Names of Colors in Chinese
The colors in Chinese (颜色; yánsè) are expressed by adding the particle 色 (sè) to the name of the color. This helps to identify the color itself as opposed to …
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Questions with 不 (bù) and 没 (méi)
In Chinese, there are more than one way to ask questions. Besides interrogative pronouns, there is a way to ask if the answer you are looking for is a simple …
Names of Animals in Chinese
The names of animal in Chinese (动物 [dòngwù]) are one of the first things that Chinese students learn. So, here we go. Did you know? The very Chinese word for …
The Verb 有 (yǒu) and How to Use It
The verb 有 (yǒu) is one of the most frequent in Chinese and has two main uses: “to have” and “there is / there are”. We’ll also learn how to …
What is pinyin and what is it used for?
Hanyu Pinyin (汉语拼音; pinyin: hànyǔ pīnyīn), or simply, pinyin, is a phonetic transcription system to “romanize” Chinese. That is, it uses the Latin alphabet to transliterate Chinese characters to make …