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家: why is a home a place for pigs?

glyph-origin

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How do you say “none available” in Simplified Chinese?

simplified-chinese

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What's the difference between 光速线条 and 光速线?

simplified-chinese

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What does 一起 imply about a romantic relationship?

meaning culture

modified 5 hours ago Tang Ho 42.1k

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Is this stroke Pie or Dian?

calligraphy strokes

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我给打过电话，但没有打通。 The use of 过 (not experienced)

grammar

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Conjunctions in Chinese [closed]

conjunction

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姐 vs 姊, etymology, and their English equivalences

etymology word synonyms comparison

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Expressing existence with 有: Are measure words compulsory?

sentence-structure measure-word

answered 11 hours ago 000 587

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Chinese character dictionary with radicals

characters radicals character-components

asked 12 hours ago cheesus says stop firing mods 217

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Difference between 目的 and 目标

translation meaning

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How to say “a bit more” in “Verb + Something + a bit more”

translation

answered 15 hours ago Pedroski 9,921

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Which movies or dramas have good/abundant examples of professional/business and email language (Mainland Mandarin Chinese)?

usage writing mainland-china formalities movies

answered 18 hours ago Toosky Hierot 2,647

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Does this article claim that Australian citizens of Chinese ethnicity are seeking asylum in China to flee COVID-19? (大多数华裔恐怕只是把中国当成了一处避难所而已)

translation meaning-in-context

answered 20 hours ago xpt 285

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When is it right to use 是什么关系？ In Spanish we always use 有什么关系。

grammar

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吞音 rules for Beijing Dialect

pronunciation topolect

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Besides Chinese Stackexchange, what other sites are a good source of Q&A? And how can we bring those users to Stackexchange? [migrated]

learning resources websites

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How to translate “你给我滚” properly?

translation

answered yesterday user24991 31

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What is the meaning of 水 in this text?

grammar

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Is '老鸽' a slang?

translation meaning slang

answered yesterday Aria Ax 465

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What is the Chinese word for 'programmer'?

translation word-requests

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Can “Tiananmen” be read as “gate to heaven”?

etymology

answered yesterday 水巷孑蠻 9,096

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Are these senteces correct? [closed]

grammar word-order

modified 2 days ago Tang Ho 42.1k

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Adopting an appropriate Chinese name

names

modified 2 days ago Y. Zhai 321

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Am I interpreting this correctly? 凡物只所持，不外乎三种，神念、灵气、元血。只是，一旦错了。就不知会如何了。

translation meaning-in-context

answered 2 days ago jack chiou 86

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Grammar: using 的 several times

grammar 的

modified 2 days ago dda 1,835

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Usage of 在 in Place complement, Time Complement

time

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Position of 在电脑上 in “他常练习在电脑上用汉语写东西”

sentence-structure

answered 2 days ago Pedroski 9,921

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What would you call “lizard people” in authentic Chinese?

translation word

answered 2 days ago jack chiou 86

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How to use 要想 and 要 and 想

vocabulary

answered 2 days ago jack chiou 86

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How to write date and number in Chinese?

translation mandarin

answered 2 days ago Y. Zhai 321

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Placement of 了: difference between 吃飯了 and 吃了飯

grammar particles

answered 2 days ago Tang Ho 42.1k

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沒verb vs 沒有verb

translation grammar

answered 2 days ago dan 16.4k

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Are the Asian girls in this music video Chinese or Malaysian, and are they singing in Chinese?

culture history lyrics songs

answered 2 days ago cloud 11

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Difference among 一些，一点，有些，有的

difference word

answered 2 days ago Y. Zhai 321

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Can I make statements with structure like “我这个“老外”这么喜欢看京剧”?

sentence-structure

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Ancient Chinese Saying #437: … 10,000 days for the sword

translation word-requests equivalent-phrase proverb phrase-request

modified Apr 1 at 14:09 lly 307

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How is “⿰甴曱 ⿰曱甴” read?

pronunciation

modified Apr 1 at 5:31 dROOOze 14k

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healing stillness

translation

answered Apr 1 at 1:00 Pedroski 9,921

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What does 我知道 and 应该的 mean in this dialogue?

vocabulary expressions spoken

answered Mar 30 at 22:55 scarlettsan 36

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Difference between 发愁，着急，担心，关心，操心，烦恼

meaning meaning-in-context vocabulary difference

answered Mar 30 at 21:21 scarlettsan 36

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Pinyin: o vs uo

mandarin pinyin

modified Mar 30 at 15:05 Olle Linge 2,110

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Translation English->Chinese for computer words

translation simplified-chinese

answered Mar 30 at 12:11 Toosky Hierot 2,647

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Is there a toned pinyin keyboard on iOS?

tones

answered Mar 30 at 9:22 Betty 1,202

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I want to know what's written in the photo. Especially the name of the company and product name [duplicate]

simplified-chinese traditional-chinese classical-chinese

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Meaning of 火冒三丈

translation meaning etymology

answered Mar 29 at 22:12 Pedroski 9,921

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How to write and structure a modern professional follow-up email like a native Chinese speaker?

translation grammar meaning-in-context sentence-structure writing-critique

modified Mar 29 at 15:16 questioner56 43

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How should I understand 又拜 in this sentence about Bruce Lee?

vocabulary

answered Mar 29 at 14:50 fefe 6,840

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