Chinese' or Chinese's - WordReference Forums
2016年5月14日 · I'd probably say "they belong to those Chinese people," or perhaps "They are those Chinese people's," since "Chinese" generally works better as an adjective than as a …
Chinese are / Chinese people are / The Chinese are
2012年2月3日 · In these cases, English native speakers would normally say 'the Chinese' etc., not 'Chinese people'. When referring to national characteristcs, 'Chinese people' is not wrong, but …
I'm Chinese / I'm a Chinese [Nationality: adjective vs noun]
2010年2月23日 · The Persian word and the Sanskrit word cīnāḥ, "Chinese people," which gave us the English name for the country, go back to the Chinese word Qín, the name of the dynasty …
Differences between 'Chinese people' & 'the Chinese people'?
2011年8月30日 · "the Chinese people" refers to the population as a whole. "Chinese people" refers to the general Chinese population, not necessarily has a whole. We usually use …
Duck (derogatory term) - WordReference Forums
2019年6月23日 · Unfortunately I don't have the original Chinese, just a probably crappy transcription, but I was wondering whether the word duck was an insult or not, in Chinese. The …
Don't think, feel. Be water, my friend (Bruce Lee)
2013年10月8日 · Since the original Bruce Lee's quotes was in English, better make a English tattoo, OR, use idioms like 上善若水 which many Chinese people would appreciate. If you use …
Is Cantonese closer to Classical Chinese? - WordReference Forums
2006年6月8日 · Yes but what people say is that Cantonese is a more conservative language, it preserves more of the phonology of Classical Chinese (I don't know about the grammar) than …
ni hao (你好) / nin hao (您好) | WordReference Forums
2006年10月17日 · I'm sure 90% native Chinese have never heard of 怹, and no textbook for foreigners will teach this. However, here in my dialect (just 3 hrs drive away), 您 and 怹 simple …
Pronunciation: Ng (surname) - WordReference Forums
2007年1月10日 · For your information, this surname is commonly found in Chinese-Singaporeans' names whose early ancestors were immigrants mainly from the Province of Fujian and Fuzhou …
He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man (不到 …
2014年6月17日 · Hi, I'm having trouble understanding a Chinese saying. I found it online in Chinese as 不到长城非好汉 (bú dào Chángchéng fēi hǎohàn) -- I don't know what that says …