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估计

[ gūjì ] - to estimate (verb)

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错过

[ cuòguò ] - to miss a train or opportunity etc. (verb)

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Hello! I don't know if you've answered this question before so I'm sorry if it's a repeat. Are you a native Chinese speaker of have you been learning it? If you have been learning it, how long have you been doing so and what inspired you to start?

This next question can be answered if you are either a native speaker or someone learning Chinese: Where would you recommend starting for a complete beginner and what resources would you suggest using? I've been learning Chinese for just under a year now and my cousin wants me to help her start learning too, however what worked for me doesn't seem to be helping her progress so far.

Thank you so much for your time, I really appreciate it!💕💕

hi! first of all, I'm so sorry it took me sooo long to reply! okay, and now off to your questions :) I am not a native speaker, i once mentioned that in an introductory post - I've been studying mandarin for roundabout 6 years now. I am still at hsk 3 though, because I studied chinese in high school for 5 years and we didn't learn a lot of vocabulary. unlike now in university, where I get to learn 50-100 words/expressions per week (i am totally fine and it's definitely not an immense amount of workload haha)

well, what inspired me was that I was really into manga and wanted to study japanese but my high school "only" offered chinese classes as a compulsory optional class aand so I took it. not a very cool story, sorry :')

but i got hooked on the language when we went to beijing and I accidentally ran into luhan (that one dude from exo), I absolutely love telling that story haha

hm, so what helped me isn't something my chinese teacher would recommend, but I started watching shows in chinese, the easiest one you can find on youtube is peppa pig. you get to learn grammar and new vocab while developing a feeling for how the language works (even if you don't understand a lot). you could also start with the official hsk books, there are some pdfs floating around the internet. I think they're pretty expensive if you buy a copy though.

otherwise - listen to some chinese music or try to memorize the characters by drawing them in your head with eyes closed, that usually helps me with characters that are more tricky. also - try to talk in chinese, like daily conversation, I feel like that's the hardest part to get into when learning a language.

I hope that answered all your questions and good luck on teaching your cousin! :D

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my new favourite word:

迷 [ mí ]

✨translations✨

noun: fan, enthusiast

verb:

1) be confused, lost, lose one's way

2) be fascinated or crazy about sth

3) to confuse, to be fascinated

#still one of my favs #chinese word a day #mandarin #chinese #langblr #mandarin langblr #230102

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思想

[ sīxiǎng ] - idea (noun)

#happy new year! #chinese word a day #mandarin #chinese #mandarin langblr #langblr #chinese langblr #230101

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写生簿

[ xiěshēngbù ] - sketchbook (noun)

#chinese word a day #mandarin #chinese #langblr #mandarin langblr #221221 #happy winter solstice :)

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齉

[ nàng ] - to sniff

#here's a little reblog of a vocab with one of the most strokes out of all the existing characters (36 in total) #i love that it's describing a fundamental thing in an extremely complicated way haha #hope y'all are doing good! as i said i will be fully back on january first and I'm very excited to show y'all the new vocab i learned :D #chinese word a day #mandarin #chinese #langblr #mandarin langblr #221216

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hello<3

I am currently still very stressed (and also a little sad though there's a different reason every second day lol), but I didn't want to leave y'all with no information on when I'll be back, so!

until january 6th, I have to write a big, important essay and after that I'll try to be back! to start off the year, I will probably schedule some posts and start regular posting on the 1st of january.

next week I will post the second "wrapped"-post, so look out for that :)

also, I will try to answer all your questions soon!

bye for now and thanks for following this blog<3

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思想

[ sīxiǎng ] - idea (noun)

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美编

[ měibiān ] - graphic design (noun)

#i am alive!! #chinese word a day #mandarin #chinese #langblr #mandarin langblr #221122 #this date mwah it's so pretty

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照相机

[ zhàoxiàngjī ] - camera (noun)

#wow just 5 days later i am posting again #sorry ;-; #chinese word a day #mandarin #chinese #langblr #mandarin langblr #221116

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Just wanted to say I hope things feel better soon! Unexpected sad times are rough. Take care.

thank you so much! I'm feeling lots better already :)

#help that's so cute thanks<3 #ask #not a word

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室友

[ shìyǒu ] - rommate (noun)

#apparently it's more common to use 室友 instead of 同屋 nowadays #(at least in taiwan) #chinese word a day #mandarin #chinese #langblr #mandarin langblr #221111 #just coming back to post today's date haha #I'll try to post regularly again i promise<3 #and work through all the asks and submissions hehe

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汗流浃背

[ hànliú-jiābèi ] - It means 'to be sweating buckets'. You can probably guess the weather when I learnt this idiom.

#ahh tysm!! i havent gotten around posting and checking my inbox due to unexpected sadness again #but thanks for sending that submission and hi again i try to be more active:) #idiom #submission #221102

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流星

[ liúxīng ] - meteor, shooting star (noun)

#I'm back!! #was travelling the continent and having mental breakdowns the past month - very refreshing #but uni will start soon and here i am whoo #also i got a chinese name finally :) #chinese word a day #mandarin #chinese #langblr #mandarin langblr #221020

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销魂

[ xiāo hún ] - to overwhelm with sorrow or joy (verb)

#sorry inactive due to emotional discomfort and jolidays rn :// will post more when i feel better #chinese word a day #mandarin #chinese #langblr #220911 #also it's my bday tmrw and I feel lonely #edit: lmao jolidays haha

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对牛弹琴

[ duìniú-tánqín ] - to preach to deaf ears

#bringing this back hehe #chinese word a day #mandarin #chinese #langblr #mandarin langblr #220904