氵, derived from 水, serves as semantic component to form characters. 氵 is an extremely important component because it can form more than one thousand characters. Characters formed by the component 氵 have to do with water such as 江河流海洋澡沐浴泪. Continue reading “氵 water”
Author: Decode Mandarin Chinese
How to use the comma 怎样使用逗号？
The comma in Chinese is the most frequently used punctuation mark. Furthermore, it’s also the most difficult to use among all the punctuation marks in Chinese. Continue reading “How to use the comma 怎样使用逗号？”
How to use the period 句号的用法
The punctuation mark 句号 “。” a full stop or a period is adopted at the end of a sentence. So, in which cases we use a period in Chinese? Continue reading “How to use the period 句号的用法”
List of the wrongly written homophonic characters
Homophony is a very typical feature of the Chinese characters. There are plenty of homophonic characters. Many homophonic characters are very easily confused. Here are the list of the wrongly written homophonic characters. Continue reading “List of the wrongly written homophonic characters”
Christmas vocabulary 圣诞节相关词汇
The list of the Christmas vocabulary. 圣诞节相关词汇表 Continue reading “Christmas vocabulary 圣诞节相关词汇”