à o sh à n ɡ d ì de hu í b à o , sh à n ɡ d ì sh ì ɡō n ɡ p í n ɡ de 。 Rome wasn't built in a way, work harder and practice more, your hard work will be reworded by god one day. God is equal to everyone!

Chinese Vocabulary of Daily Necessities

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Learn Chinese Idiom - 不费吹灰之力

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  不费吹灰之力 bú fèi chuī huī zhī lì not needing the slightest effort For example: 实际上,如果你不费吹灰之力就接连取得学业上的成功,你会被视为一个相当无趣的人。 sh í j ì sh à n ɡ , r ú ɡ u ǒ n ǐ b ú f è i chu ī hu ī zh ī l ì ji ù ji ē li á n q ǔ d é xu é y è sh à n ɡ de ch é n ɡ ɡō n ɡ , n ǐ hu ì b è i sh ì w é i y í ɡè xi ā n ɡ d ā n ɡ w ú q ù de r é n 。 In fact, if you cruised effortlessly from one academic triumph to another you were regarded as rather dull.