#mandarin to english

[polyglot-thought]

Mandarin learning material recommendations:

My favorite Mandarin dictionaries:

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MDBG

I’m not even gonna try listing all of the features because there’s just so many and I’ve used it for many years now and on a daily basis. Not to mention it is constantly updated. In terms of features and overall quality, MDBG is the best in my opinion.

MandarinSpot’s Annotator

Sometimes has slightly different definitions compared to MDBG, and someone it will have the definition for words that MDBG does not have entered yet. Also, it helpful for anyone who reads Chinese best horizontally as opposed to listed vertically like on MDBG.

Pleco (app)

Most similar to MDBG, but for your smart phone.

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Important Note:

Please keep in mind that none of these dictionaries are perfect and language is constantly evolving, so new terms are not likely to be in any of these dictionaries.  there is not many moderators for these dictionaries so sometimes definitions and words won’t be entered in for weeks or even months.

If you find yourself with some thing that is clearly a word but does not have an English definition entered into either of these dictionaries it works best to look up the definition in Chinese on Baidu Dict or Google, or even check out Wikitionary/Wikipedia. 

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[polyglot-thought-2]

[Mandarin->English] @xinwendiaocha 6:43 PM March 29th 2023 Tweet

Link to original tweet

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 3月29日，在蔡英文总统下榻的纽约酒店外，有超过 200 名中国抗议者进行示威

On March 29th, outside of the hotel that President Tsai Ing-wen is staying at in New York, over 200 Chinese protestors held a demonstration

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Please correct me if I made a mistake.

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#polyglot thought translation #polyglot thought translations #chinese to english #mandarin to english #english translation #chinese langblr #chinese lesson #translation #translation studies #china news #taiwan news #usa news #new york news #taiwan election president tsai #taiwan #tsai ing wen #protest #protesters #china protests #china ccp #ccp china #chinese communist party

[yeehawpim]

#original comic #comic #mandarin #english second language #linguistics #my art #my comic #it doesn't look like the restaurant we've ordered from since I was a kid is selling this anymore :'(

[dreamdolldeveloper]

back to basics

mostly free resources to help you learn the basics that i've gathered for myself so far that i think are cool

everyday

gcfglobal - about the internet, online safety and for kids, life skills like applying for jobs, career planning, resume writing, online learning, today's skills like 3d printing, photoshop, smartphone basics, microsoft office apps, and mac friendly. they have core skills like reading, math, science, language learning - some topics are sparse so hopefully they keep adding things on. great site to start off on learning.

handsonbanking - learn about finances. after highschool, credit, banking, investing, money management, debt, goal setting, loans, cars, small businesses, military, insurance, retirement, etc.

bbc - learning for all ages. primary to adult. arts, history, science, math, reading, english, french, all the way to functional and vocational skills for adults as well, great site!

education.ket - workplace essential skills

general education

mathsgenie - GCSE revision, grade 1-9, math stages 1-14, provides more resources! completely free.

khan academy - pre-k to college, life skills, test prep (sats, mcat, etc), get ready courses, AP, partner courses like NASA, etc. so much more!

aleks - k-12 + higher ed learning program. adapts to each student.

biology4kids - learn biology

cosmos4kids - learn astronomy basics

chem4kids - learn chemistry

physics4kids - learn physics

numbernut - math basics (arithmetic, fractions and decimals, roots and exponents, prealgebra)

education.ket - primary to adult. includes highschool equivalent test prep, the core skills. they have a free resource library and they sell workbooks. they have one on work-life essentials (high demand career sectors + soft skills)

youtube channels

the organic chemistry tutor

khanacademy

crashcourse

tabletclassmath

2minmaths

kevinmathscience

professor leonard

greenemath

mathantics

3blue1brown

literacy

readworks - reading comprehension, build background knowledge, grow your vocabulary, strengthen strategic reading

chompchomp - grammar knowledge

tutors

not the "free resource" part of this post but sometimes we forget we can be tutored especially as an adult. just because we don't have formal education does not mean we can't get 1:1 teaching! please do you research and don't be afraid to try out different tutors. and remember you're not dumb just because someone's teaching style doesn't match up with your learning style.

