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When are "《" and " 》" and other brackets used?
书名号: It is a symbol to identify the title, newspaper name, file name, opera name, song name, picture name, book name, the name of film and television programs, etc. 《》 and 〈〉 are used in …
Chinese characters picture dictionary / mnemonics?
Jul 5, 2020 · Are there any commonly used dictionaries of picture (mnemonic) representation of chinese characters? I mean dictionary to convert SINGLE character to a picture, not a picture to a word (i.e. …
What is the character with the greatest number of strokes?
1. biang Well, the first one that came to my mind is biang, as in "biang biang mian" - which a quick Wikipedia search shows has 58 strokes. This is still in some use (and I've seen it in restaurants), if …
Pinyinated 'm' with four tone marks? - Chinese Language Stack Exchange
I know 'm' is a pinyin pronunciation. Looking through my dictionaries I've seen it listed in first, second and fourth tones. I can't seem to find the correct accented lower-case 'm's anywhere thoug...
meaning - Very frequently used word in Mandarin that sounds like …
The word your hear is probably 那個 (in traditional characters) / 那个 (in simplified characters). It is pronounced nàge or nèige (in the Pinyin transcription), and it's basic meaning is ‘that’ or ‘that one’. …
Does Chinese have a saying about Cantonese people eating almost ...
The saying I heard was: 「有四隻腳嘅除咗檯，有對翼嘅除咗飛機，廣東人都會食。」 It is quite wordy and very likely a direct translation from English. There's however, an elegant saying about Chinese …
mandarin - How to say "hope you'll have a great day"? - Chinese ...
The word "Great" has many meanings, both in English and Chinese. It seems that Google Translate picks "magnificent", "grand" as its translation in this case. While "Hope you'll have a great day" is …
What’s the meaning of 会 in 你明天这个时候会是在做什么?
Dec 14, 2019 · In this sentence: 你明天这个时候会是在做什么?, I find 会 useless, especially since its English translation on tatoeba.org does not seem to reflect its ...
What are Antecedent & Consequent Phrases in Music?
May 22, 2019 · This answer repeats a lot of what I wrote in... Where is the antecedent and consequent phrase in this melody? My understanding is antecedent and consequent are the two parts of a …