Dessa två ord jag lär mig på Kinesiska driver mig till vansinne:
睫毛 jié mao (ögonfransar)
眉毛 méi máo (ögonbryn)
Notera att båda:
- har med ögonen att göra
- slutar på 毛 (betyder typ hår/päls/frans/lurv)
Men i ena fallet läses 毛 med neutral/femte ton (mao), i andra fallet med stigande/andra ton (máo).
Livet är så svårt ibland.
I say this with infinite seriousness: the best way to learn Mandarin is to watch videos of Chinese talking cats ✌️😆
PS: This poor cat. All it wants to do is to sleep in peace but this noisy humans won't let it. And even told it 不行！（Cannot)
The last comment from 猫咪 is so cute: "吵死了!"
Translation: So bloody noisy!
🤣
Sorry you are too cute to take seriously, cat.
在家保持安静！ http://xhslink.com/o/Nf4D2d4971
Copy and open #Xiaohongshu to view the full post！
#Cats #CatsOfMastodon #HSK2 #LearningMandarin #Mandarin #Languages
Oh gawd I don't think this one is an improvement from https://hachyderm.io/@liztai/114244884866516383
PS: Drama is A Moment But Forever.
Attached: 1 image Dear gawd I know Google Translate can be dire, but man this is the most dire I've seen yet lol! Original text: #刘学义终于切大号了##源仲终于切大号了# 《念无双》剧情的发展节奏还是很快速的呀，这次刘学义出演的源仲终于切大号了，有狐族大祭司源仲终于可以上线了！ 热剧观察的微博视频 Anyway, the translation (according to Deep Seek) is: #Liu Xueyi Finally Switches to His Main Account# #Yuan Zhong Finally Switches to His Main Account# The plot development of A Moment But Forever is really fast-paced! This time, Liu Xueyi's character Yuan Zhong has finally switched to his main account, and the high priest of the fox tribe, Yuan Zhong, is finally making his appearance! [Hot Drama Watch's Weibo video] "切大号" (qiē dà hào) literally means "switch to main account" - a gaming/metaphorical term referring to a character revealing their true/powerful identity. Yup, if you've seen the episode this came from you'd get it. LOL There's a lot of slang on Weibo, and relying on Google Translate could literally get you the opposite meaning of what the poster is trying to say. #Cdrama #LearningLanguages #Mandarin
Slowly deleting my Facebook because that shit is tied to so much in life, but it's gonna go.
Instagram is gone, TikTok is gone, Twitter is gone, Threads is gone.
Find me here: Twitch, Telegram, and RedNote.
Has anyone here gone to China to study Mandarin? Do you have recommendations, tips or counter-recommendations?
I’m vaguely thinking of going next year, maybe going to school for a couple of weeks and then travelling a couple of weeks. Still very much in the planning phase!
Boosts welcome. :)
Learned a new Chinese insult today
脏黄瓜
"zāng huáng guā"
Or "dirty cucumber 🥒"
Basically refers to a manwhore 🤣
Follow me on #Mastodon and you will learn the best insults in several languages. This is 文化 （wénhuà, culture ) after all 😆
Is there a resource for Mandarin Chinese learners that makes it easy to create multiple flashcards for the same word, i.e. one that shows the Chinese characters and asks for the Pinyin, one that shows the Chinese characters and asks for the meaning, one that shows the Pinyin and asks for the meaning etc.? Because I'm not doing all that manually 😩
So far I've been testing myself on meaning and pronunciation at once but it's not ideal. I would prefer an Android app but Windows or browser-based is also fine. #LanguageLearning #LearningChinese #LearningMandarin #LanguageLovers
I seem to have attracted a lot of attention with a recent post, so maybe I should reintroduce. The pinned toot has some hashtags, but also
#antiCapitalist
#foundFamily
#neurodivergent
#epicFantasy
#indieGamedev
#queer
#ace
#hope
#crows
#xianxia
#learningJapanese
#learningMandarin
#jewish
#transWomenAreWomen
#transMenAreMen
#depression
#anxiety
#musician
#RPGs
#billionairesShouldNotExist
#didIMentionCrows
Now that I've found an instance I intend to stay on, it's #introduction time!
Hi. I'm Ocean, your local 30+ nonbinary language nerd with a current focus on Chinese languages (Mandarin and Cantonese ... for now). I'm chronically ill and don't (can't) get out much, so I spend a lot of time on the internet.
I'm also neurodivergent in ways that affect my ability to socialise, but I've been making an effort to get better at it lately and perhaps this recent shift in the social media climate will turn out to be exactly the push that I needed - we shall see.
I like to ramble about the various languages I speak/am learning and occasionally turn into an amateur linguist if some random phoneme attracts my attention. Not sure what I'll end up talking about in this place, exactly, so be prepared to see anything from jokes and shitposts to personal musings and complaints, as well as the occasional comment on pop culture - which I am usually behind on - and the Chinese dramas/movies I watch both for language practice and entertainment.
I try not to get involved in discourse much if I can help it. Also not an activist, but I would describe myself as a leftist of vaguely anarchist leanings with a heavy focus on #DisabilityJustice.
When I manage to read a book, it's usually SFF. Big fan of dragons both Western and Asian. 🐉
I hope I can make some friends here! And no I have never heard of brevity what is that
#nonbinary #ChronicIllness #NEISvoid #LanguageLearning #LearningMandarin #LearningChinese #Mandarin
Alex o_O
Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾
Katja
RoboCoonie Wölver
villainous friend
Kai Ocean
Crowsinger