What gives a Chinese character meaning and sound? Here's "sand." With Mandarin phonetics.
#chinese #mandarin #中文 #Chineselanguage #polyglot #multilingual #beaches #heartofchina 💖

Ever wonder what's in a Chinese Character? Meet "river." With Mandarin phonetics.
#chinese #mandarin #中文 #Chineselanguage #polyglot #multilingual #speech #talk #heartofchina 💖

Ever wonder what's in a Chinese Character? Meet "river." With Mandarin phonetics.
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What Might Confucius, And His Students, Say to Elon Musk. 😅

This article is my response to #elon #musk. It's a conversation between #confucius and his students.
#twitter #chineseculture #Chineselanguage #中文 #heartofchina 💖

https://toddcornell.substack.com/p/what-might-confuciusand-his-studentssay

Check out the Cultural Revolution Artzeum! A collection of artwork and paraphernalia from the Cultural Revolution period in China, 1966-1976. "Heart" the things you like! 👍

#chinese #chineseculture #history #artwork #museum #revolution #mao #propoganda #revolutionary #mandarin #art #heartofchina 💖

https://culturalrevolutionart.org/

Stories in Chinese Characters: "Speak." With Mandarin phonetics.
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Stories in Chinese Characters. "take" With Mandarin phonetics.
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Stories in Chinese Characters. With Mandarin phonetics.
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@OracleSpirit @LnzyHou One of my favorite scholars of the I Ching, a Taiwanese scholar, writes about change, "the only true constant in life is change." I love change. It brings new gifts when I am open to receiving them. ☯️ 💖 🙏

@OracleSpirit @LnzyHou
We all need to do what feels right. Karma takes care of the rest. 🙏

Stories in Chinese Characters. With Mandarin phonetics.
#chinese #mandarin #Chineselanguage #dogs #husky #heartofchina 💖
@Bald_Guy_With_Bike

@OracleSpirit Feel the numbness. Nothing has not been said nor felt within the universal space. But everything can be a fresh experience when we see it from a new perspective. 🙏 ☯️ 💖

@Bald_Guy_With_Bike
Dog is gǒu
To cross is guò

For many, the "ou" and "uo" sounds are easy to confuse. Many of my English-speaking students see them as the same. They sound quite different in Mandarin. "u" is pronunced like "oo" in moon or boot.

So, dog is "go-u" and cross is "gu-o."

Cheers! 💖
#heartofchina

Stories in Chinese Characters. With Mandarin phonetics.
#chinese #mandarin #Chineselanguage #heartofchina 💖

@earthling_down_under
Yup! Don't let the sun shine on it! 😆

@earthling_down_under

I've heard it as anything with it's back facing the sun is edible. Humans don't have their backs facing the sun. Either way, same outcome. Cantonese will eat any animals. lol 😉

Stories in Chinese Characters. With Mandarin phonetics.
#chinese #mandarin #Chineselanguage

@koavf Yeah. I try to take things lightly with all the need we have to belittle China's incredible development over the past 30 years. I saw what it was like firsthand and am quite supportive of the hard work. There are cultural differences and that can cause challenges. Here's an article I wrote recently. You might find it interesting. https://toddcornell.substack.com/p/the-yin-yang-effect

@koavf I worked for the Confucius Institute. I really don't fall for this stuff. It's mostly propaganda. The problem is not so much the CI but the Chinese national directors in the Institutes. I worked as an Assistant Director and the Director was a Chinese national. He was a mess. If they have good Directors, local hired. it is much easier to control what is going on. The Directors can be decided by the local universities. Cheers!