Additional Info - Mandarin

Question 1

What are the guidelines to write Chinese?

Answer 1

Note:There are exceptions within and among different standards. The following are only guidelines.

As a general rule, strokes are written from top to bottom and left to right. For example, among the first characters usually learned is the number one, which is written with a single horizontal line: 一. This character has one stroke which is written from left to right.

Question 2

What is Pīnyīn? What does Pīn and Yīn translate too individually?

Answer 2

Pinyin is the Romanization of the Chinese characters based on their pronunciation. In Mandarin Chinese, the phrase “pīnyīn” literally translates into “spell sound.” In other words, spelling out Chinese phrases with letters from the English alphabet.

For example:
Characters:学习中文
Pīnyīn:xué xí zhōng wén

Question 3

What is the slang version of 谢谢?

Answer 3

The slang version of 谢谢 is 三Q because it sounds extremely similar to “Thank You” in english

Question 4

What is a Radical?

Answer 4

Radicalsare the crucial building blocks ofMandarinChinese characters, and a solid understanding ofradicalsallows you to accelerate your learning, understanding, and writing ofMandarinChinese.

It gives a general understanding of what the entire character could mean.

For Example: 口 is mouth, opening or gate and 味 means smell and it has the character 口 in it.

Radicals aren’t considered words

Question 5

What are counter words?

Answer 5

Counter words are the name for measuring words like inches, centimeters and etc..

Question 6

What is the difference between a character and a word?

Answer 6

If a character has a concrete meaning by itself, it will be considered a word as well. For example, 书 is a character and also a word; but “and also” by itself isn’t really a word be cause its meaning usually depend on context.

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