Continuing the Pandanese series on Chinese radicals, we’re here again to introduce you to the super cool radical for jade 玉 (yù). Without any further ado, let’s scroll down to get interesting information about the jade radical and, as always, a fun mnemonic to help you remember this radical for a long time! What is …
The Jade Radical 玉: Overview, Mnemonics, and Vocabulary Read More »
Mandarin Chinese, or Standard Chinese, is the official language of China. However, it’s not the only language Chinese locals are speaking. There are other regional languages and dialects spoken throughout China. In Shanghai, the locals use both Mandarin Chinese and its provincial dialect, Shanghainese. Though Shanghainese shares many similarities to Mandarin Chinese, it still has …
Welcome back to our weekly radical series! In today’s article, we introduce you to the father radical 父 in Chinese, its stroke orders, and how you can memorize it with our mnemonics flashcard example. What is the father radical? In Chinese, the radical for father is pronounced as “fù” and written as 父. This radical …
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One of the most effective ways to master Chinese is learning and understanding radicals. This is common advice that almost all newbie Chinese-language learners hear when they start out on their Mandarin journey. Why is that? This is because radicals appear in every Chinese character, often giving you a hint of what the character means …
The Foot Radical 足: Overview, Mnemonics and Vocabulary Read More »
Gone are the days when the Chinese language was hardly spoken outside of countries that called it their mother tongue. Today, Chinese has become one of the most spoken languages in the world, second only to English, with nearly 200 million second-language speakers. People learn Chinese for different reasons. For language-lovers, it could be because …
