铜仁 edition
Resources for learning Mandarin:
learnnc.org
resources.allsetlearning.com
resources.allsetlearning.com
mdbg.net
gloss.dliflc.edu
chrome.google.com
Resources for learning Cantonese:
guidetocantonese.wordpress.com
cantonese.sheik.co.uk
cantonese.sheik.co.uk
chrome.google.com
Best smartphone dictionary (supports both Mandarin and Cantonese): pleco.com
Resources for learning Uyghur:
lemountainsandthesea.wordpress.com
farwestchina.com
ccapprox.info
China's economy allegedly grew 6.9% in 2015. How believable is this?
Seems like a lot of western posters thinks the real numbers are much lower.
It's debatable.
It's believed by some people that cities/provinces will overestimate their GDPs in order to meet the goals set by their superiors in Beijing, and this in turn inflates the national GDP estimates.
At the same time, other people believe the GDP might in fact be underestimated because the government may believe that having too high of a GDP will take power away from China's ability to say "we're still a developing country, we can't fulfill the same obligations expected of developed countries"
The possibility that it's understated is seriously scary
Southeast Asia win
East Asia is shitty Chink eyed yellow surfs
Noice.
Been waiting for this thread.
Started learning characters 2 week ago.
It's really interesting.
No idea what you're referring to
How do I write characters?
Is the order of the lines that important or just copy the lines?
Stroke order is considered to be important, especially when you write quickly or if you want to write in cursive styles. It's also helpful for memorizing the characters.
blog.tutorming.com
So I shouldn't plop down lines randomly using a pencil/pen.
Nice to know.
Most digital dictionaries have stroke order animations as well.
The Pleco phone app has it (can't remember if it's a free add-on or if it's paid) and this dictionary website has it mdbg.net
Stroke order is not important as long as the end result is right.
>It's believed by some people that cities/provinces will overestimate their GDPs in order to meet the goals set by their superiors in Beijing, and this in turn inflates the national GDP estimates.
That's similar to what the Soviets were doing in the 70s and 80s right? Does that mean that theoretically, it's possible that the Chinese economy could just crash and fuck us all over without any warning signs, since the numbers are all doctored?
That is what every communist does:
>Pjotr,we will achieve 60% growth with 5 year plan!
>Sasha fears he will be executed or thrown into jail for not meeting goals
>sends in report of 120% growth
>Pjotr,we will achieve 150% growth with five year plan!
>Sasha fears he will be executed or thrown into jail for not meeting goals
>sends in report of 200% growth
>Repeat ad nauseam
Anyway,I'm eager to have a conversation with you regarding chinese literature and language tomorrow.
Good night.
我也学习汉语。如果你每天学习,用Hellotalk和微信给别的聊天你也可以有流利的汉语。我的语法不好,但是中国人可以听懂我的意思所以我满意了。
I would suggest following stroke order because it makes your characters easier to read, easier to remember, easier to write, and easier for computer algorithms to recognize them.
Anyone want to tell me what kind of site bilibili is? As in like, what its userbase looks like? My friend always recs videos to it but what's the difference between bilibili and qq video?
Uyghur? Seriously? Who's gonna learn that? Also, why not post the QQ or WeChat group?
Bilibili is a little trendier I think.
Been spending my day today studying Hanja
pretty fun
Uyghur is the best, familino.
>QQ or WeChat group?
I don't really know about the groups.
>decided to give up plans of a comfortable career in France to live a meme life in China
No regrets desu, really stimulating to live in a place so different
>子曰、巧言令色朝鮮人
現代訳:韓流的偶像非常受歓迎
I wish china stuck with their old fashion.
how do you guys even learn chinese as a second language
i imagine its difficult as fuck
t. born and raised here
It's hard because it's so different.
We learned french growing up, much easier to due to similarities with english.
Some chinese hate that clothing though.
They think it is manchu clothing but not han chinese clothing.
The real chinese clothing they consider is called hanfu.
Probably yellow fever betas trying to learn Chinese. 不要浪费你的时间。练习英语吧白狗
I find cheongsam sexier
你識唔識講廣東話?
識呀
我係香港人
你好叻
你學緊廣東話?
學咗幾耐
There is an app that is similar to Duolingo called Chineseskill. I find it helpful but I think the pronunciation could use work.
学习中文,不要为别人的恐惧去做事
我以前學咗廣東話,但係我嘅廣東話唔好呀
have you ever receive this much red evenlope?
no, just cash nowdays
I haven't looked into grammar yet,but it can't be that hard.
It has nothing in common with hungarian but having no suffixes sounds simple.
It considered very difficult because it shares no root with english-- but the grammar is simple and there are not many special cases, you need a smaller vocabulary, and imo people imagine the writing system is more difficult than it actually is. I've come around to thinking that it's not a difficult language, but it takes a long time to learn because you have to start with literally nothing.
It's overly mystified in the west honestly.Most people think the words and writing are completely random.
The hard part is collecting characters that are worthwhile.
你们乖巧地用简体字写吧
I think people just massively overrate how difficult tones are. Like people seem to act like learning 4 tones is harder than learning the pronunciation of every word individually like you have to do with English.
你喜不喜歡雞湯?
我不吃过歡雞湯。歡雞湯好不好吃?
雞湯還不錯
不過我更喜歡油飯
Are there signs in simplified Chinese in Taiwan? Or only traditional?
there are some
but that's only for the purpose of communication
台湾国宝
猫目玉
a national treasure in Taiwan
cat eyes
I don't know what these are.
How often do mainlanders come to Taiwan?
these signs are scam
there are no such thing in Taiwan
but some curious mainlander will buy it anyway
a decent amount i would said
however, because of our DPP president and Taoyuan bus blazing, less tourist can be expected
I got it.
That sign board is for sightseeing customers of mainlanders who come to Taiwan.
That is interesting.
Been looking at random words.
I don't know why this stuff interests me so much.
我都識講廣東話喎
油饭吃完有点儿拽胃
煮面可以吧?直接喝太油腻了
你們好。
我很喜歡台灣和台灣女孩的腳,你們呢?
What language do they seak in Taiwan?
Mandarin Chinese and some memes
原來咁撚多人識
大学生的時候、我只1年学中文了
你是真的德國人嗎?
我是100%德國人。
你是真的台灣人嗎?
ㄧ個證明?
珍珠奶茶是我的血液
>一個真的德國人在跟我說話
Hal...lo?
hi
你從什麼地方來? :-)
>traditional chinese still exists
>喜歡台灣女孩的腳
crazy autistic
What makes you say this.
Mainlanders need not have an opinion on this matter.
it's the way you say it
it looks like you are describing your hobby/favourite food
im not mainlander btw
>im not mainlander btw
So you're an expat in HK?
Taiwanese feet are my hobby. I go looking for new pictures on Instagram every day.
>Taiwanese feet are my hobby
And I thought I was an autist with reading Confucius.
Get a grip man
>Taiwanese feet are my hobby
Seems awfully specific. Aren't all asian feet the same?
>arr rook same
Gong Xi Fa Cai, that's all I know
Taiwanese feet are the most QT
If you say so...
嗨 :3
no im hker
我买了一个充气娃娃 媳妇说这叫出轨?
Iligy vagyok.
Bár minek is?
Hisz megszenvedtél a tudásért biztos.
Oh, I see. Well that sure does make a difference then.
...
Garbage
I think you must have misquoted