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| I’ve had these pictures on my phone for a while and just lately got around to tagging and cataloging them. About time, I guess. First up is courtesy of Bank of Taiwan, one of the oldest banking institutions on the island, with branches pretty much everywhere. I saw this upstairs when I was sending Continue reading More Engrish pictures Chinese is a very difficult language for most to learn. Among the factors include certain sounds which are foreign to speakers of English and most European languages and the writing system, in which complex strokes are used to create characters. These characters must simply be memorized. No ifs, ands, or buts about it and no Continue reading Learning Chinese July 13th, 2008 | Tags: characters, Chinese, pinyin, writing, zhuyin fuhao | Category: Chinese | 4 comments At least as far as dictionaries are concerned. We can organize all the words alphabetically and it’s quite simple to look up the appropriate letter, narrow it down by the 2nd and 3rd letters and eventually arrive at the word you are looking for, complete with phonetic pronunciation guide, definition, etc. It’s not Continue reading English speakers have it easy… January 27th, 2008 | Tags: characters, Chinese, dictionaries, Language, pinyin, radicals, words, zhuyin fuhao | Category: Chinese | 3 comments | English LinksLearning LanguagesTaiwan Blogroll | |||
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