Last week we learned how to say “man 男(nán)” in Chinese. This week we will continue to learn how to say women in Chinese: 女 – ‘female’. Pronunciation 女 is pronounced nǚ. Meaning The character 女(nǚ)was first seen in the Oracle bone transcript in the Shang...
The Chinese expression《相书》xiangshu, literally means that a long face can live for a long time. The word(脸liǎn) is the face(面miàn), and the “face(脸liǎn) is long as the face(面miàn) is long”. People often use long noodles to symbolically bless someone with...
The mouth is for speaking just as much as eating. Our word of this week is说 – ‘Speak,Talk;To persuade’. Pronunciation 说 is pronounced shuō / shuì . Meaning 说(shuō)means using words to express something. It has another pronunciation shuì, the...
Face changing is a special technique used in the art of Sichuan opera to shape characters. It is a romantic technique to reveal the inner thoughts and feelings of the characters in the play. According to legend, “face changing” is what ancient humans used...
The fourth of the Chinese zodiac is兔– ‘rabbit/hare’. Pronounce 兔 is pronounced tù/ chān Meaning The character兔(tù/chān)was first seen in the oracle bone inscriptions in the Shang Dynasty. Its ancient character resembled a rabbit, and its original meaning was “the...
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