Word of the Week: Burn – 焚 fén
If you have already learned some Chinese, maybe you will know that林 (lín) means forest and 火 (huǒ) means fire. So, if we put the two together, what will happen? Our word of the week this week is焚 – ‘Burn.’ Pronunciation 焚 is pronounced fén. Meaning The...
Word of the Week: Chicken – 鸡 jī
The ninth of the Chinese zodiac is 鸡– ‘chicken’. pronunciation 鸡 is pronounced jī. Meaning The character鸡（jī）was first seen in oracle bone inscriptions . The original meaning of chicken refers to a kind of poultry.It eventually became one of the Chinese zodiacs....
Word of the Week: Forest – 森 sēn
There are different ways of structuring Chinese characters. However, a structure with three equal components is one of the most common ones. Many Chinese characters follow this of structure. The meaning of these characters is usually quite literal and overall very...
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