Top new questions this week:
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As for the written characters, as both words are pronounced very similarly it makes sense that they share a phonetic component. But where do the spoken words actually come from? It seems very likely …
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Any help will be appreciated, am lost
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I’m curious about the etymology of 吗，吧， 呢，and 了. Does anyone have theories or sources on the subject?
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In a sentence like 可以便宜很多吗 or 可以便宜一点儿吗, what part of speech are 多 and 一点儿? I know what these sentences mean, I just don’t know whether 多 and 一点儿 nouns, adverbs, or adjectives in this context. They …
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Does anyone know of literary uses of classifiers being used for objects that they wouldn’t normally be used for? Like perhaps you could use 条 for people to dehumanize them (as though they were fish) …
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I would like to know if anyone can translate the red reign seal marks and wording on these old scrolls.
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Greatest hits from previous weeks:
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This Facebook post says: The object behind “把” should be a specific person or thing. Example: “我把那本书买来了” cannot say “我把一本书买来了”. Judging from context “behind” here should be “after&…
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I was writing a card to a friend and wanted to finish with “Hope you’ll have a great day” but realised what I could think of wasn’t quite the same meaning, or just sounded odd/weird. What I wrote in …
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Anybody knows where to get this Chinese font type?
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What are the most frequent words I’m likely to encounter when using a computer in Chinese. Stuff like file menu, cut, copy, paste, edit, properties, ok, cancel, back, refresh, save, print etc… …
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In the following famous sign which appeared in some supermarket in China: why 干菜类 was mistakenly translated to Fuck Vegetables instead of Dried Vegetables? Is there any hidden meaning in it? Source: …
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How shall we say “不甘心“ in English? For example, “经历多次失败后，仍然不甘心放弃过去的种种努力和自己的理想”. Note that “is not willing to” means “不愿意“， still not exactly “不甘心“. Consider an example, “经历多次失败后，仍然不甘心放弃自己的理想”， “…
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There are chengyu with two numbers in them, for example: 一穷二白 (一, 二) 万众一心 (万, 一) 七上八下 (七, 八) 九五至尊 (九, 五) But it seems that the selection of numbers is not completely random, and that certain numbers …
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