Sunday, March 8, 2009

L16: Words and 词 cí

Chinese words are always in 2 which have particular meanings, they are called 词 cí. That is why a thicker or more complete dictionary is called 词典 cídiǎn not word dictionary 字典 zìdiǎn. The proper way of writing pinyin of a 词 is joining them. From now on, you will see pinyin in this manner.
e.g. friend 朋友p
éng·you,miss 小姐 xiáojǐe, beautiful 美丽 meǐlì, happy 快乐 kuàilè

You have leap another step if you know what I mean.

*friend 朋友p
éng·you:What is · means?Pronounce swiftly.

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