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Practical Chinese

nǐ jiào shén me míng zi？
你叫什么名字？
May I have your name?

The earliest forms of Chinese writing date from the Xia Dynasty (2070 - 1600 BC). These were etched on animal bones and turtle shells which are known as oracle bones.

The writing on oracle bones is known as 甲骨文 (jiăgŭwén). Oracle bones were used for divination by heating them up and interpreting the resulting cracks. The script recorded the questions and answers.

Jiăgŭwén script clearly shows the origins of current Chinese characters. Although much more stylized than the current characters, jiăgŭwén script is often recognizable to modern readers.
he Chinese character 永 (yǒng), meaning "forever" or "permanence is often used to illustrate the 8 basic strokes of Chinese characters. They are:

Diǎn, (點/点) "Dot"
Héng, (橫) "Horizontal"
Shù, (竪) "Erect"
Gōu, (鉤) "Hook"
Tí, (提) "Raise"
Wān, (彎/弯) "Bend, curve"
Piě, (撇) "Throw away, slant"
Nà, (捺) "Pressing forcefully"

Learn —— 差不多
差不多[chà bu duō] : close to; about the same; not far off; not bad，almost; nearly; just about;

For example:
Zài wǒde bān shàng chàbuduō yǒu sānshí gè xuésheng.
在我的班上差不多有三十个学生｡
There are about 30 students in my class.

放屁 fàng pì=fart (litterally : let go of the butt, fart; Rubbish! ）for other meanings are: break wind; S**t! talk nonsense;

Millions share new Chinese character

The character 'duang' has taken China's internet by storm,A new word is taking the internet by storm in China - but no one knows quite what it means.

The character "duang" is so new that it does not even exist in the Chinese dictionary. But it has already spread like wildfire online in China, appearing more than 8 million times on China's micro-blogging site Weibo, where it spawned a top-trending hashtag that drew 312,000 discussions among 15,000 users. On China's biggest online search engine Baidu, it has been looked up almost 600,000 times. It's been noticed in the West too, with Foreign Policy seeing it as a "break the internet" viral meme - like a certain Kim Kardashian image, or a certain multicoloured dress.

But what does it mean?

"Everyone's duang-ing and I still don't know what it means! Looks like it's back to school for me," said Weibo user Weileiweito.

Another user asked: "Have you duang-ed today? My mind is full of duang duang duang."
"To duang or not to duang, that is the question," wrote user BaiKut automan.

Yuánxiāo Jié kuài lè 元宵节快乐！
Happy Lantern Festival!

Watch: '5000 years of history!' and other things Chinese people say to foreigners In a follow-up to the group's skit listing some of the absurd to outright offensive questions and statements foreigners regularly rattle off to Chinese people, MAMAHUHU has turned the tables in its most recent production pointing out the tired questi

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Hello 2015!
Happy New year!
xīn nián kuài lè!新 年 快 乐

Chinese drama 'The Empress of China' taken off air for being 'too sexy' TV broadcaster HNTV has stopped airing the popular Chinese TV drama "武媚娘" (The Empress of China) because it's been deemed too racy, according to inside sources.

zhù dà jiā shèng dàn kuài lè
祝大家圣诞快乐！
Wish everybody Merry Christmas!