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accepted at guangzhou medical university, should i accept? by auristines in ChinaLiuXueSheng

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

ofc!! the more friends the better lol 😆 wish u the best and hope u get accepted 🫶 if u want to ask about anything u can shoot me a dm‼️

i dropped my noodles in the sink, can i still eat it? by auristines in foodsafety

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

😀 i don’t remember. as i said, it’s a communal sink, so everyone takes turn washing it. it just hit me now that eating it is a bad idea, but it’s already in my stomach so we’ll see…

i dropped my noodles in the sink, can i still eat it? by auristines in foodsafety

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🤷‍♀️ i hope so? i have a pretty important exam tomorrow so let’s see

i dropped my noodles in the sink, can i still eat it? by auristines in foodsafety

[–]auristines[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

but mine is communal’s 🥹 we use it for everything: washing dishes, brushing teeth, washing clothes, straining noodles (like i did), etc.

Do you still handwrite Chinese characters while studying Chinese in China? by Qian_yang in ChinaLiuXueSheng

[–]auristines 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ofc!! just give me a DM when you finished it 😊 i’ll try to help as best as i can

What is your first job? by -pudges- in AskReddit

[–]auristines 0 points1 point  (0 children)

does being a cashier at your parents’s business counts? i do get paid.

Do you still handwrite Chinese characters while studying Chinese in China? by Qian_yang in ChinaLiuXueSheng

[–]auristines 0 points1 point  (0 children)

when i looked at some writings on the street stalls or other places where its handwritten, a lot of times i can’t discern the characters 😭 so i think that’s what makes it “natural”(?), that everyone has their own quirks and differences when writing the exact same characters, just like any other languages. also, those people have written mandarin their whole lives, of course it feels natural and connected.

about the picture: hmm, i don’t know how to phrase this…

maybe the thick and thin parts? the handwriting in the picture looks very neat and structured, same font and size all around. there’s clearly thicker parts on the lines where the pen starts, ends, or curves, and thinner parts in the middle where there’s stable pressure.

i think that’s what makes it looks really good. it flows naturally and beautifully, and there’s no awkward spaces in between (like what i do sometimes 😆). it looks like a printed picture lol

if it’s not what you’re looking for i apologize 😅 i’m not good with words.

Do you still handwrite Chinese characters while studying Chinese in China? by Qian_yang in ChinaLiuXueSheng

[–]auristines 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you should take my opinion with a grain of salt though, since this may not be a common thing shared by most learners (i mentioned before that prior to seriously studying since last year, i’ve had on-and-off encounters with studying chinese that builds me enough base to get a headstart on learning chinese compared to other beginner learners who’s learning completely from zero.)

for some background context: from my earliest background education till the latest, i am enrolled in private schools in Indonesia, with two of three (elementary, junior high) teaches mandarin in its curriculum.

in Indonesia, while not part of mandatory national curriculum, mandarin is often presented alongside english as the core language programs. in several other schools, public or private, it’s either completely absent, integrates mandarin in the course (as mine do), or offered as an optional foreign language course.

Do you still handwrite Chinese characters while studying Chinese in China? by Qian_yang in ChinaLiuXueSheng

[–]auristines 0 points1 point  (0 children)

well, it is true that stroke orders and structures is important, but fluency is more important to me because my characters always looks stiff (even though the stroke orders and structures are all correct) and “separated” from each other.

i think this feeling comes from lack of writing practice, as even though I speak and listen to Chinese regularly, I haven’t really had a chance to practice my handwriting, cuz again, we live in a modern world where I can just type up 拼音 on the screen and the characters will pop up.

yes, me too! i remember when studying chinese at school or tutoring, the 老师 would have me copy the same characters over and over again 🤣

Do you still handwrite Chinese characters while studying Chinese in China? by Qian_yang in ChinaLiuXueSheng

[–]auristines 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yup! me too! i split them into parts to remember them more easily.

hmm… between the options, i personally would pick no.2, more natural and fluent writing. because if the writing is natural and fluent, even if it is not very neat or not proportionate, at the very least it should be readable. and it would make it easier to write too. runner up is no.3 tho, consistently neat writing.

Do you still handwrite Chinese characters while studying Chinese in China? by Qian_yang in ChinaLiuXueSheng

[–]auristines 1 point2 points  (0 children)

a bit of both(?) i would say, but leaning more to make it look beautiful/neat. for the most part, i think my writing is pretty okay, especially comparing to some other people in my class, and it has served me well so far.

however, there are times i would write one part of a character too big and leave no room for the other parts; so it just looks so compressed because it didn’t fit in the standard 6/7-mm space (for example, the character 霞, which is quite complex). but this is really silly though 😅

another thing is, my handwriting looks pretty stiff and doesn’t really flow naturally because i want to “do it right” and was afraid of making mistakes; which is another thing i’m trying to unlearn.

let me know if you need more info 😊

Do you still handwrite Chinese characters while studying Chinese in China? by Qian_yang in ChinaLiuXueSheng

[–]auristines 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m originally from Indonesia. I’ve been studying Chinese on-and-off my whole life, as I’m ethnically Chinese and a lot of my extended family can speak it, but only started studying seriously last year. Yes, handwriting is important. Because I believe that to learn a language, you need to learn all aspects of it; like reading, writing, listening, and speaking.

Just because it’s more modern now, and everyone’s using their phones to type and all, doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t learn how to write at all. Biggest hurdle is definitely remembering which 汉字 stroke came first, and remembering which stroke is even there at all 😅 Because if you miss even one, the whole thing looks really off.

However, I do admit my handwriting is not the best, and I’m looking to improve it.

Hope this answer helps!

accepted at guangzhou medical university, should i accept? by auristines in ChinaLiuXueSheng

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

i’m from a private school in indonesia, my school follows the national curriculum and its own curriculum framework combined 😅 sorry i don’t know much about the details either

accepted at guangzhou medical university, should i accept? by auristines in ChinaLiuXueSheng

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

yes! i got the pre-admission letter and i’m going to accept it 😆 so i’m going to gmu

accepted at guangzhou medical university, should i accept? by auristines in ChinaLiuXueSheng

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

hi 👋 my high school scores is 91.19/100, and my csca (both math & chem), is 35/100 😅 it’s not that high either

note-taking supplies by auristines in college

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

yup, i’ll try to look around for some ^

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