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The Jyutping method (Chinese: 粵拼輸入法) refers to a family of input methods based on the Jyutping romanization system. The Jyutping method allows a user to input Chinese characters by entering the Jyutping romanization of a Chinese character (with or without tone, depending on the system) and then presenting the user with a list of ...
Cantonese (traditional Chinese: 廣東話; simplified Chinese: 广东话; Jyutping: Gwong2 dung1 waa2; Cantonese Yale: Gwóngdūng wá) is the traditional prestige variety of Yue Chinese, a Sinitic language belonging to the Sino-Tibetan language family, which has over 85 million native speakers. [1]
Bone collecting (Cantonese Jyutping: Zap1 gwat1; Traditional Chinese: 拾骨, literally "to collect the bones") is a burial ritual practiced in certain parts of East Asia. Peoples known to adopt some forms of this custom include Cantonese, Hoklo, Taiwanese, Ryukyuan, and Zhuang.
China has warned of further actions after the US military shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the Carolina coast.. In a statement on Sunday, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said ...
Qungua (Chinese: 裙褂; Jyutping: kwan4 gwaa3), also known as longfenggua (traditional Chinese: 龍鳳褂; simplified Chinese: 龙凤褂), [1] or longfeng qungua (traditional Chinese: 龍鳳裙褂; simplified Chinese: 龙凤裙褂), [2] or guaqun (Chinese: 褂裙; Jyutping: gwaa3 kwan4), [3] is one type of two-piece ceremonial traditional Chinese wedding set of attire, which is composed of a ...
China's economy has grown under Xi, doubling from $8.5 trillion in 2012 to $17.8 trillion in 2023, [185] while China's nominal GDP per capita surpassed the world average in 2021, [186] though growth has slowed from 7.9% in 2012 to 5.2% in 2023. [187] Xi has stressed the importance of "high-quality growth" rather than "inflated growth."
Mainland Chinese or mainlanders are Chinese people who live in or have recently emigrated from mainland China, defined as the territory governed by the People's Republic of China (PRC) except for Hong Kong (SAR of the PRC), Macau (SAR of the PRC), and the partly-PRC-controlled South China Sea Islands (uninhabited and disputed), and also excluding certain territories that are claimed by the PRC ...
The rise of China's political and economic standing at the turn of the 21st century became an impetus for their attempt to attract younger readers who seek to rediscover their cultural roots. [ 194 ] Ouw Peh Tjoa (水淹金山), one of early Chinese folktale-based story which was made and released in the colonial Indonesia, directed by The Teng ...