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己 (JǏ), 已 (YǏ), AND 巳 (SÌ) 土 (TǓ) AND 士 (SHÌ) 未 (WÈI) AND 末 (MÒ) 兵 (BĪNG), 乒 (PĪNG) AND 乓 (PĀNG) 哀 (ĀI), 衰 (SHUĀI) AND 衷 (ZHŌNG) 卬 (ÁNG), 印 (YÌN), AND 卯 (MǍO) 戊 WÙ 戍 (SHÙ) 戌 (XŪ) 戎 (RÓNG) 便使更and吏 我 / 找 – Wǒ / Zhǎo money and line 钱 线 人 / 入-  Rén/ Rù 环 / 坏 – Huán / Huài 干 / 千 – Gàn / Qiān 江 / 汪 – Jiāng / Wāng 特 / 持 –  Tè / Chí (寺 sì) 辛 / 幸 –  Xīn / Xìng 今 / 令 – Jīn / Lìng 牛 / 午 – Niú / Wǔ 尘 / 尖 – Chén / Jiān 乐 / 东 – Lè / Dōng 刀 / 力 – Dāo / Lì 手 / 毛 – Shǒu / Máo 大 / 犬 – Dà / Quǎn 谁 / 准  – Shéi / Zhǔn  (推 Tuī) 耍 / 要 – Shuǎ / Yào 市 / 布 – Shì / Bù 实 / 卖 / 买 – Shí / Mài / Mǎi 师 / 帅 – Shī / Shuài 农 / 衣 – Nóng / Yī 旱 / 早 – Hàn / Zǎo 见 / 贝 – Jiàn / Bèi 便 / 使 – Biàn / Shǐ 水 / 永 – Shuǐ / Yǒng Traditional: 職 / 識 – Zhí / Shí SIMPLIFIED VERSIONS – 职 / 识 辦 / 辯 – Bàn / Biàn SIMPLIFIED VERSIONS – 办 / 辩 邁 / 遇 – Mài / Yù SIMPLIFIED VERSIONS – 迈 / 遇 變 / 戀 – Biàn / Liàn SIMPLIFIED VERSIONS – 变 / 恋 RARE: 七 / 匕 – Qī / Bǐ  暖 / 暧 – Nuǎn / Ài 更 / 吏 – Gèng / Lì 兵 / 乒 / 乓 – ...

 https://rtega.be/chmn/index.php?subpage=48           ======================== https://hackingchinese.com/media/100-most-common-radicals-win.txt ========================     人 人 亻 human, person, people ren2 今仁休位他 Note similarity with 八, which means eight. 单人旁（亻），人字头（人） 口 口 mouth, opening kou3 古可名告知 Note similarity with 囗, which always encloses characters, and means enclosure. 口字旁 土 土 earth tu3 在地型城地 Note similarity with 士, which has a longer upper stroke and shorter bottom one, and means scholar. 提土旁 女 女 woman, female nv3 好妄始姓安 女子旁 心 心 忄，⺗ heart xin1 必忙忘性想 竖心旁（忄），心字底（心），竖心底（⺗） 手 手 扌，龵 hand shou3 持掌打抱押 提手旁（扌），看字头（龵），手字旁（手） 日 日 sun, day ri4 白百明时晩 Note similarity with 曰, which is broader and lower, and means to say. Also note 白 which means white. 日字旁 月 月 moon, month yue4 有服青朝明 This radical is actually two: moon 月 and meat 肉, but in modern Chinese, they look the same in most cases。 月字旁 木 木 tree mu4 板相根本林 Note similarity with 禾, which means gr...

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From Mandarin Corner Introduction dàjiā hǎo! huānyíng láidào Mandarin Corner, wǒ shì Eileen。 大家好! 欢迎来到Mandarin Corner, 我是Eileen。 Hi everyone! Welcome to Mandarin Corner, I am Eileen. dāng nǐmen zài gēn zhōngguó péngyou liáotiān shí， 当你们在跟中国朋友聊天时， When you’re talking with your Chinese friends, huìbùhuì jīngcháng yīnwèi cíhuì bùgòu， 会不会经常因为词汇不够， do you often feel that due to your limited vocabulary, ér wúfǎ biǎodá xiāngduì fùzá de xiǎngfǎ ne? 而无法表达相对复杂的想法呢？ you can’t express some complicated thoughts? duōshù qíngkuàng xià，zhèxiē fùzá de xiǎngfǎ kěyǐ tōngguò 多数情况下，这些复杂的想法可以通过 In most cases, these comlicated thoughts can be expressed yīxiē chángyòng de jùxíng jiégòu lái biǎodá。 一些常用的句型结构来表达。 by using some common sentence patterns. suǒyǐ zài zhège shìpín zhōng ne， 所以在这个视频中呢， So in this video, wǒ jiù gěi dàjiā dàilái le42 gè chángyòng de zhōngwén jùxíng， 我就给大家带来了42个常用的中文句型， I will present 42 essential Chinese sentence patterns, lái bāngzhù nǐmen tígā...

