I wish for everyone to have a hanfu-wearing, high iq weiqi-playing, dragonboat-rowing, tea-drinking, ancestor-respecting, buddha-worshipping, tai-chi-practicing, baozi-eating, lunar-celebrating, caligraphy-writing, lantern-lighting, feet-binding, pipa-playing, pingpong-smashing, PLA-serving, chinglish-speaking, bubbletea-slurping, Japan-hating, hongbao-giving, fortune cookie-cracking, firecracker-lighting gf!
This, grammar and words are very logical, it's learning to pronounce and write the damn thing (although writing is less important in today's world)
Eli Thompson
>grammar and words are very logical Could you expand on this?
Noah Powell
Basically this
Dominic Bell
There is no plural form except for people. For past tense, just put 了 at the end of a phrase. For verb objects, just duplicate the verb and put something between the verb and very object and you can do just about anything. To emphasize or casualize an adjective, duplicate it. It's hard to describe it really, but it makes a lot of sense.
Juan Sanders
That's nice and all but I can't read that shit.
Isaiah Peterson
Chinese language students normally like the culture, art, food, and people. Basically the same reason anybody takes any language.
Leo Gonzalez
How much of an advantage is it if you already know Japanese?
Tyler Diaz
同我们一起学中文. 好吗?
Alexander Anderson
Nips grammar is really different, but you might recognize some kanjis
Jason Diaz
Lel I hope Chinese greentext catches on
Easton Hall
dekimasen 与*
Easton Hernandez
學中文學殘體字的話不用學了 字太醜學久了人也會變醜 會交不到女朋友
Dylan Harris
>写老的汉子
真棒!我想要学,可是我的老师是mainland中国人。
Jeremiah Davis
Japanese version is better
Less dragons, more flood! :)
Brandon Nguyen
我不但喜欢食物,而且奇幻龙。日本新年快乐!
Ryan Parker
>奇幻 我的电脑真讨厌,我要写“喜欢”。
Robert Miller
Does anyone use an "Anki" app? Which one is good?
Asher Wilson
繁体字太麻烦了
Kevin Hill
大陆*
Jordan Murphy
theres like, only one per operating system
Joshua Nguyen
你好
Jace Moore
If you go to the apple App Store there are dozens
Samuel Thompson
this tbqh
I'm in Beijing and Tantan is fucking dead right now.
Jack King
恭喜發財,利市𢭃來
Luke Diaz
I want to have an authentic chinese new year feast one day
Jack Morris
you have to remember to go around and call everyone one of your relative by title
Asher Wood
Can you elaborate? I'm not familiar with Chinese etiquette.
Charles King
not much to it but chinese relations have more nuances, you have to know who is who in a gathering and call them by your relation ie aunts uncles/cousins, in laws. removed cousins etc then there are seating arrangements too with the heads at the front and eldest children beside them and the more distant further away etc
Easton Walker
現在大家都用鍵盤打字 不麻煩了 如果你用拼音打字 正體和殘體是一樣容易
Easton Morris
Happy new year chinks. Is it the year of the cat?
Dominic Jackson
rooster, there is no cat unless you are vietnamese you are not vietnamese are you
Brandon Reed
Happy new year guys!
Jayden Martin
>a hanfu-wearing, high iq weiqi-playing, dragonboat-rowing, tea-drinking, ancestor-respecting, buddha-worshipping, tai-chi-practicing, baozi-eating, lunar-celebrating, caligraphy-writing, lantern-lighting, feet-binding, pipa-playing, pingpong-smashing, PLA-serving, chinglish-speaking, bubbletea-slurping, Japan-hating, hongbao-giving, fortune cookie-cracking, firecracker-lighting gf If I could have a BF like this, my life would be complete
Jayden Parker
Wait, what? Do they replace one of the other animals?
