Chinese culture reflects the customs and traditions of the people in China. Traditional Chinese culture covers various aspects such as traditions, history, religion, climate, food, education, art, customs, ethnic groups, architecture, medicine, literature, music, etc. Here are the 100 items of traditional Chinese culture with both Chinese and English names. Continue reading “Do you know these 100 names of traditional Chinese culture?”
All about the use of 总
总 is one of the Chinese words with multiple uses. It can act as a verb, adverb or adjective. 总 is a word used very frequently in Chinese and it’s all necessary to learn all its uses. Continue reading “All about the use of 总”
究竟怎么用“才”？How to use 才？
才 is an unignorable character in Chinese. It can be used both as a noun and an adverb. What’s difficult is when it is used as an adverb! Continue reading “究竟怎么用“才”？How to use 才？”
Chinese compounds formed by two antonyms
Combine two antonyms like 来 come, 往 go; 买 buy, 卖 sell; 东 east, 西 west; 安 safety, 危 danger; etc. can form a new word, but the meaning of the compound is not always the literal combination of the two antonyms. There are several cases as to the relation between the meaning of the compound and the two antonyms. Continue reading “Chinese compounds formed by two antonyms”
The use of 了 as an auxiliary word of tense
了 is one of the most powerful words in Chinese. 了 is powerful because it can act as a verb, adverb, adjective and also auxiliary word. Continue reading “The use of 了 as an auxiliary word of tense”