Homonyms are very common in modern Chinese. Confusion of homonyms could be a disturbing problem in a conversation, for example, if you use “饭桶” incorrectly, you could offend someone. Continue reading “Are you a 饭桶？”
Suffix 手
As we have mentioned before that the semantic component 手 is a highly important part in the formation of Chinese characters. For the formation of compound words, 手 also plays an important role, because it can serve as a suffix to form compound words in the following ways: Continue reading “Suffix 手”
All words with 诬 have negative meanings
This character 诬 seems to tell us that a witch’s mouth speaks no good words. Do you still believe in a witch or a wizard? Continue reading “All words with 诬 have negative meanings”
不 can convert two characters to a set phrase
不 is usually used as a negative adverb in a sentence. It also has another very important use that it can form set phrases in the form of 不_不_(ABAC). Continue reading “不 can convert two characters to a set phrase”
八 to halve
八 is simple ideogram, which resembles an object which is divided into two halves. The character originally meant “separate”, a meaning now replaced by 分. 八 has been phonetically loaned for the number eight.
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