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  1. 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 …

  2. 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 …

  3. 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 …

  4. 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 …

  5. 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 …

  6. 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. …

  7. 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 …

  8. 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 …

  9. 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 …

  10. 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 …