One of the meanings of 跟 (see pronunciation and definitions below) has to do with 'following closely.' When you add 不 and 上 after it, it means you can't keep up. The sequence of tones (first tone ⇾ Continue Reading
Experiences That Make Me Feel Very Afraid 那些我想起來就覺得驚心動快的經驗 in Chinese
那些我想起來就覺得驚心動魄的經驗 (那些)(我)(想起來)(就)(覺得)(驚心動魄)(的)(經驗) (ㄋㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄝ)(ㄨㄛˇ)(ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄑㄧˇ ㄌㄞˊ)(ㄐㄧㄡˋ)(ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄉㄜ˙)(ㄐㄧㄥ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄆㄛˋ)(ㄉㄜ˙)(ㄐㄧㄥ ㄧㄢˋ) (nà xiē)(wǒ)(xiǎng qǐ lái)(jiù)(jué de.)(jīng xīn dòng pò)(de.)(jīng Continue Reading
What is Happiness 什麼是幸福？
Every language has particular ways you can play with it. The character of the Chinese language makes it easy and normal to make up words. The lack of filler words makes it easier to construct sayings Continue Reading
More Ways to Use 打 ：「打」有更多用法
More on why 打 can be such a fun character Recently, my tutor went over many ways to use 打 ㄉㄚˇ (dǎ). We also discussed the parts of the character 打 and how they relate to its meaning. Then, for the Continue Reading
The Many Ways to Use 打 ：「打」有很多用法
Finding the hand in the action The character 打 has the particle in it that is derived from the character 手. Here are their respective pronunciations, along with basic translations: 打 ㄉㄚˇ (dǎ) to beat, Continue Reading
Chinese Lesson Blurb: 孔子曰 Confucius says
When my Chinese tutor was a young girl in school, she remembers being taught about Confucius. When Confucius was quoted, they were always supposed to use the ancient way of saying "says" which Continue Reading
