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侮辱

Duomi - 26 minutes ago in Grammar, Sentence Structures and Patterns

New to these forums and I wish to start off by saying - Thank you for this cooperative knowledge bank!   我的问题是，“侮辱”这个词有什么用法呢？可以说明一下吗？   我知道可以用它作为动词和名词。   但是，我不太明白在我词典里的“侮辱”定义中的一个例子：“你这样做是对我的侮辱。” 在那个句子里，”侮辱“是名词，是不是？ 翻译成英语，是不是这个意思呢：”What you are doing is an insult to me."   不好意思，我刚才写的可能写得不太清楚了！我在这个论坛里应该只用英语来问问题，对不对？哈哈。。。   谢谢！   多米
Latest of 1 replies by Kenny同志 at 20 minutes ago.

Totally newbie with a few specific questions

Altrios - Today, 01:39 AM in Guangzhou & Shenzhen

I'm an American, turning 40 and want to go teach English in China.  I almost did it 15 years ago and regret never doing it.  I had a chinese wife but now divorcing and want to go to China to live there.  Thus, I am very familiar with the culture and people.   I have been a training manager for several years; MBA educated.  No classroom teaching experience.   I also want to live in Guangzhou/Shenzhen as I think that's the area of China I will like most.  (I have visited China on...
Latest of 2 replies by anonymoose at Today, 07:59 AM.

A few doubts and questions regarding studying in China

Kambili - Today, 01:24 AM in Life, Work and Study in China in General

Kambili avatar So I'm planning to apply for a Chinese language course at some university starting autumn 2015, and of course once I dug deeper into the topic, a thousand of questions came up. I would be eternally grateful if someone more in the know could help me clarify at least some of the points...   1. Are there any Chinese language programmes covered by the Chinese Government Scholarship which last more than a year? I was hoping to spend 2 years studying Mandarin, but on the website http://www.csc.edu.cn/laihua...
Latest of 1 replies by hedwards at Today, 11:29 AM.

Children's Show Similar to Leapfrog

muyongshi - Yesterday, 08:59 PM in Chinese Television

muyongshi avatar I have been searching on LETV and PPTV for children's shows for my 2.5 year old that would be similar to leapfrog style learning shows. LETV let me browse 教育 for kids under 6 but nothing looked similar and there were a lot of shows. So rather than previewing hundreds, I was hoping people could give me some good recommendations! Thanks!
Latest of 3 replies by Bad Cao Cao at 32 minutes ago.

How to Use Variant Characters

Lanchong - Yesterday, 09:49 AM in Reading and Writing Skills

Reading opinion pieces in HK newspapers, you often see variant characters. Sometimes even both the standard character, and the variant, appear in the same article. The most common example is perhaps using 箇 instead of 個.Are there any rules regarding the use of variant characters? I've never seen it mentioned in a textbook. And what kind of impression do they give the average Chinese reader?
Latest of 2 replies by Takeshi at Yesterday, 10:01 PM.

Where to study?

LiamK - Yesterday, 01:45 AM in Life, Work and Study in China in General

Hi everybody. I am really struggling to choose where I should go to learn Chinese (for 6 months to start with).   I have to choose either Fudan University or Zhejiang University.   My main goal is to improve my Chinese as fast as possible, everything else is secondary. But I would like to also have fun if possible. My current level is HSK3. Any advice much appreciated. Thank you
Latest of 6 replies by hedwards at Today, 11:24 AM.

Urgent help please re buses

Prophecy20 - Oct 17 2014 08:45 AM in Visa Issues

Prophecy20 avatar Hey, We're in HK. Need to get back up to ShenzhenBei which I think is the Shenzen North Railway Station, to catch our train this afternoon. I can't find solid info online. Any advice? I cannot for the life of me remember the name of the coach company we used to come down. We can leave from either HK Island or Kowloon, doesn't matter.Which station is our best bet? Many thanks.
Latest of 4 replies by Prophecy20 at Yesterday, 12:34 AM.

继续成为

Pedroski - Oct 17 2014 06:35 AM in Grammar, Sentence Structures and Patterns

Pedroski avatar 创新会使我们继续成为市场的领导者。 Innovation will enable us to continue as market leaders.   I  am assured that this is good Chinese. I can find lots of examples of '继续成为‘。 But I would not like to translate it as 'continue to become', I would rather simply use 'continue'.  Is that correct?
Latest of 14 replies by 陳德聰 at Today, 10:16 AM.

Total Beginner questions.

AndyPee - Oct 17 2014 03:28 AM in General Study Advice and Discussion

Hey guys, I've toyed with te idea of learning Chinese for a while, i then stumbled upon this forum, and after reading a few threads, and the general advice sticky, decided to just dive in head first and see how things went. I'm basically looking for advice on what more I could do to make for a fuller learning experience. I spent my first 2 weeks or so trying to get my head around the pinyin system and tones, doing nothing much else apart from practising the pronunciation of the initials and finals, and doing ton...
Latest of 13 replies by realmayo at Today, 02:28 AM.

Variant Simplifications

Bird in a Forest - Oct 16 2014 09:38 PM in Chinese Characters

Bird in a Forest avatar Hello everyone,   While I was at an airport in China, I noticed that some of the signs on shops that were selling noodles had a character that was composed of: 麦 and 面 (in that order). Now, this is obviously a simplification of the traditional form: 麵. The standard official simplification as I know was simply 面, which merged the meaning of "flour; noodles" with the meaning of "side; face".   I have always been annoyed with the the loss of the wheat radical from 麵 and the metal radical in 錶, as well as...
Latest of 2 replies by Law-West at Yesterday, 11:50 PM.

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