Resources for a beginner who can (sort of) read.
I was wondering what you guys would recommend for learning things other than this site. For example anki decks or just lists of vocabulary in general. Any other advice for a tone-deaf beginner is...
View ArticleNewly included words
formerly unformal words that made it to dictionaries: For example: "selfie"[www.oxforddictionaries.com]If there a standard Chinese translation for this term? I would saySelfie「自拍照」(n) is straight...
View ArticleRe: Chinese characters: 有效日期真係 "faan ci"架!
May be it is 煩死 ( faan4 sei2) : " very annoying"
View ArticleRe: My Analysis of Cantonese
Well, about the tone markers, I think the diacritic-less should either go at tone 1 or tone 6 because inserting them in the middle looks odd...The grave just seems like a better choice because it...
View ArticleRe: 瀞
Thanks, GQ.I assume this is a Mandarin character, and not a Cantonese one. :nerd:
View ArticleAdd 比特幣, bitcoin
比特幣 bei2, bei6, dak6 bai6 bitcoin ( I'm not sure of the tone for 'bei')
View Article上海市政府正準備在幼兒園實行滬語教學
http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/news/20130519/00184_001.html根據以上的文章， 上海市政府將會實行滬語教育。 唔知大家對呢件事嘅睇法點？ 係我嘅眼中係一個好消息。
View Article讓和what does it mean?
In the sports section of the newspapers, when they talk about football (soccer that is), they always have something like 讓和，讓球主客，讓主，客客，主勝。I'm pretty sure it's got something to do with betting, but I'm...
View ArticleRe: 讓和what does it mean?
讓和 ~ peacefully played to a draw讓球~ goals spread 主客~ home and visiting team (example : 主客半場換邊 home and visiting team change side after half time)讓球主客 never heard of it.讓主~ gave way (lost) to the home...
View ArticleRe: 讓和what does it mean?
Thanks for your prompt reply, I appreciate it!I did a bit more research about 讓球主客和. It seems that most of the terms I gave here are set terms used by the HKJC for betting (maybe they'e got some...
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bat1 lau6 dung6 laai1
So my father told me about "bat1 lau6 dung6 laai1" today and I found a parody on it. Thought I'd share them here:This was apparently a broadcast mostly in Vietnamese aimed at illegal immigrants from...
View ArticleLooking for Mandarin Textbook
Thus far, I've been learning Mandarin through my friends and a few informal clubs at Uni, but I want more organised instruction.Basically, I want a Mandarin textbook that fulfills only three...
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