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Tag Archives: Chinese writing

Should You Learn to Read and Write Chinese Characters?

This is not going to be a post about how “Chinese characters are easier than you think!” I’ll give it to you straight. Learning to read and write in Mandarin is a serious undertaking. It might not …

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Sara Maria Hasbun (韩梅/사라)
My usually quiet hutong rooftop cafe was full of c My usually quiet hutong rooftop cafe was full of chattering aunties, and at first I was a little dismayed, until I noticed the guqin. They were idly plucking it while they gossiped. It actually lent a pretty nice background texture to the writing that I was working on (swipe to listen).

Eventually I was pulled into their conversation, and once they realized I spoke Chinese, they insisted on giving me a guqin lesson! We played music and chatted and made plans for my musician parents to stop by their school when they visit China next month.

So much for that day's output, but lately I've come to value input just as much.

Here is some helpful new vocab from Andrew Methven's Slow Chinese newsletter (@slow.Chinese.learning)

死胡同 sǐ hú tong

a dead end (literally, dead hutong)

真正的问题就是当你带着成见去看问题了,你的思维进入了死胡同 - The real problem is that when you have a prejudice, your thinking enters a dead end.
If time is money, I’m wary who I spend it with/ If time is money, I’m wary who I spend it with/ treat my minutes like dividends
Can you Singlish? Here are some ways to use “can Can you Singlish? Here are some ways to use “can” with Singlish grammar:

Can or not? (Can you do this?)
Can. (Yes I can.)
Can meh? (Are you sure?)
Can lah! (Yes of course!)

It was a pretty surgical trip to Singapore this weekend, didn’t get to see everybody. But flights between Beijing and Singapore are affordable again and I’ll be making many more trips soon ✈️
“Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless h “Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.

They fare as did that dwarf who kept guard over a captured princess in his castle. One day he took midday nap. When he woke up an hour later, the princess was gone. Quickly he pulled on his seven-league boots; with one stride he was far beyond her.”

―Søren Kierkegaard, Either/Or
Vigorously, passionately, forgiving this city. It Vigorously, passionately, forgiving this city. It was never really your fault anyway.
As you can see, @eve_ontheroad and I did many very As you can see, @eve_ontheroad and I did many very important cultural things in Chengdu.

But ok fine, here is some culture, ripped straight from Wikipedia:

Sichuan province is home to “Sichuanese”: a language that shares only a passing resemblance to the language spoken in China’s capital. Only 47.8% of Sichuanese vocabulary is shared with the Beijing dialect. For example, in Sichuanese, the noun "kitchen" is "灶屋" (zao4vu2) but "厨房" (chúfáng) in Beijing.

But more importantly, when you swipe through the pics you will see a picture of SICHUAN PEPPERCORN ICE CREAM that I am still thinking about as I taxi home from Beijing airport 😋
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