In our previous post, we've looked at men's clothing items in Chinese. Now it's time for the ladies! In this week's article, let's look at 20 common...
Women’s Clothing: 20 Must-Know Items in Chinese
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In this article, we will have a look at three common ways to say “change” in Chinese. Chinese Paronyms In any language, a paronym is a word which shares the same root with another word. To a certain extent, paronyms could be considered as synonyms since they are linked to each other by similarity […]
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Chinese learners often struggle with polyphones – characters with two or more pronunciations. In this article, we will look at 5 common Chinese polyphones. Chinese Polyphones: One Character, Two Meanings In simple words, polyphones are Chinese characters which, depending on the context, have two or more pronunciations. Chinese polyphones often make a sentence (or even the […]
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Very often in Chinese, you will come across words that share the same pronunciation, but are written using different characters – the so-calles Chinese homophones. In this article, we are going to take a look at 4 pairs of homonyms, which are frequently used in both daily conversations and in academic topics. Same Sound, […]
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Sometimes, you can create two different words by putting two of the same Chinese characters into a different order. In this article, we are going to take a look at 5 examples of reversible Chinese words. Same Characters, Different Meaning It’s believed that a Chinese learner should master around 3500 frequently-used Chinese characters to be able to […]
