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Chinese Lesson Blurb: Using 卻 to Spotlight Contradiction

February 20, 2019 by Laura Blodgett

Politicians are masters of contradiction Politicians have a way of making rules for everyone else and exempting themselves. So it is no wonder that the common use of 卻 ㄑㄩㄝˋ (què) to indicate Continue Reading

Figure It Out 算出來,想出來 … in Chinese

September 25, 2017 by Laura Blodgett

  The English phrase figure it out means to solve, to understand, to reason out This is consistent with the definitions of the word figure, which have to do with both to form or shape and Continue Reading

The Ups and Downs of 一 Yī in Chinese

September 11, 2017 by Laura Blodgett

The Chinese word and character  一 (yī) is one of the first that people learn, and for good reason. My dictionary devotes about 6 pages of words made with it. It not only means “one,” but is used as Continue Reading

You Want to Do More of Something 你想要多做某件事情 in Chinese

May 30, 2017 by Laura Blodgett

  你想要多做某件事情 (你)(想要)(多)(做)(某件)(事情) (ㄋㄧˇ) (ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄧㄠˋ) (ㄉㄨㄛ) (ㄗㄨㄛˋ) (ㄇㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ) (ㄕˋ ㄑㄧㄥˊ) (nǐ)(xiǎng yào)(duō)(zuò)(mǒu jiàn)(shì qíng) (you)(think to want)(more)(to do)(some + MW for affair)(affair, Continue Reading

得 is a pò yīn zì 是一個破音字

May 18, 2017 by Laura Blodgett

破音字 ㄆㄛˋ ㄧㄣ ㄗˋ are kind of like Chinese homonyms. In English, homonyms are words that sound the same, but are spelled differently (look different) and have different meanings. Examples: here and Continue Reading

Just Want 只要, Just Think 只想, Just Have 只有, and Just Am 只是 in Chinese

April 30, 2017 by Laura Blodgett

Recently, my Chinese tutor decided to help me understand the possibilities and nuances for using the character 只 ㄓˇ (zhǐ) in combination with some other common verbs. Like many things in language Continue Reading

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