
grammar - How is 就 (jiù) used? - Chinese Language Stack Exchange
Pimsleur's Mandarin course teaches "I'm leaving very early tomorrow morning" as: 我明天早上很早就走 (wŏ míngtiān zăoshàng hĕn zăo jiù zŏu) It says that 就 (jiù) doesn't have a corresponding meaning in …
Understanding and interpretation of 李白's 《登太白峰》
Jan 11, 2025 · There is a difference between translation & interpretation. Your "as I go forward and forward, the mountains become smaller and smaller, until they disappear". is an interpretation, while …
characters - Shape evolution of 糞? - Chinese Language Stack Exchange
May 27, 2025 · I would say that the correspondence is this: The cyan part indicates that there is a merging between the green and blue parts. The modern form 「糞」 is from a series of rather bad …
Is there a word for Chinese songs that rhyme like Jay Chou's 迷迭香 …
Oct 4, 2020 · Every single line in Jay Chou's song "Rosemary" ends with the "ao" sound: ni de zui jiao wei wei shang qiao xing gan de wu ke jiu yao xiang xiang bu dao ru ci xin tiao ni …
etymology - 鉛 Reading Phonology - Chinese Language Stack Exchange
Mar 10, 2024 · Note that those modern varieties that preserve the -m/-n distinction (e.g. Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, Teochew) retain the null initial for both (Standard Canto.: 鹽 jim4 vs 鉛 jyun4); many …
grammar - Why 了 in 走+time+就到了? - Chinese Language Stack …
Jun 11, 2020 · I came across the following sentence: 她的家很近,走五分钟就到了。 Tā de jiā hěn jìn, zǒu wǔ fēnzhōnɡ jiù dào le. Her house is very close, only need to walk for five minutes to arrive. …
translation - Rendering 招子庸‘s name into English? - Chinese …
Nov 6, 2024 · 链接中提到: 1992年,学者Peter T. Morris亦再将招子庸的《粤讴》译为英文,收录97首粤讴,在香港大学出版社出版了《Cantonese Love Songs: An English translation of Jiu Ji-yung 's …
verbs - Differences between 喜欢, 要, and 想? - Chinese Language …
Could someone explain to explain me the difference between the three verbs 喜欢 (xihuan), 要 (yao), and 想 (xiang)? 我喜欢喝一杯啤酒。 (wo xihuan he yi bei pi jiu) 我要喝一杯啤酒。 (wo yao he yi bei …
vocabulary - Test taking : ji选? - Chinese Language Stack Exchange
Jun 6, 2014 · During test taking I've heard people talking about ji选. Which apparently is pretty much just "guessing" at the answer or as one person told me - just picking which ever answer 'looks' good. So …
A chess cartoon from 1981 - Chinese Language Stack Exchange
Jul 24, 2024 · I apologize for the bad scan; the club zine of mine where I found it is >40 years old, and was badly printed even then. I doubt I can provide a better quality by a new scan. I hardly know any …