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What's the meaning of 娷?

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How are Chinese people taught Chinese Hanzi?

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Why is 'The apple is 3 yuan' written '苹果三块' and not '苹果是三块'

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What's the meaning of 上 in 你还自恋上了?

complement

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What a proper meaning for 随便?

meaning-in-context

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Chinese? Seal Need help with translating and more information on this scroll

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I asked my Chinese friend a question in Chinese, but she doesn't understand

grammar

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What do new Chinese speakers sound like to native Chinese speakers?

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Seal under a bronze vase

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你认为做什么事的时候时间过得最快: Could some explain the meaning of this sentence

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What is the 'correct' way to pronunce 人?

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Can you help translate the scroll seal (Characters identified: 神龍圖嘯天)

translation character-identification seal calligraphy

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What is wrong with these sentences?

grammar

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Is tree pluralized in Chinese?

grammar

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What is the function of 好 in 你好厉害 and 我好无聊?

grammar

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dear please help with the meaning of seal calligraphy writing on the following clay board, thank you

calligraphy

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Is google translate wrong about 上海外国语大学?

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Can someone help me to decipher this seal? (Characters identified: 君子愛人以德)

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Does anyone know what these symbols mean? Cantonese? They appear in a tray marked “Hong Kong”

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I can't understand this dialogue from my textbook. Can you help?

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Help w/translating (to English) a stamp on bowl please!

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How does 真有你的 mean “you really are something”?

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differences between 非常好 and 特别棒 ALSO if I know someone's name, do I 认识 them?

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Help identifying characters on a memorial coin

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What's the technical term for “cryptography based on elliptic-curve pairing”?

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Is 下个星期三 (xiàge xīngqīsān) = “next Wednesday” ambiguous like in English?

usage time

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Is syaku an ancient Chinese unit of measurement (Suanfa tong zong)?

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How do you say “allowance” in mandarin?

translation word-choice word word-requests

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How can I find the exact written versions of commonly spoken Cantonese words?

translation cantonese spoken

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How to discuss preferences / ask which do you prefer in Mandarin

translation grammar mandarin

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Difference between 目的 and 目标

translation meaning

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How to ask in Chinese Mandarin: What do you want me to say?

phrase sentence

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What does 都 mean when added to 主 here: 主都知道，主都不在乎

word word-order

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What is the chinese term for “StackOverflow” [closed]

translation

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Can somebody please translate main 4 symbols and the 6 little ones for me? (Characters identified: 格物致知)

translation character-identification seal

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Do all one-syllable words need to be followed by a 子 to make it colloquial?

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Is the word 感觉 not redundant?

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Why does 公路 mean highway?

word

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Is there any different meaning between using 真 and 真的 in a sentence?

meaning

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Did any pidgin terms survived in Chinese? (or any topolects?)

topolect

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What does 幾分 means in 我愛你有幾分?

songs mistakes

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What is the meaning of 江山入画

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Meaning of 说话人最可能是什么关系？

grammar

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How Would I Write 多为和平 Vertically?

translation simplified-chinese word-order

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What is the original of “Sold Out” by poet Mo Mo?

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Chinese character decomposition

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How to translate “blouse” to Chinese?

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Understand 憎人富貴厭人貧(窮)

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