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The Chinese conception of yellow (黃 huáng) is inclusive of many shades considered tan or brown in English, and its primary association is with the earth rather than the sun. It was formerly inclusive of many oranges, [6] [7] although speakers of modern Standard Mandarin increasingly map their use of huáng to shades corresponding to English ...
Distribution of Chinese dialect groups within the Greater China Region This video explains the differences in pronunciation and vocabulary among Mandarin Dialects (Std. Mandarin, Sichuan Mandarin and NE Mandarin) and Cantonese. The following is a list of Sinitic languages and their dialects.
Chinese is rated as one of the most difficult languages to learn for people whose native language is English, together with Arabic, Japanese and Korean. [28] According to the Foreign Service Institute, a native English speaker needs over 2,200 hours of intensive study, taking 88 weeks (one year and about 8 months), to learn Mandarin. [29]
A word from the second family is used as an existential negator 'have not', as in Beijing méi 沒 and Shanghai m 2. [182] In Mandarin varieties this word is also used for 'not yet', whereas in Wu and other groups a different form is typically used. [183] In Southern varieties, negators tend to come from the second family.
The following is a non-exhaustive list of standardized tests that assess a person's language proficiency of a foreign/secondary language. Various types of such exams exist per many languages—some are organized at an international level even through national authoritative organizations, while others simply for specific limited business or study orientation.
The Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language (TOCFL) is a standardized language proficiency test developed for non-native speakers of Chinese. It is the result of a joint project of the Mandarin Training Center, the Graduate Institute of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, and the Psychological Testing Center of National Taiwan Normal ...
A selection of falangcai porcelains Bowl with peacock in falangcai painted enamels, Yongzheng reign. National Palace Museum. The origin of famille rose is not entirely clear. It is believed that this colour palette was introduced to the Imperial court in China by Jesuits, achieved through the use of purple of Cassius, initially on enamels used on metal wares such as cloisonné produced in the ...
a "stack" of (e.g. paper, or any other paper-like things) 袋: dài doi6: doi6 "bag" — sackfuls, pouchfuls, bagfuls, pocketfuls (flour 麵粉 / 面粉, French fries 薯條 / 薯条, cements 水泥, etc.) 啖: dàn daam6: daam6 (Cantonese only) "mouthful" — amount of food 啲 / 尐: di1: di1 (Cantonese only) "some", "a bit" — general ...