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Comment on Logograms, mysticism and why people get terrible Chinese tattoos by NielDLR

NielDLR — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:20:00 +0000

Agreed. People are often skeptical when I tell them the meaning of their tattoos. They don’t want to accept if it’s bad.

Comment on Logograms, mysticism and why people get terrible Chinese tattoos by kati.ravantti1

kati.ravantti1 — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:12:00 +0000

I wouldn’t get any kind of tattoo, but as I have been learning Chinese language for about 2 years now, I have started to understand the meanings of peoples Chinese tattoos..and feel lots of shared sense of shame sometimes.

Comment on Pinyin Sudoku by NielDLR

NielDLR — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 07:25:00 +0000

Hey Chris,

no problem. I really liked the idea, so just had to post about it!

Comment on Pinyin Sudoku by Chris

Chris — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:37:00 +0000

Thanks for the post! I found it via my blog statistics and am glad you like the idea. It takes some time solving a pinyin sudoku but I find it helps to remember groups of characters. From a more “random” mode I have gone over to using the most frequent characters of each pinyin syllable first, so the newer sudokus are the better ones.

Comment on On Learning Chinese in 3 Months by ichineseflashcards

ichineseflashcards — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:49:00 +0000

May I suggest http://www.ichineseflashcards.com (helps you learn Chinese (Mandarin) faster by using flashcards with pictures), thanks

Comment on Defining the Sinosphere by NielDLR

NielDLR — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:37:00 +0000

Hi Jack,

I didn’t know that. That’s true. It’s probably why Singapore is not part of the Sinosphere. I wonder if it might be in the future?

Comment on Defining the Sinosphere by Jack

Jack — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:13:00 +0000

I think Singapore is not historically defined as “sinosphere” because it was originally Malaysian territory – They split with Malaysia only 40 something years ago .

Comment on I have a drinking problem by NielDLR

NielDLR — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:22:00 +0000

喊？ :)

Comment on Tonally Orthographic Pinyin by ichineseflashcards

ichineseflashcards — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:04:00 +0000

May I suggest http://www.ichineseflashcards.com (helps you learn Chinese (Mandarin) faster by using flashcards with pictures), thanks

Comment on Introducing ChineseLevel – Test your Chinese Reading by Steven Daniels

Steven Daniels — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:13:00 +0000

I’ve been working on my own Chinese Reading Level Test and have thought about it for a while.
I think ChineseLevel is going in the right direction, but I have doubts about the efficacy or usefulness of guessing how many words someone knows.

Here’s a post with some of my ideas:http://3000hanzi.com/blog/why-most-chinese-reading-level-tests-get-it-wrong/