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Outside of Chinese class, do people ask 你家有几口人？

usage

answered Oct 13 at 20:15 River 2,228

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What are the parts of speech of the words in 车外的阳光格外的刺眼, and why is this 的 correct?

particles verbs

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What is the meaning of 絕 in 天不絕人?

translation meaning-in-context

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What does 9月26日电9月26日 (“26 September electricity 26 September”) mean?

phrase-meaning time

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What Chinese characters for “ching wong but jeep” (Roughly: There is no one to keep things going)?

transliteration

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What is the grammar pattern in “藏语呢我是略知一二”？

grammar

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How did lotus come to mean hold or carry?

meaning etymology

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Origin of double phonetic component 静

etymology character-components

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Why is 饱 in 吃一顿饱饭?

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What's the correct interpretation for 我只和他打篮球？

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answered Sep 29 at 12:10 James Liu 刘老师 735

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What's the role of 一 in 听百灵鸟这么一说，她明白了?

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General rule for when 一 is yi1 and when it's yi2/yi4

grammar sandhi

modified Oct 19 at 17:39 River 2,228

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How do you translate “美容的” for food?

food adjectives

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How do you know when will the verb be paired with 对?

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What characters are these? ⿰食㒼, ⿰兌皮

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Why is the 几次 in 你这个星期买东西几次了 incorrect?

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What is the meaning of 劃來劃去?

translation traditional-chinese

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How to say “damage control” (to minimize damage to reputation)

translation

answered Sep 30 at 13:17 Xuehong Zhang 158

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Syntactic role of “我” in “我真是这个意思”

grammar

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In a 还是 question, do I need to repeat the verb?

grammar usage mandarin verbs

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校 - How did “leg-brace” come to mean “school”?

etymology glyph-origin character-components

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我学了中文了 - is it a good sentence?

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Why use “i” to represent 自然韵？

pronunciation pinyin

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How to say 公德心 in English?

translation word-choice word-requests

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“你睡他那层不就得了吗” what does it mean? “不就得了”

meaning

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Why screenshot is 截圖, not 屏幕圖?

translation

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手臂 vs 胳膊 difference

meaning difference

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How to say 孝 in English?

word-choice word word-requests

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Alternate translations of “why are you asking me this question”

translation grammar

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Is there a word for Chinese songs that rhyme like Jay Chou's 迷迭香 and JJ Lin's 伟大的渺小?

word word-requests poetry lyrics songs

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Is “白皮书” a good translation of “open letter”?

translation

answered Sep 27 at 1:56 James Liu 刘老师 735

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I believe this asian artwork is from China. I am seeking the translation of this artist signature! I will include photo of signature!

translation

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Are there any Mandarin dialects with three tones?

mandarin topolect

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Is 说 in 听说 a resultative compliment?

grammar

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What does 冲 in 大老鼠冲着胆小先生嚷嚷 mean?

translation verbs

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How to pronounce '蒙古' correctly?

pronunciation sandhi

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What is the grammatical outline of 你英语说得很好

grammar

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How do I say “he loves his mother more than his wife”?

grammar vocabulary sentence-structure comparison

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How to do line breaks when mixing in Simplified Chinese characters and non-Chinese characters?

grammar simplified-chinese syntax

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Is there such thing as Chinese spelling alphabet?

spelling

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How can complement of degree apply at: 他喝酒喝得睡着了。弟弟高兴得跳了起来。

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Why are titles sometimes placed in the middle of a newspaper article?

writing

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“Are you up to the challenge? “ phrase

grammar vocabulary phrase

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How do 用不起 / 用得起 and 吃不起 / 吃得起 mean (un)affordable?

meaning complement

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What does 灒油 mean if no oil spatters or scatters?

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Is the following text grammatically correct?

grammar vocabulary idioms

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How to say I studied for 3 months (not continuous)

sentence-structure past-tense sentence

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What's the deeper meaning of 配跑?

cantonese

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