cambridge coaching - medical school, mba and business, law school, graduate, college academics, high school and college process, middle school and high school admissions

preply - language tutoring. affordable!

revolutionprep - math, science, english, history, computer science (ap, html/css, java, python c++), foreign languages (german, korean, french, italian, spanish, japanese, chinese, esl)

varsity tutors - k-5 subjects, ap, test prep, languages, math, science & engineering, coding, homeschool, college essays, essay editing, etc

chegg - biology, business, engineering/computer science, math, homework help, textbook support, rent and buying books

learn to be - k-12 subjects

for languages

lingq - app. created by steve kaufmann, a polygot (fluent in 20+ languages) an amazing language learning platform that compiles content in 20+ languages like podcasts, graded readers, story times, vlogs, radio, books, the feature to put in your own books! immersion, comprehensible input.

flexiclasses - option to study abroad, resources to learn, mandarin, cantonese, japanese, vietnamese, korean, italian, russian, taiwanese hokkien, shanghainese.

fluentin3months - bootcamp, consultation available, languages: spanish, french, korean, german, chinese, japanese, russian, italian.

fluenz - spanish immersion both online and in person - intensive.

pimsleur - not tutoring** online learning using apps and their method. up to 50 languages, free trial available.

incase time has passed since i last posted this, check on the original post (not the reblogs) to see if i updated link or added new resources. i think i want to add laguage resources at some point too but until then, happy learning!!

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[ueasking]

Unknown Language Notes

This post is inspired by @thisonelikesaliens 's post & @luthienmpl 's tags on the post. If you've ever taken a Mandarin class you probably know all of this already, but for those who don't speak any Mandarin, it might be helpful to familiarize your ear with these words✨

Note: all audio clips are from episode 2

小遠 xiǎo yuǎn [xiáo yuǎn] lit. Little Yuan

Here, 小 (xiǎo), which means small/little, is added in front of 遠 (yuǎn) as a diminutive term. It's pretty common for parents and older relatives to add a 小 in front of the last character of a child's name as an affectionate nickname. Note: In case you're wondering why I've included a second pronunciation in square brackets, it's because the first pronunciation is the one you'd find in a dictionary and the second one is the actual pronunciation of 小遠. This is due to the tone change rule known as "tone sandhi". Basically, when a third tone is followed by a third tone, the first one becomes a second tone.

魏之遠 wèi zhī yuǎn Yuan

魏 (wèi) is his surname. In episode 1, the gang boss says that Wei Xiaoyuan is a bad name and suggests 魏之遠 Wei Zhiyuan (literally Wei's Yuan, Yuan that belongs to Wei) instead. Note: While 小 (xiǎo) is often used in nicknames, it's no longer common in to have this character in one's legal name. You can still find people with names including this character in the older generation, but such names sound uncultured and uneducated to most native speakers (*cough* classism *cough*)

魏謙 wèi qiān Qian

弟弟 dì di younger brother

哥 gē older brother (akin to phi in Thai and hyung/oppa in Korean)

The first audio file is from the scene in which Yuan hands Qian a graduation bouquet, and if you speak Mandarin, you can probably tell that he sounds extremely soft here. I would upload a clip of the scene, but I haven't had much success uploading video clips in the past, so a gif will have to do.

