...bore some of you and drive some of us crazy...all this chinese/english/translating, if the language was easier i would just learn the... and in other software it you put hyphens and apostrophies in words and using them in data bases or entries, hah! you are...some characters and a maximum of three characters together to form a word ,,,, i got this info from a taiwan friend.... the following can...
What get's me about the PinYin system even from the Chinese sites in English is the blatant disregard for the tonals. It is the minimum for any hope of us English speakers...èxiè means Thank You. Shouldn't something be different? Alex wrote: Just a quick note to all the Chinese people out there - this may all seem pointlessly pedantic, but when you take the time to be systematic about...
...a quick note to all the Chinese people out there - this may all... to the westerner in learning Chinese. We use the hyphen at ... that. Look in any Chinese (not Chinese-English) dictionary with pinyin.... Singapore, and it's how Chinese is taught to foreigners in ... of China. Incidentally, it's also how Chinese is taught to ... thing for a Westerner learning Chinese is careful adherence to an ...
... to the westerner in learning Chinese. We use the hyphen at most ... people that. Look in any Chinese (not Chinese-English) dictionary with pinyin. You... Singapore, and it's how Chinese is taught to foreigners in universities ... outside of China. Incidentally, it's also how Chinese is taught to Chinese...useful thing for a Westerner learning Chinese is careful adherence to an established...
... to the westerner in learning Chinese. We use the hyphen at most ... people that. Look in any Chinese (not Chinese-English) dictionary with pinyin. You... and Singapore, and it's how Chinese is taught to foreigners in universities ... outside of China. Incidentally, it's also how Chinese is taught to Chinese ... useful thing for a Westerner learning Chinese is careful adherence to an established ...
...', instead of as the two syllables 'xi' west and 'an' peace). "Puerh" or "pu-erh" is, I believe, correct in Wade-Giles, an ... here: http://pinyin.info/readings/zyg/rules.html. It's in Chinese too, so show it to your friends and suppliers. Actually we ... invented this method, it is however useful to the westerner in learning Chinese. We use the hyphen at most times...pu-er, xi-an etc...
...... 1. "Grass" style (Cao in Chinese) is the one where the script looks... by reading L. Wiegler's book "Chinese Characters" which is an older treatise on Chinese ethymology. Its a marvelous reading and there you will ...ll love it. http://www.amazon.com/Chinese-Characters-Dover-Books-Language/dp/0486213218/... new show on the history of Chinese calligraphy at the Metropolitan Museum. ...
1. "Grass" style (Cao in Chinese) is the one where the script looks...scripts by reading L. Wiegler's book "Chinese Characters" which is an older treatise on Chinese ethymology. Its a marvelous reading and there you will find...ll love it. http://www.amazon.com/Chinese-Characters-Dover-Books-Language/dp/0486213218/sr... new show on the history of Chinese calligraphy at the Metropolitan Museum. ...
"Alex" <alex.woods@gmail.com> writes: [...calligraphy...] While we're on the topic, for those of you in or near NYC, there is a truly astounding exhibit of Chinese calligraphy up at the Met right now. Glowing NYT review here: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/08/arts/design/08brus.html Were you there over the weekend, too?! /Lew --- Lew Perin / perin@acm.org http://www....
... have to understand everithing and you do not have to be able to do it yourself. Oh, I agree. In fact, I had a great time yesterday at the new show on the history of Chinese calligraphy at the Metropolitan Museum. The Japanese developed even wilder styles of writing ("grass letters" - the finer free-flowing connected lines that was widely accepted by women) that does not even ...
