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here's a funky little collection of jokes about being Chinese-Canadian. Drawn for Antholegacies Volume 2 last year! You can tell because the New Years joke glasses say 2020 haha
I’m studying Japanese, and this is way more complicated than just sticking three sets of characters together for comparison. (I am not studying Chinese. Take everything I say about Chinese with a heaping mound of salt.) Japanese is written with three different sets of syllables (Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji), which each have a different use in the language.
Examples of hiragana: あいうえお
Examples of katakana: アイウエオ
Examples of kanji: 私漢字日機口
The kanji might look similar to the Chinese writing system, because that is where they were derived from. Confusing something written entirely in kanji with Chinese is completely understandable if you don’t know either language. (For instance, 中 from the original post could be either Chinese or Japanese.) However, most sentences in Japanese will have other characters, while most Chinese sentences will not.
Example of a Japanese sentence: 私の名前はロバートです。
Example of a Chinese sentence: 的名字是羅伯特 (I think; I pulled this from Google Translate so it could be wildly ungrammatical.)
Korean looks totally different, at least to me.
I don’t really understand getting mad at people for mixing up korean, chinese, and japanese
Like, look at them together
見る한국어中国死ね我要吃你マンコ형사我有大鸡巴
and tell me they don’t look similar lol
Chinese 🤦🏻♀️
Just this once, I wish they had not simplified a character. I keep mixing up the words for “old friend” vs “enemy”.
Like, really? One stroke difference?
Friends are old 古 but you want to…lick your enemy 舌?
I recently started keeping a list of all the ways I hear/read Chinese people say "death / dying". This has got to be the most artistic rendition of that question that I have seen to date :)
do you have any learning materials for learning chinese?
Are you learning Mandarin or Cantonese or another Chinese dialect/language cuz I’m not sure which resources you want? I can give you some resources for both Canto and Mandarin but I don’t have any resources for other Chinese dialects / Chinese languages
Mandarin Resources
PDF’s (it contains PDF files to learn Mandarine.)
Mandarin Resources / Rec Post
Free Resources For Learning Mandarin Chinese
Chinese Grammar Wiki
yoyochinese
chinesehulu
memrise
Tips on learning Mandarin Tones (Check this post for tips on learning Mandarin Tones. I learnt Chinese tone naturally so I don’t have anything to recommend so I just link you this blog post.)
Chinese Pronouns
Youtube
Learn Chinese Now
Lenguin.com Language Lessons
Vocabulary Videos
How to Speak With Numbers in (Mandarin) Chinese (In the West, we use acronyms for online chatting and texting such as BRB and LOL. For the Chinese, we use numbers! This video will help you learn how to speak with numbers in Chinese.)
Chinese Family Tree
11 Crucial Chinese Phrases
How to Curse in Mandarin Chinese
Textbooks
Integrated Chinese 中文听说读写
Links to watch Chinese (Mandarin) Dramas
DramaFever
Viki
Cantonese Resources
My first language is Cantonese so I’m not learning it from any materials but I’ve found a few site that looks quite interesting and looked quite helpful that you could try.
PDF’s (it contains PDF files to learn Cantonese.)
Apps Rec
Teach Yourself Cantonese
Cantonese Dictionaries
Cantonese Grammar
Cantonese Pronouns
Youtube
Cantonese Tone
iCANTONESE
Cantonese Bad Swear Words
Vocabulary Videos
How to Speak with Numbers in Chinese - Cantonese Version
Chinese Family Tree - Cantonese Version
CarlosDouh (This is helpful to learn some slang and how and when they are used in Hong Kong.)Cantonese Slang (Another clip with a list of some commonly used Cantonese slang)
Sites to watch Hong Kong / TVB Dramas
newasiantv (with subs)
icdrama (without subs)
Watching dramas/films/shows will definitely help you learn and improve your Cantonese.
Chinese Reading & Writing / Character Resources
Chineasy (They also have books you can buy on amazon or on here)
3000hanzi (A site dedicated to help people learn to read Chinese)
Chinese Poems
To improve or learn Chinese characters, try to watch some Chinese dramas and/or shows with Chinese subtitles, it will help you learn and improve your Chinese reading.
Some Info about Chinese Languages / Culture
Cantonese Vs Mandarin (This video tells you the difference between the two.) There is another link you can try here)
Chinese Culture Topic Videos (You should check out their channel, they talk about many other things about Chinese Culture / China.)
The Chen Dynasty
Taiwan vs. Mainland Mandarin Chinese
Blogs / Blog Posts
language-obsession
Chinese resources
这个学期，我有“漂亮的汉子课”，汉子的历史和书法，那么东西。我喜欢历史，看怎么汉子改变不同的时代。有繁体字很漂亮，我想要没有改变了。但是，也有简单字我很高兴现在使用。书法，我不耐心。我也不在乎如果我的汉子是理想。但是，我赏识这个传统的艺术。
我几乎忘了，我开始了实习期。它是在一家亚洲文化中心。我有两个中国主任。我下还这个实习期。我很高兴。很好的机会。我现在更老，不是孩子或者年轻人。好吧，我饿死了。我现在要吃爆米花。再见 ！
Chinese class • 中文课
这个学期，我有漂亮的汉子课。我们学习书法。
我喜欢汉子的历史。很有意思。篆书是我的最喜欢的。我还不知道，毕业的时候，我做什么？我还有几个学期。现在我不需要答案。但是… 我不要抱怨
照片 · 笔记 · 朋友
新的句子/词汇
你看起来很情绪化 · You look emo
我是情绪化 · I am emo
咱们AA吧？- Let’s split the bill.
