Vocabulary & Word Usage
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How to Learn Chinese Vocab with Living Links
Learn Vocabulary with Mnemonics
Are 那儿/这儿 and 那边/这边 synonyms respectively?
How do I avoid confusing two characters with the same pronunciation? (相 xiāng vs. 香 xiāng)
How do I deal with the multiple definition/ translations of individual Chinese characters?
How do I distinguish between 己 已 巳 㔾? (dealing with similar-looking components and props)
How do I spot the difference between 把 bǎ & 对 duì in a sentence?
How to think about characters with similar keyword? (兄 and 哥 )
How to use 意外 yìwài? What's the difference between the noun and adjective versions?
What is the function of 还 hái in "还行 háixíng" or "还可以 hái kěyǐ" ?
What's the difference between X character and Y character? (e.g., 自 & 己)
What's the difference between 一份 yīfèn and 一块 yīkuài
What's the difference of 负面 and 消极 "negative"? How to cleverly investigate minor differences?
Does 不要 búyào mean "not want" or "don't"?
How can I tell the gender of a Chinese name?
How do I say "I had fun" in Chinese? 好玩儿 - 搞笑 - 开心 - 我过得很开心
How do I say "one-by-one" with measure words? (E.g., 一个一个地 or 一项一项地)
How do I use 打包 dǎbāo?
How do I use 过去 guòqu/过来 guòlai?
How do you use "再 something 也 something else" and contrasting antonyms (苦甜)?
How do you use "出问题" to mean "A problem emerged"?
How does Chinese conceptualize time? How important is understanding it? Is it challenging?
How to identify names when reading or listening?
How to modify psychological verbs?
How to use the adverb 偏偏 piānpiān in a sentence? (Opposite 正好 zhènhǎo)
Isn't there a word for this using intermediate language to suss out advanced words?
What are the correct terms of address for husband and wife? (丈夫-妻子 ｜ 先生 - 太太 ｜ 老公 - 老婆)
What does 做人做事 zuòrénzuòshì mean?
What does 小姐 xiǎojiě mean?
What's the measure word for love?
Why does 肉 mean "Pork"?
Why doesn't 我才上来 wǒ cái shànglai not need 了 le?
借 jiè means both 'borrow' and 'lend.' How can one tell the difference?