OneDotDot Chinese Grammar · HSK 1 Grammar Point · HSK 1 請请 qǐng — Polite Imperatives 請请 qǐng + Verb turns a plain command into a polite request — the Chinese equivalent of adding “please” before an instruction. Put 請请 qǐng right before the verb you want someone to do — that’s the whole structure….
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Meat, Seafood & Staples Flashcards & Market Game 📖 Flashcards 🎮 Market Game Switch to Simplified 🥩 Meat, Seafood & Food Flashcards (Click to Flip · Click 🔊 to Listen) 🔄 Flip All Hide Cards (Blind Mode) 🦀 Crazy Market: Fresh Food Challenge ⚡ Mode 1: Speed Order 🃏 Mode 2: 14-Pair Memory Match ⏳…
HSK4 – Food and Ingredient
Chinese Vocabulary · 中文詞彙中文词汇 Food and Ingredient Words in Chinese 飲食與食材詞彙饮食与食材词汇 yǐnshí yǔ shícái cíhuì Before we get into the vocab, here’s something that might surprise you: 速食快餐 (“fast food”) in Taiwan is often surprisingly healthy. McDonald’s sells fresh fruit boxes, fresh milk, chicken breast salad, and quinoa salad, and you can customize a burger…
“Why” in Chinese
OneDotDot Chinese Grammar · HSK 2 Grammar Point · HSK 2 Question Words 5 — Why為什麼为什么 wèishénme 為什麼为什么 wèishénme is how you ask “why” in Chinese — and it’s the one question word that doesn’t follow the usual “answer goes in the same spot” rule. In this part of the question-word series, we look at…
“How many, how much” in Chinese
OneDotDot Chinese Grammar · HSK 1 Grammar Point · HSK 1 Question Words 3 — Asking Numbers多 duō, 多少 duōshǎo多少 duōshao & 幾几 jǐ How tall? How far? How many? How much? What time? In Chinese, all of these questions come down to three words: 多 duō, 多少 duōshǎo多少 duōshao, and 幾几 jǐ. In part…
“Where, which” in Chinese
OneDotDot Chinese Grammar · HSK 1 Grammar Point · HSK 1 Question Words 2 — Where & Which哪 nǎ, 哪裡哪里 nǎlǐ, 哪些 nǎxiē & 哪一 nǎ yī One little character, 哪 nǎ, is behind every “where” and “which” question in Chinese. Add a place ending and it asks “where”; add a measure word and it…
Body, Health, and Medical Words in Chinese
Chinese Vocabulary · 中文詞彙中文词汇 Body, Health, and Medical Words in Chinese 身體、健康與醫療詞彙身体、健康与医疗词汇 shēntǐ, jiànkāng yǔ yīliáo cíhuì Before we get into the vocab, here are two body-part expressions worth knowing. 小鼻子小眼睛小鼻子小眼睛 (xiǎo bízi xiǎo yǎnjing) literally means “small nose, small eyes,” and it’s used to describe someone who’s petty or narrow-minded — fussing over tiny,…
Emotion and Personality Words in Chinese
Chinese Vocabulary · 中文詞彙中文词汇 Emotion and Personality Words in Chinese 情緒、性格與態度詞彙情绪、性格与态度词汇 qíngxù, xìnggé yǔ tàidù cíhuì Before we get into the vocab, here’s a story from my years teaching Chinese: students have asked me, more than once, how to say “I am so proud of you” in Chinese. Honestly, in my whole life I don’t…
Clothing, Daily Items, and Home Words in Chinese
Chinese Vocabulary · 中文詞彙中文词汇 Clothing, Daily Items, and Home Words in Chinese 衣物與日常用品詞彙衣物与日常用品词汇 yīwù yǔ rìcháng yòngpǐn cíhuì Before we get into the vocab, here’s something that surprises a lot of visitors: garbage collection in Taiwan doesn’t work the way it does in most places. There are no curbside bins — instead, garbage trucks drive…
Chinese News – AI agent breaks into a website
News reading An AI agent breaks into an Australian government website Read a real Taiwanese news report about an AI security incident, learn the key words, then check what you understood. HSK 6 About 500 characters 10 questions International news OneDotDot News Page A1 Reprinted from udn.com Hide English OpenAI代理dàilǐ入侵rùqīn澳洲Àozhōu澳大利亚Àodàlìyà政府zhèngfǔ網站wǎngzhàn网站wǎngzhàn 總理zǒnglǐ总理zǒnglǐ批pī不可bùkě接受jiēshòu OpenAI agent breaks into Australian…