I'm Chinese / I'm a Chinese [Nationality: adjective vs noun]
2010年2月23日 · The Persian word and the Sanskrit word cīnāḥ, "Chinese people," which gave us the English name for the country, go back to the Chinese word Qín, the name of the dynasty that ruled China from 221 to 206 B.C. American Heritage Dictionary
Chinese are / Chinese people are / The Chinese are
2012年2月3日 · In these cases, English native speakers would normally say 'the Chinese' etc., not 'Chinese people'. When referring to national characteristcs, 'Chinese people' is not wrong, but it is not idiomatic. On the other hand, 'Chinese people' could well be used if you are being less categorical: that is, when you do not wish to make a statement about ...
Duck (derogatory term) - WordReference Forums
2019年6月23日 · Unfortunately I don't have the original Chinese, just a probably crappy transcription, but I was wondering whether the word duck was an insult or not, in Chinese. The Chinese people speak English most of the time and they often refer to the Americans / …
If you can read Japanese, can you read Chinese?
2013年9月29日 · However, I have to admit that Chinese people without Japanese knowledge can guess the meaning of a Japanese essay to a certain extent, let's say 30% of the meaning (the % here is arbitrary), and vice versa, because of the similar meaning of certain characters in both languages. For example, the word 理論 in the above sentence has exactly the ...
ni hao (你好) / nin hao (您好) | WordReference Forums
2006年10月17日 · I'm sure 90% native Chinese have never heard of 怹, and no textbook for foreigners will teach this. However, here in my dialect (just 3 hrs drive away), 您 and 怹 simple do not exist. To address senior people politely, one of the common corresponding polite form is 你老.
ethnicity [Asian? or Chinese?] - WordReference Forums
2011年9月14日 · The concept of ethnicity is relative, as JamesM said. Outside of Asia, a Chinese person might be referred to as "Asian" because most Westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Mongolian, etc., (at least by sight). If you know the person is from China, you'd probably refer to them as Chinese.
He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man (不到 …
2014年6月11日 · Hi, I'm having trouble understanding a Chinese saying. I found it online in Chinese as 不到长城非好汉 (bú dào Chángchéng fēi hǎohàn) -- I don't know what that says because I don't speak Chinese. I also found it in English as "He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man" I give both...
"Aunt" and "Uncle" for non-relatives - WordReference Forums
2008年8月4日 · Chinese is not exactly my mother tongue but my parents', and for a long time, I even thought that there were no other words to say it. Adults would also use it as a mark of respect to elders. Also, you would call "grand mother" (奶奶) and "grand father" (爷爷) any elderly people, especially the very old, no matter your age.
wo cao ni (我操/肏你) | WordReference Forums
2006年3月24日 · wo cao ni, its Very commonly in Chinese , personally think that should come from "i fuck your mother's cunt(wo cao ni ma bi)," this, including the derivatives,such like fuck your mam(cao ni ma), fuck your whole family(cao ni quan jia), your mother cunt(ni ma bi), your mam cunt(ma bi), should be the source of Since "I fuck your mother's cunt."
My Chinese is bad - WordReference Forums
2016年4月4日 · 我的汉语很差 (literally: My Chinese is very bad) is, first of all, a positive statement, and people know you were stating a fact concerning your Chinese proficiency. Moreover, people might assume that you were having a pretty negative attitude with yourself (e.g. you were sad with your Chinese proficiency).