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Tourists in China but can not understand Chinese
How about someone visiting China in the next few months, who does not understand their language? Is there a way to learn common words and sentences with the correct pronunciation quickly?
Thanks in advance.
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连……都 structure: is 连去过故宫都没有 correct?
I've been studying Chinese for about 9 months now and I am a little confused as to how to rewrite this sentence using the 连……都 structure. I've included what I've done but it just does not seem right. Any help would be great!
他在北京住了半年多了，但是还没去过故宫
Is…
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How to exclude an ingredient when ordering food?
I know I can order food using phrases like 我(想)要／请给我一份...
But how would I exclude an ingredient, e.g. if I don't like garlic?
我要一份青椒肚片无大蒜。
我要一份青椒肚片不要大蒜。
我要一份青椒肚片没有大蒜。
Would any of those be correct?
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Simplified Chinese font easily readable, suitable for documents and OK for commercial use?
For the English alphabet there's a site, FontSquirrel, that provides great free fonts for commercial use, handpicked and tested. I haven't found anything similar for Chinese fonts, the only very good free font and commercial-use OK is Google Noto,…
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When to use 了 and 的?
了 is used after verb or sentence to indicate that something has been finished/done or something has changed.
的 is used in many cases, one of which is to indicate the speaker's modality of certainty.
他来了。 He has come. (O) -> 了 needs to be used.
他来的。…
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How do you say "I quickly forgot..." (As in an emotion you were feeling)
I'm trying to figure out how I could express that I had a feeling/emotion. and then, after a certain event happend/began I "Quickly forgot" that I had that emotion.
In english we could say "At the beginning of the date I was really hungry, but after…
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連連 Trying to understand the double word (叠词 or 叠字) usage
In another answer someone helped me understand the meaning of:
今年一定是好事連連
At that time, I was having trouble getting the context of 連連. But then I saw both 好事連連 (good fortune) and 好运连连 (Good Luck).
When I saw these at first I thought of idioms. When…
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How can I find the exact written versions of commonly spoken Cantonese words?
I was trying to find the written representation of the Cantonese word "to make", pronounced as "jing", by looking through the alternatives on Google Translate and reading the Mandarin pronunciations. What better ways are there to find the exact…
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演 ＝ 氵+ 寅 but what's it got to do with water!? How did it get its modern meanings?
氵+ 寅 = 演
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①根据事理推广发挥：推～。讲～（亦作“演讲”）。～义（以史书及传说的材料为基础，增添一些细节，用章回体写成的小说）。～绎（一种推理方法，由一般原理推出关于特殊情况下的结论）。
②依照程式练习：～练。～示。～算。～武。～习。～兵场。
③不断变化：～变。～化。
④把技艺当众表现出来：表～。～出。～播。～奏。主～。义～。
I can't really see any reason water would be needed in this…
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What are the different ways to say "Chapter" in Chinese?
So, I've been trying to figure out the proper way to say "chapter" for a long time in Chinese.
Is this something that depends on a case by case basis? (i.e. a chapter in a novel would be different in a textbook.) Or is there one word that cover all…
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How to say "this?" interjection in chinese?
For example of a case:
(I was in home walking holding a jar of chocolate candy, I was gonna go to upstairs)
Mom: (She saw me and she called me from behind) "Where did you buy that?"
Me: (I was a bit startled, I turned back and showing up the jar)…
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What is the meaning of ㄝ?
From wikipedia:
ㄝ是注音符号中的韵母之一，字形取自“世”字，发音则取“世”字之韵。
But I am not seeing how it should be used, and what is the meaning of this. Anyone knows what is the meaning of this, and when it should be used?
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pronunciation: j/q/x/y + ün
Here in the south (mainland) ün has a similar pronunciation to the English -ean as in 'wean' or even the -een in 'ween', though it seems like northerners pronounce it more like -uin in 'ruin'.
jün, qün, xün, yün like the chart above have completely…
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Chinese equivalent of "Oh Burn"
As stated in the title, what would be the Chinese equivalent of the popularly-used term (for kids) "Oh BURN"? I understand it should be used mostly after an insult. I Googled and found nothing but pictures of burnt stuff...
EDIT: yes it is the…
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How to say "A Person's Strength"
Is there a good translation for "strengths" in Chinese? I am trying to say strengths as in 'We should try to improve our strengths, not our weaknesses'.
I know that 强项 is one phrase that has a similar meaning - is this used? Or is there a better…
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