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很有 pronounced rather like hěnyòu instead of hěnyǒu

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Pronunciation of 什么

pronunciation phonology

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A Translation of, “A Forgotten,Yet Deeply Engraved Memory, Left It’s Mark In The Depths Of My Mind.”

translation sentence-structure word-requests

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Ambiguous characters

characters

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How the meaning is derived for 得意忘形?

grammar usage meaning-in-context

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How do you use “a” in the chinese language? [duplicate]

translation word-choice simplified-chinese word-requests traditional-chinese

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Is it true that the tones of some of the most common words are glossed over in regular speech/turn into neutral tone?

pronunciation tones conversation

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why 没出息 becomes useless?

translation grammar sentence-structure

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临江仙 rhyming and translation of phrase

translation poetry

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Why is 很多 sometimes before the noun and sometimes after the noun?

grammar word-order

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For 得过且过, how the meaning was derived?

grammar meaning-in-context

modified yesterday Tang Ho♦ 59.7k

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What is the function of 得 in words like 覺得、記得、顯得、值得、懂得、免得、認得…?

grammar word complement

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Who knows the most number of characters in Chinese?

mandarin simplified-chinese traditional-chinese

answered yesterday monalisa 4,096

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Are there any multi-syllabic words in Chinese without a glottal stop?

mandarin cantonese topolect hokkien shanghainese

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躺着 can be used for persons laying on an object. What can we use for an object laying on another object? …着?

particles verbs

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之 grammar and usage

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Should words like 一般 or 平时 be put before or after the time reference?

adverbs word-order time

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你好啊？ or 你好吗？ Which is more common?

word-choice usage expressions

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When to use ’啦‘ and "嘛‘？

usage

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What is the difference between 几乎 and 差点儿?

meaning difference meaning-in-context

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Difference between 整理 and 收拾?

difference

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What does 出人头地 mean?

grammar idioms

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How does a foreigner's handwriting look to a native?

characters handwriting

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Is there any mnemonic to remember 支 and 技?

meaning glyph-origin

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How to politely ask “What do you really mean?” [closed]

translation politeness phrase-request formal informal

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How to translate Session?

translation word-choice

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Meaning of 江山错落. 人间星火

meaning-in-context vocabulary sentence-structure

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I need help with this painting

translation character-identification seal

answered Apr 17 at 3:25 dROOOze 19.1k

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The relationship between 羞 and 醜

character-components

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What are the most common Mandarin words for each pinyin syllable?

vocabulary pinyin

modified Apr 16 at 23:51 blackgreen 4,870

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Why has zuò//láo // in between?

meaning pinyin dictionary input-methods

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How are 连A带B and A着B different

grammar meaning word-choice difference

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Improve reading speed at advanced level

learning reading

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Pronunciation of 对 and 水

pronunciation pinyin

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inviting someone to dinner (in cantonese)

cantonese nuance

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Why were some letters like Q, X, C, chosen for Pinyin which confuse non-Chinese speakers?

pinyin romanization

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Pronunciation of word-initial glides (pinyin 'y' and 'w')

pronunciation pinyin

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就: what are the top 3 meanings by usage

meaning meaning-in-context

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不自量力 can this be used to under estimate one’s capabilities also?

meaning meaning-in-context etymology glyph-origin

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What is known about the new HSK 2020 format?

hsk

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grow smaller 长小

translation

answered Apr 14 at 19:08 monalisa 4,096

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吸 read ji or jie?

pronunciation topolect

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Retention of 其 as a modal particle in modern Chinese

vocabulary etymology classical-chinese particles

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Why one-to-many mapping between IPA and Pinyin?

pinyin phonology zhuyin-fuhao

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What letters (A-Z) have Chinese counterparts?

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answered Apr 13 at 22:49 Mou某♦ 32.5k

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How to translate Pinyin with tones marks on Google Translate?

translation pinyin

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Why doesn't 虛 contradict 謙虛?

etymology

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Since Putonghua is a standard English word, why do people use Mandarin for standard Chinese?

word-choice difference word

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