Understand Chinese Courtesy Names (字)
The courtesy names (字), refers to 表字, or sometime (称字). Well, in ancient China, 表字/字 generally referred to the names Chinese people took for themselves …
Chinese Questions And Answers
The courtesy names (字), refers to 表字, or sometime (称字). Well, in ancient China, 表字/字 generally referred to the names Chinese people took for themselves …
Chinese history stretches over 5,000 years. There are so many events, stories, idioms that are directly related to the vibrant past of China. How much …
What does “Confucius” mean? This is a good question, with a long possible explanation. I will keep it short. 🙂 We need to understand a …
Yes, we are friendly. In fact, very friendly. Most of the foreigners coming to China for work/travel have very limited knowledge of Mandarin Chinese language. …
I don’t think this statement is 100% true. Most of the overseas Chinese love their motherland. Even if they became citizens of the foreign countries, …
YES, YES! SURE! Well, this is a very personal decision. You should learn Mandarin Chinese if: In particular, if you want to travel solo in …
So many. Franfly, there are so many cultural differences between China and the West. I have got so many expat friends in Shanghai. We often …