我没头绪 / I have no idea.
我没有选择 / I have no choice.
做错了也没关系 · it’s okay to make mistakes.
最好的尚未来临· the best is yet to come !!
我感激每一天 ·· I’m grateful for every day
我爱真实的自己- I love myself for who I am
· 一息若存，希望不灭 · while there is life, there is hope.
Next post I think I will make a mental health themed list. I don’t know how to add the pīnyīn in an aesthetically pleasing way, so I’ll just recommend using Pleco app or google translate :)
这是赵酷峰
下次再见！
(･･;) ❀ ❋
今晚 ·
当我真正抽出时间学习时。我希望我有更多机会练习中文，还是没有中国朋友或者会说中文的朋友。我常常看youtube的视频，比较有用和容易被动地听。今晚我从 Instagram 上的图片中复制句子。
Egyptian mythology: yeah amun-ra masturbated the universe into existence
Greek mythology: aren’t the god great they only sexually harassed my wife and turned one of my children into a stag beetle this week
Norse mythology: dînghïr œne nüt got his name when he killed a lizard the size of every mountain in the world without Odin’s permission so Odin thought it would be funny to punish him by making him fart so hard one of his nuts flew off
This week, we’re taking a look at manuscripts having to do with health, medicine, and human physiology specifically focusing on how bodies are displayed in manuscript illuminations or diagrams across different cultures.
LJS 389 shown above, is a 14th century Chinese treatise on the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of blood vessels titled Shi si jing fa hui. The manuscript is made from bamboo paper and the diagrams and kaishu script are written with black ink. Focus on the diagrams of the bodies and stay tuned this week to see not only how the details and forms of these depictions change from culture to culture, but also the mediums with which these manuscripts are created.
The full LJS 389 manuscript filled with more diagrams can be found on Openn: http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs389.html
and Penn In Hand: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4824235
Chinese Dandelion Dumplings
My go-to music when i’m sick, stressed, alone or need to relax to get my head out of dumb things...like now :o
I like when it starts at 1min 30secs with those pattern of sounds.
Guzheng’s Unforgettable Melodies - Relaxing Music
Don’t Decorate Your Dream by Duan Yinying
🦆 🦆 🐓 . . . . . #oilpainting #oil #art #artist #artwork #painting #paint #color #asian #chinese #fineart #gallery #paintings #painter #chinesefood #wip #workinprogress #artistsoninstagram #instaart https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq51JplBgya/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14xpj3xo23dfm
A Resource for Reading Practice: The Chinese Reading World
I wanted to share a resource for reading practice that I stumbled across recently. It’s called the Chinese Reading World, and it was a project led by the University of Iowa.
The site was put together from 2005 to 2008, so it’s not super up to date. However, there is a ton of content! Everything is sorted into 3 levels: beginning, intermediate, and advanced.
Each level has 30 units, and each unit has 10 lessons. The lessons begin with a vocab pre-test, then there is a reading with some comprehension questions. Lastly, there is a vocab post-test, which is the same as the initial test (at least for the lessons I’ve done so far). There’s audio for each lesson text, but unfortunately it can’t be streamed—you have to download it. There is also an achievement test at the end of each unit.
My experience has actually been that I already know all the words on the vocabulary tests, but the reading passages contain other words that I’m not familiar with.
So far, the readings I’ve encountered are not very long. This is nice since reading longer pieces can be frustrating at times. With shorter readings, you can just read 1 or 2 on some days and read more when you have more time/patience. I believe the readings are taken from Chinese newspapers.
Also, every unit has a theme. With 90 units total, there are bound to be themes that interest you. Example unit topics:
Directions and Asking Direction 方向和问路
Sports and Outdoor Activities 体育和户外运动
Chinese Music and Musicians 中国音乐和音乐家
Chinese Minorities and Local Customs 地方习俗和民族风情
Chinese Sports and Olympic Games 体育和奥林匹克
Contemporary Chinese Literature and Writers 中国当代文学和作家
The 3 levels also each come with 5 proficiency tests. They seem to be based on vocabulary knowledge, so expanding your vocab is clearly a huge focus of this site. The only thing I’m unclear is about is I’m not sure exactly when the proficiency tests are meant to be taken. After completing all units? Or are they spaced out so you are supposed to take test 1 after the first few units, test 2 after the next few, etc.?
I’ve started working my way through the advanced section this week. With 300 advanced lessons alone, it really feels like I have an infinite number of articles to go through!