Adrian Martinez
>The Korean zodiac is almost identical to the Chinese zodiac except it includes the Sheep instead of the Goat. The Vietnamese zodiac is almost identical to the Chinese zodiac except the second animal is the Water Buffalo instead of the Ox, and the fourth animal is the Cat instead of the Rabbit. The Japanese zodiac includes the Sheep instead of the Goat, and the Wild Boar instead of the Pig.[12] The Japanese have, since 1873, celebrated the beginning of the new year on 1 January as per the Gregorian Calendar. The Thai zodiac includes a nāga in place of the Dragon[13] and begins, not at Chinese New Year, but either on the first day of fifth month in Thai lunar calendar, or during the Songkran festival (now celebrated every 13–15 April), depending on the purpose of the use.[14]
Leo Reed
Nope although housemate is a gook who eats silk-worms
Nicholas Sanchez
新年快楽!
Sebastian Rivera
We are neither China nor America nor Russia nor Islamic country nor Europe. We want to represent other countries except above.
Jace Morales
>gook who eats silk-worms
Asher Phillips
Why can't I be fat without being called fat
Blake Nguyen
Exactly I could take a picture to prove I'm telling the truth
Jose Butler
All the changes are for the worse except Pig->Wild Boar
Jayden Ortiz
Agreed
Charles Phillips
撸管
Elijah Cooper
I dunno, I have a friend whose nickname is the Chinese equivalent of fat fuck.
Carson Smith
You just need to 多喝热水
Jose Sullivan
I'm pretty sure it's Year of the Sheep in China too
We have used Western calender since the early modern period of 400 years ago. Before that we used Islamic calender that was introduced from 元. Therefore we celebrate on not the Lunar New Year's day, but Gregorian New Year's day. This is our traditional habit.
> btw, it seems that there is other japan flag except me. ignore him, everyone.
Jordan Phillips
except me* except me and 一路順風
John Howard
去邊度拜年呀大家
Brody Morales
People say I hate China. I don't. I don't hate China. Great country. I love China. Chinese girlfeet, I succed many of them. Some of the best in the world. I love them.
Finding out the difference between 可以, 能 and 會 is pretty hard at first.
I was in Bulgaria lately and they invited me to celebrate the lunar new year at the Confucius institute. Too bad my flight was at that day's morning. Still it's encouraging to see how speaking Chinese opens doors all over the world.
Juan Torres
What do you think of the CCTV Spring Festvial Gala? Even Mainlanders deride that every fucking time.
It seems to be the Chinese's speaking world's equivalent to the Eurovision Song Contest.
Jordan Nelson
Guys, is it correct to write: 我祝您万事好运,也祝您的家庭一切顺利! ?
Nathaniel Brooks
I have a question for all the Chinese or others who have a similar tradition.
I've heard that on the first day of Chinese New Year, married couples must spend it at the wife's parents-in-law's home, and then on the second day they go to the husband's parents-in-law's home.
So, what if the in-laws of the wife's in-laws are still alive? Wouldn't her husband's parents have to visit their in-laws as well?
Xavier Gomez
>So, what if the in-laws of the wife's in-laws are still alive? Wouldn't her husband's parents have to visit their in-laws as well?
Maybe I'm a retard but this is confusing me.
Aiden Reyes
why would they have to and how does that question even make sense
you are clearly autistic, as already proven by your uyghur fetish
Henry Myers
First day: Wife must visit her parents-in-law (husband's parents) But technically, the wife's mother-in-law must visit her parents-in-law as well, so...
I'm not the Uyghur guy. I've had a few Chinese and several Taiwanese tell me about this tradition.
David Lee
I don't really know, my family is too big to keep track of, my parents have a combined total of 15 siblings, and many of my cousins have children already, not to mention my grandparents having a lot of siblings too, and almost all my aunts and uncles are married. I was just at a family get-together earlier today with like 30 people related to my great aunt on my dad's side and he only has 3 siblings. I don't keep track of this kind of stuff and just go with my parents.
Robert Gray
>15 siblings You almost outnumber my entire family with only one generation
Xavier Morales
Do you guys know a news website with audio and transcripts for each article?
I'm so fucking tired of the same shitty useless resources like chinesepod being recommended over and over again on rebbit.
Jayden Hernandez
>Do you guys know a news website with audio and transcripts for each article?
I've been looking for something like this, too. Basically, like learningenglish.voanews.com but for Chinese.
Benjamin Rogers
just use chinese text to speech on google translate
