In mainland China, a Jin is 500 grams, or half a kilogram (1.1lbs) of weight. A is also known as a , or “market jin”, where means “market”. Note that a or “common jin” is 1 kilogram (2.2lbs), where means “common”. It is worth noting that Jin is used in other parts of Asia, with […]
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In Mandarin Chinese, both and are adverbs that express the frequency of an action or event. However, there are some subtle differences in their usage: Overall, the difference between and is somewhat subtle, and they can often be used interchangeably depending on the context. Here are some additional examples to illustrate their usage:
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In this post we’ll look at different ways to say “good” and “bad” in Chinese with varying degrees of strength. At a basic level, every Chinese learner should first learn that means “good”, and means “not good”. List of ways to say good and bad in Chinese Below is a list of vocabulary for expressing
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In Chinese literally means “not bad”, however it has a more positive meaning than “not bad” in English and is closer in meaning “good”. Consider if someone were to ask you about a movie you watched, in English you might ask how was the movie? not bad Depending on your tone, responding with “not bad”
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In this post we’ll look at how to structure a time phrase in Chinese. Simple Time Phrases in Chinese The basic structure of a time phrase in Chinese is: subject + time + verb phrase Example Chinese time phrase sentences Here are some examples of time phrases following the subject + time + verb phrase
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How to say “before” in Chinese – 以前 (yǐqián) The Chinese word for “before” is , and is used slightly differently to English in that it does not come at the beginning of a sentence. In Chinese “before” comes at the end of the clause, while in English “before” can be used before or after
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In this post we look at 但是，可是，不过, which mean “but”, “however” or “while” The pronunciation is as follows: While all of these have a similar meaning, there are slight differences between them.. The basic sentence structure for using but” , or in a sentence is to prefix it with “although” : although… but… ,。。。。。。 ,。。。。。。
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In this post we will look at Chinese grocery shopping vocabulary and phrases. Vocabulary General shopping vocabulary English Chinese aisle aisle alcohol department canned goods cash cheque (check) credit card elevator entrance escalator exit frozen food section line up manager meat meat department no stock plastic bag produce section return (an item) self-checkout shop assistant
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means: all/both are in the process of all/both are in all/both are located is made up of the characters “both” and “located” / “in” / “in the process of” . 都在 example sentences: Yesterday it rained all day – yesterday – all day – all in the process of – raining We are in the
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means: all day long all day whole day long means “whole” or “entire”, while means day, so put together means “all day” or “entire day”. By itself means “one”, so by appending this to is to say “one entire day” , as opposed to “all day” or “entire day” . 一整天 examples: Yesterday it rained
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