聊 天 室 [ liáo tiān shì ] chat room 聊 天 [ liáo tiān ] to chat ; gossip

I’d say this is 99% right, but for the redundancy, “separate out.” One cannot “separate in,” so the preposition is redundant. Similar violations occur in phrases such as “include in,” “continue on,” “extend out,” “refer back,” and “raise up.”

Chinese are patient, also in business. This idiom expresses the notion that success is not achieved overnight: 一蹴而就 Literally it means one step then success The idiom is most often used with a negation in front. I like the idiom especially today used about the Belt and Road Initiative which has the word "road" in its name. The idiom contains the word step 蹴 and thus goes well to describe the Belt and Road initiative which definitely is not something you can achieve overnight. It requires patience and effort and cooperation to get there. It is therefore not 一蹴而就。Learning Chinese is exactly the same. The result will emerge following many sustained steps.  ------------- This idiom will impress your business partner but especially so if you use China in the sentence 举足轻重 It means pivotal, important, significant, decisive role For example, you can say (...) 中国占有举足轻重的地位 (.. in our industry/company/country) China plays a pivotal role China probably also plays a piv...

Japanese: The apple is red - Ringo wa akai desu It is John's apple - John no ringo desu I give John the apple - Watashi wa John ni ringo wo agemasu. We give him the apple - Watashi tachi wa kare ni agemasu. He gives it to John - Kare wa sore wo john ni agemasu . She gives it to him - Kanojo wa sore wo kare ni agemashita. Is the apple red? - Ringo wa akai desuka? The apples are red - Ringo wa akai desu . I must give it to him - Watashi wa kare ni sore wo agenakerebanarimasen. I want to give it to her - Watashi wa kanojo ni sore wo agetai desu . I'm going to know tomorrow - Watashi wa ashita sore wo shirimasu . I can't eat the apple - Watashi wa ringo ga tabemasen.   We give him the apple - Watashi tachi wa kare ni ringo wo agemasu. I'm going to know tomorrow - Watashi wa ashita sore wo shirimasu .shirudeshou I can't eat the apple - Watashi wa ringo ga tabe rare masen. ex) can't make - tukuremasen   or   tukuru koto ga dekima...

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Learning Mandarin Chinese This post is a public workbook for deconstructing the basic structures of Mandarin Chinese, following Tim Ferriss’ blog post on  How to Learn (But Not Master) Any Language in 1 Hour Six Lines of Gold The apple is red. 苹果是红色的 Píngguǒ shì hóngsè de apple-fruit yes red colour of It is John’s apple. 这是约翰的苹果 Zhè shì yuēhàn de píngguǒ This is John of apple-fruit I give John the apple. 我给约翰的苹果 Wǒ gěi yuēhàn de píngguǒ I give John of apple-fruit We give him the apple. 我们给他苹果 Wǒmen gěi tā píngguǒ We group give him apple-fruit He gives it to John. 他把它交给约翰 Tā bǎ tā jiāo gěi yuēhàn He did it cross give John She gives it to him. 她给了他 Tā gěile tā She gives the he Verbs are not conjugated 给 gěi – “to give” 是 shì – “to be” Mandarin placement of indirect objects (John), direct objects (the apple), and their respective pronouns (him, it) appears similar to English. Mandarin Negations (“I don’t give…”) and...

The conventional wisdom is that Mandarin Chinese grammar is easy. After all, the hard parts are Chinese tones, characters, and chengyu , right? If you’re no longer a newbie, you might be cursing that conventional wisdom right now. Because we all know that intermediate or advanced Chinese grammar is actually really hard. Here are tips on Chinese grammar patterns and structures that I wish I’d heard when I started learning Chinese grammar. Why Chinese Grammar Patterns and Structures Are So Hard Before digging in, let’s discuss some of the reasons why Chinese grammar is difficult. First, the word order in a sentence is different from English, and this requires getting used to. (But not always – here is a simple introduction to some Chinese sentence structures ). Second, there are new concepts that have no real counterpart in English (eg. 了) – and these can throw you in for a loop because there is no analogue. Third, there are Chinese grammar patterns and structures whic...

45 Mandarin Sentences with Chinese Characteristics carlgene on 09/02/2012 — 59 Comments The following is a collection of sentences in Mandarin which I believe are special in some way. What do I mean by “special”? Well, let’s just say grammatically and structurally they’re not exactly typical, and in most cases they stand-alone as independent expressions. Plus, many of them contain elements of Chinese culture that set them apart from regular sentences. I’ve broken these up into beginners , intermediate and advanced levels and tried to explain not only the literal meaning of each sentence, but its function and near-equivalent translation in English. Of course your comments and constructive feedback are always welcome in the comments section. Enjoy! Part two: Another 45 Mandarin Sentences with Chinese Characteristics . Beginners Level 1. 你吃饭了吗？ Nǐ chīfàn le ma? Literally: “Have you eaten?” Function: Expresses one’...