#unknown #unknown the series #關於未知的我們 #taiwanese bl #*unknown #tbh i'm fine with the subber going with Qian instead of 哥 #because Ge could be mistaken as an actual name #the nuance isn't there either with bro/brother/older brother #and using hyung/phi in english subtitles for a mandarin show doesn't really make sense to me #that being said i speak mandarin so i don't need to rely on the subs to understand #and quite a bit of nuance is definitely lost in the subs #so you (nonspecific) are absolutely valid if you have issue with this translation

[dormouseinatrenchcoat]

Repeating characters until they are engraved in my brain

#mandarinblr #mandarin #chinese langblr #chinese language #i am constantly humbled by this language #im smart but only in english lol

[foldingfittedsheets]

There is a Russian speaking lady and her kiddo in the bathroom at school. It’s extremely unusual, but honestly a kiddo speaking Russian is something I seldom get to hear and it’s adorable.

Also she keeps adding “computer” in English and the name of my school in the middle of her sentences. Really endearing to eavesdrop on.

#ramblies #we have a much higher percentage of mandarin and French if someone’s speaking something other than English #but very low Slavic populace in my cohort

[lunar-wandering]

WUKONG MAKING MONKEY SOUNDS IS STILL THERE IN THE OG ENGLISH VERSION- IT'S CANONNNNNNNN

The "I'm speaking human!! Dont'cha like it???" line is SENDING ME though, holy SHIT, it really DOES imply that he taught himself how to speak human just to appeal to the humans-

did he,, did he stop speaking monkey... because the humans he interacted with didn't like it??? is he DETERMINED to only speak human when around mortals because he knows they Prefer It???????

does he refuse to use monkey-speak when around MK and the others because he thinks... they'd dislike it????????

i'm being driven insane

#Monkie Kid #LMK S4 Special Spoilers #LMK S4 English Special Spoilers #LMK Spoilers #Monkie Kid Spoilers #yes this is a screenshot from the mandarin version im not gonna bother retaking screenshots if i already have them

[xiangqiankua]

Sometimes when I'm waiting at the clinic I amuse myself by looking up words I don't know on the posters and ads on the walls:

褪黑激素 tuì hēi jīsù / melatonin 泡疹 pào zhěn / herpes 葡萄糖 pútáotáng / glucose 色氨酸 sè ān suān / tryptophan 磷酸鹽 línsuān yán / phosphate 骨質疏鬆症 gǔzhí shūsōng zhèng / osteoporosis 前列腺 qiánlièxiàn / prostate 膠囊 jiāonáng / capsule 血清 xiěqīng / (blood) serum (blood with all cells and clotting factors removed) 預防勝於治療 yùfáng shèng yú zhìliáo / "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure"

#i was talking to everyone in mandarin but they kept saying “clot” to me in english #i should have asked what it was in chinese #cause when i look it up there's 血栓 or 血塊 or 凝血 #next time i suppose #chinese #mandarin #traditional characters

[fleshadept]

mandarin pronunciation guide

it’s always frustrating to see people mispronouncing things if you know what it’s supposed to sound like, and this happens quite often with mandarin, because a lot of the pinyin phonetic representations aren’t exactly intuitive for english speakers. luckily for people who want to be respectful, they are incredibly consistent. none of that sometimes-this-letter-sounds-one-way bullshit like with english. so here’s a quick guide:

first of all, mandarin has a pretty limited range of ways words can start and end, which is why there are so many homophones. but it makes it easier for pronunciation. most words start with a consonant, and if they start with a vowel it will be an 'a' or 'e' most of the time.

most important, mandarin does not have the 'ay' sound english-speakers say in 'hey', 'day', etc. if an 'a' is the only vowel in a word, it's pronounced like the 'o' in tongs. the common name 'yang' is not yay-ng but yah-ng. the city of Shanghai is not shay-ng hi but shah-ng hi.

the letter c is always pronounced as ts, like the beginning of 'tsunami'

z is pronounced similarly, but by vocalizing it rather than it being only breath, like turning a P into a B or an F into a V in english.

