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answered 21 hours ago wkgcass 11

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cantonese number time

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vocabulary word

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translation mandarin terminology

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grammar

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grammar

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literature

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The measure word for 本子: 一个本子 or 一本本子

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answered Dec 30 '21 at 9:34 Betty 3,188

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Use 微积分 to mean 'tiny'?

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Slogan “澀得起，就係我”

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What literary device would we associate with the aforementioned Chinese old fashioned way of greeting? ( (Chī le ma) ? )

phrase idioms linguistics

answered Dec 21 '21 at 4:19 Tang Ho♦ 65.4k

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放水's Mandarin counterpart

mandarin cantonese

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When does 两 mean a number other than 2?

meaning meaning-in-context

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Is 起草 a separable verb?

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What were the court/administrative languages of various dynasties?

topolect history

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Identify a character?

character-identification

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Why do 生意 ("business") and 交易 ("business deal") use distinct "yì"-pronounced characters?

etymology word

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写日记 or 写日记本 ? Which is more colloquial?

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What does 他们说他写歌词找枪手 mean?

translation simplified-chinese

answered Dec 26 '21 at 19:14 r13 3,217

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I would like to know the translation from a small seal script, on an ancient seal, into English

translation seal

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grammar

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What is this word? 丒

simplified-chinese

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Please help me choose a Chinese name that is easy to write and is a name [closed]

names

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Distinguishing 忙 and 盲 from spoken Chinese

grammar vocabulary

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How to translate 钓胃口?

translation

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What really is 红尘?

vocabulary word

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Can you use 或者 to express alternatives between more options than two?

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When handwriting, is there a standard way of indicating a less-common pronunciation due to 多音字?

handwriting notations

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yixing teapot Mark translation please

translation character-identification seal

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Exact meaning of 都 in 刚刚你的担忧，我都听见了?

translation grammar meaning usage

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Difference between 不 and 没(有) in the past tense

grammar tense

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how hé is phonetic component for jiē?

glyph-origin character-components

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Do these names sound okay/natural in Mandarin? [closed]

names

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Why is Chinese written in different directions?

mandarin

answered Jan 5 at 14:49 Vegawatcher 186

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What, if any, are the different usage cases for 就像 vs. 正如

word-choice usage difference

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I would like to know the translation of the writing on this ink stamp, to English please

translation character-identification seal

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开始和起来有什么不同？to start + verb

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answered Jan 7 at 1:31 Vegawatcher 186

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I would like to check if I did well the small seal script translation, on an ancient seal, into English

translation seal

answered Dec 25 '21 at 8:14 John Frazer 376

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Arrange 叶子 / 落下来 / 一片片 / 从 / 树上 to form a sentence: is 一片片叶子从树上落下来 the only correct option?

grammar word-order

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Why 是 is in 所以山门中是冷请了些？

grammar

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Can I call my game 三棋 Sān Qí?

word-choice usage spoken swearing

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Purpose of 者 in (noun)者，所(verb)也 structure

grammar literary-chinese

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