Pronunciation : yīdìng Meaning : (adv) certainly HSK : 2 Notes : Also as In natural speech, Chinese uses tone sandhi rules, so because 定 (dìng) is a 4th-tone character,
Pronunciation : yīdìng Meaning : (adv) certainly HSK : 2 Notes : Also as In natural speech, Chinese uses tone sandhi rules, so because 定 (dìng) is a 4th-tone character,
I feel remiss for not having made any Chinese New Year-related post yet. I reread my old post from 2022 and realized that those are the same feelings I still
In this short dialogue, Xiaoli is trying to catch a taxi to the train station, but isn’t sure if she’ll make it on time given all the traffic. Key vocab
Pronunciation : yībān Meaning : (adj) generally HSK : 2 Notes : Also as In actual, natural conversation, Chinese applies tone sandhi (tone change rules). Because 般 (bān) is a
I don’t know why I didn’t post this earlier. This song, “Olive Tree” (橄榄树) is Taiwanese songstress Chyi Yu’s (Qiyu / 齐豫) most famous work. It was released in 1979,