'zh' is a sound we don't have in english. it's at the very front of the mouth, like a harder version of a 'j' almost mixed with a soft 'g.' so the name 'zhang' would not be 'zah-ng' but 'jah-ng'

x is pronounced like a sh at the very front of your mouth, so the city Xi'an is pronounced like 'tshee-an'

e is always pronounced as a schwa (ə), the 'uh' sound in 'duh'. so 'sheng' is pronounced like 'shung'

q is pronounced as a tight ch the same way x is a sh, so the Qing dynasty is the 'tching' dynasty.

there's obviously a lot more to it, but those bullets are the biggies. it's not the hardest thing in the world, and even just removing the english 'ay' sound from any pronunciation of mandarin does wonders to make it sound more normal.

#mandarin #chinese #cricket chirps #language #not even going to try to DESCRIBE what r sounds like because i don't even know how i'd do that and honestly the english r is close enough #if you're not literally speaking mandarin to someone

[polyglot-thought]

漸 / 渐

jiàn

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Definition:

Gradually, gradual, by degrees

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Example sentence:

天氣漸冷

天气渐冷

tiān qì jiàn lěng

The weather is getting cold

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Source: Pleco

#chinese langblr #mandarin langblr #learn chinese #chinese lesson #chinese vocab #chinese to english #mandarin to english #mandarin learning #mandarin lesson #study mandarin

[common-toad]

any the social network fandom historian know why half of the fics for it on ao3 are in mandarin chinese? very intriqued

#the social network #tsn #markwardo #<- is that the ship tag?? #i don’t know how i got here really i haven't even seen the movie in a decade. i didn't even know there was a fandom until recently #i couldn't find anything about it being popular among chinese speakers in english. i don't speak mandarin chinese unfortunately #toad.txt

[elbiotipo]

Funny bit about Campoestela is that all Usamerican planet names are spelled in Spanish. Nueva Jiustón. Puerto Jaivén. Brigmangourld. Trancuiliti. Reinbou.

Well, maybe I got too far with this but you get the idea.

#campoestela #cosas mias #even if Tandar (the trade language) is supposed to be an English/Mandarin hybrid #but Beto and Co. speak Rioplatense (now distant from terran Americano which descended from Portuñol there's a whole lore about it)

[antaripirate]

I genuinely think if it weren’t such a dead give away to their identities, Kell and Lila would speak English/High Royal in public all the time, just so they could talk about people around them without being heard or understood.

‼️Also the fact that English is effectively their own little language on the ship that they only speak privately to each other makes me wanna cry like a baby!!! Like that is so fucking intimate that they do that🥹 I could write essays‼️

Anyway…Kell and Lila talking in English in a bar where no one else speaks it so that they can chat shit is so funny to me. Imo absolutely something they would do.

#this post is inspired by my housemate turning to me in a room full of people yesterday and going… #���i need to learn italian or icelandic so that i can bitch to you about people in the room’LMAO #for context i speak english & italian & icelandic #and she speaks english and mandarin #also she isn’t mean i swear there was just someone problematic in the room she wanted to talk about ahahahha #but he would’ve heard #anyway #i feel like i am not making any sense so maybe i’ll delete this oop #adsom #a darker shade of magic #shades of magic #kell maresh #lila bard #kellila #the fragile threads of power #threads of power

[tokyosmega]

i don't know anyone else with this headcanon but in my mind taylor is such a polyglot. like he learned mandarin (i headcanon cassandra as wasian) bc that was the one language he knew with certainty was in his genetic history and then from there decided to learn japanese, french, and german (he watched hetalia). once he met and befriended normal he BEGGED him to help him learn spanish, and once he finally met nick (who i hc as thai and chinese) he learned thai and is also trying to learn cantonese.

#mega.exe #he's got so much energy and he put it into learning languages #imo the only ones hes rlly good at r english mandarin and thai but hes conversational in everything else #this one is for the taylor and normal shippers #dndads #dungeons and daddies #taylor swift dndads #dndads s2

[haveyoulistenedtothisalbum-poll]

Tracklist:

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