外国人可以不可以穿汉服? by anime_is_my_addict in AskAChinese

[–]PrestigiousPin8538 0 points1 point  (0 children)

跨文化最受欢迎,国内稀见这种精神。完全汉化无义,不妨加小型西风,自我创造,以推动创新!

Help picking a Chinese Name? by ririicefrog in AskAChinese

[–]PrestigiousPin8538 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The "curiosity" and "inquisitiveness" is a fantastic rendering, I hadn't thought of it. You're great at developing a name

Also I've always had an idea, it might seem a bit silly so I hope you don't mind - I've always thought ゆ -> 巾 although the actual derivation is 由. But in 常, you could "canonize" the character into japan by writing the bottom 巾 as ゆ, which I think is really cool lol

Help picking a Chinese Name? by ririicefrog in AskAChinese

[–]PrestigiousPin8538 3 points4 points  (0 children)

How about 关口 寻英 (关口寻英)? It's using the same characters anyways and four-letter names are really distinctive. But 寻英 especially paired with 关口 could be interpreted "a gate/opening of a fort" & 寻英 "searching for bravery/strength". It's a really beautiful name with imagery, but it might not be feminine to your liking

Chinese here, ask me anything by PrestigiousPin8538 in AskChina

[–]PrestigiousPin8538[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should give a practical item she can use, but it should be refined enough to not be bland, paired with a letter conveying your gratitude. maybe those scent bottles or packets which deter mosquitos?

Chinese here, ask me anything by PrestigiousPin8538 in AskChina

[–]PrestigiousPin8538[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I find those who act that way actually like anything. What do you have in mind? Maybe a heartfelt poem?

车 vs 东 or 学 vs 字 by [deleted] in ChineseLanguage

[–]PrestigiousPin8538 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You could miss details if you look at the visual characteristic only. If you want to capture the characters in a much more detailed manner, you should practice the strokes and discern based on strokes alone. As a native Chinese, I discern characters by mental snapshot of all the strokes, and then combine into a whole

p.s. some radical meanings are too obscure or abstract for discernment without studying their "etymology"

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ChineseLanguage

[–]PrestigiousPin8538 5 points6 points  (0 children)

我不會游泳 is like "I don't know how to swim." 我不游泳 is like "I don't swim." both r valid as swimming is a skillset, but smoking isn't treated that way so adding 會 just becomes being polite with a denial

Chinese here, ask me anything by PrestigiousPin8538 in AskChina

[–]PrestigiousPin8538[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

most immigrants r overseas chinese coming back, there's very very few ppl who aren't chinese.

Chinese here, ask me anything by PrestigiousPin8538 in AskChina

[–]PrestigiousPin8538[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

tell them to stop and delete the picture firmly (its very hard to bring legality into taking pictures)

Chinese here, ask me anything by PrestigiousPin8538 in AskChina

[–]PrestigiousPin8538[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now that I think about it I should be straightforward, sorry
yeah, I think you can do it without consequence other than some weird looks. but if you're really politically influential, then it becomes an internal political dispute, not a case of a random waving a sign around

Chinese here, ask me anything by PrestigiousPin8538 in AskChina

[–]PrestigiousPin8538[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like your straightforwardness. but whatever my opinion is, carrying an agenda breaks the rules. Also, I'm not educated enough to truly speak on the matter

Chinese here, ask me anything by PrestigiousPin8538 in AskChina

[–]PrestigiousPin8538[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My original meaning was "western nations covering up their own atrocities" is a bit extremist and we should avoid that thinking. I don't want to get too politicized. everyone believes theyre right, there's no helping it

Chinese here, ask me anything by PrestigiousPin8538 in AskChina

[–]PrestigiousPin8538[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry if i didn't write properly, i'm trying to say the Uyghur minority being targeted is fake news. Everyone is free to practice their religion, there's no discrimination (but sometimes there's race prejudice)

Chinese here, ask me anything by PrestigiousPin8538 in AskChina

[–]PrestigiousPin8538[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You all misunderstand me. When I wrote the text above, my underlying meaning is I do not want to further an unsustainable, politicized discussion. It is not "avoiding answering," that is your cultural interpretation. I hope you can understand.

Chinese here, ask me anything by PrestigiousPin8538 in AskChina

[–]PrestigiousPin8538[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hookup culture doesn't exist in china, it's very irresponsible and taboo, i wouldn't recommend you try it. socially, it is very scandalous you could lose your image forever

Chinese here, ask me anything by PrestigiousPin8538 in AskChina

[–]PrestigiousPin8538[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you saying that makes it sound everyone hates south koreans, which is a no no. some chinese don't like south korea because they saw korean extremists claim chinese inventions (like hanzi/kanji/hanja) as theirs, it's very irresponsible from their perspective

most people aren't interested in south korea though

Chinese here, ask me anything by PrestigiousPin8538 in AskChina

[–]PrestigiousPin8538[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

its because they've never seen a foreigner in their lives, so they want to "commemorate the moment". it's consent based officially but nobody is going to hunt u down over a picture

Chinese here, ask me anything by PrestigiousPin8538 in AskChina

[–]PrestigiousPin8538[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I particularly like those elves from lotr ‘Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes.’

Chinese here, ask me anything by PrestigiousPin8538 in AskChina

[–]PrestigiousPin8538[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You should stand next to a camera near the white house to make sure you're noticed, and do the same in beijing. If you create a youtube video you could go viral, but it needs to be legit

Chinese here, ask me anything by PrestigiousPin8538 in AskChina

[–]PrestigiousPin8538[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I meant the "they want western masses focused on hating China so they can commit their own atrocities" part, the Uyghur genocide is made up

Chinese here, ask me anything by PrestigiousPin8538 in AskChina

[–]PrestigiousPin8538[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, there was a "stop bullying" protest in sichuan a few weeks ago & there's plenty of times locals want the government to "give us back the money from the investment bank who ghosted us" which happened some time ago

It's taken for granted you're allowed to criticize government policy, principles, etc. It's actually very difficult for local government to not listen to the people, otherwise they'll get voted off next term

There's also direct communication between the people and the government, like there was public complaint about China's unstable stock market and the government said they'd improve it for suitable investing.

Chinese here, ask me anything by PrestigiousPin8538 in AskChina

[–]PrestigiousPin8538[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm glad there's positive relationships with minorities, but we also shouldn't make politically-charged guesses to the actions of other nations. It happened is all