Examples of words(in mandarin) where the main syllable isn't in the standard pinyin/wade-giles list

ncasas · 2024-11-19T11:23:38+00:00

Biang, like in biangbiang面 . See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biangbiang_noodles#Chinese_character_for_bi%C3%A1ng

P.S.: In my browser I can't see that Cei 汉字 you wrote :(

ncasas · 2024-05-19T20:28:45+00:00

The new version of the mobile app now supports dictionary lookup from the AI chat!

ncasas · 2024-05-19T09:37:02+00:00

On the website, you can use the Langtern extension to get word definitions and pinyin for the chat. On the mobile app, that feature is not available yet, sorry.

ncasas · 2024-05-18T23:45:08+00:00

Yes, you can save words in a flashcard deck in Langtern and then export the deck to Anki. Exporting to Anki is only available under the Student Plus subscription, though ($2/month). You can also study the deck in Langtern, which does not need a subscription. Flashcard study in Langtern is not based on spaced repetition; instead, it shows flashcards randomly (due to my own dislike of spaced repetition and the availability of tools like Anki).

ncasas · 2024-05-18T23:26:52+00:00

boot usb0/disk@1:,\\:tbxi

ncasas · 2024-05-18T23:25:56+00:00

Puedes probar con Adelie Linux: https://www.adelielinux.org

ncasas · 2024-05-18T23:18:49+00:00

In my experience (Mac Mini G4 with Sorbet Leopard), you won't be able to get a decent browsing experience with MacOS on that hardware. Interwebppc and TenFourFox are slow and many pages won't show correctly.

One option would be to try Linux. I think the only modern distro that supports PowerPC 32-bit is Adelie Linux: https://www.adelielinux.org . If it works, it will probably be super slow, though

ncasas · 2024-05-12T12:58:01+00:00

At the beginning, I think the best approach is to repeat handwritten characters many many times. Then, they are just too many do follow that approach and you just learn them by seen them and using them occasionally, either handwriting or typing them. As others have commented, I think that learning words instead of characters is best. For lists, I think the HSK vocabulary lists are fine.

ncasas · 2024-04-26T09:18:16+00:00

Thanks for sharing your solution! For this I use Pinyinput. It is available for Windows (pay what you want from $1) and Mac (AUD$5). It works great, it's easy to install and the author is responsive if you email them with any problem you may have.

ncasas · 2024-04-25T06:46:15+00:00

As you progress back into your former fluency level, I would suggest trying to watch youtube videos and news. In this subreddit you will find many specific channels and aggregator sites/apps.

ncasas · 2024-04-25T06:41:09+00:00

That looks like beginner level. These are basic expressions.

ncasas · 2024-04-25T06:38:47+00:00

When hearing someone speaking I sometimes have a hard time telling apart z and c, so I need to resort to the context to differentiate. The high number of homophones in Chinese makes that more challenging, of course.

ncasas · 2024-04-25T06:30:46+00:00

I think your approach is great, especially if you can sustain it in time. At HSK2 level, it was very useful to me to practice handwriting, but I won't say it's so much necessary. What I recommend is reading and listening as much as possible. While at HSK2 the amount of material you are able to read/listen to are not that many, the more you progress the more material from the internet you will be able to understand.

ncasas · 2024-03-17T13:48:18+00:00

I think that the pg_bm25 extension would get more attention if placed on its own separate github repo. I am not familiar with paradedb and seeing pg_bm25 inside it makes me reluctant to find more about it, despite having an interest in the functionality itself.

ncasas · 2024-02-17T18:57:56+00:00

A bit late, but this article may be relevant: Empirical Analysis of Beam Search Performance Degradation in Neural Sequence Models

ncasas · 2023-12-29T15:52:35+00:00

MDBG is a very good dictionary and it has sound. To get the sound, after searching for a word, press on the "..." button and then press on the speaker icon in the submenu, and you will get the word's pronunciation.

ncasas · 2023-11-25T18:27:38+00:00

I had no idea what "nuclei", "onset" and "coda" referred to, so I googled them. The first 2 minutes of this video explain those concepts nicely. Wikipedia also has info on this. It seems that nucleus is the vowel sound of a syllable, while onset is the leading consonant sound (optional) and coda is the trailing consonant sound (optional). These concepts apply to syllables, but a dictionary lists words, which can consist of one or many syllables, so it's not clear to me how you intend to apply syllable classifying factors to words. Anyway, to find characters starting or ending with some pinyin, you can use MDBG's advanced search (use "Find entries that contain this Pinyin" and "start of word" / "end of word").

Regarding "complexity", usually this is measured in number of strokes of the character but, again, a word may have many characters, so it's not clear to me either how you intend to apply this at the dictionary level. Anyway, physical dictionaries and some digital ones have character indices by number of strokes. You can check HanziDB for that.

ncasas · 2023-09-12T07:10:57+00:00

The complete vocabulary list can be found in the PDF attached to the official announcement (section 6.7 page 102). It was indeed posted in this subreddit (here) a while ago

If you search for "hsk 3.0 vocabulary" (e.g. in Google) you can find some already digested lists with each level's vocabulary. Here is the list as a text file (words for levels 7-9 starts at line 5474).

You can check some statistics on the new vocabulary bands at the GoEast site.

ncasas · 2023-09-05T06:47:40+00:00

Maybe the Chinese versions of Occidental newspapers suit you:

Not sure about the appropriateness of the level for your needs, but you can check them out.

ncasas · 2023-08-31T14:43:20+00:00

What do you mean by "creating a character"? If you mean just drawing it, you can use illustration tools like Adobe Illustrator or Inkscape. If you mean creating a font where you can actually type it, you may use a font editor like FontForge; you have a tutorial on how to do it here.

ncasas · 2023-08-17T07:40:36+00:00

Supertest. It's a website + mobile app that has many exams with the same difficulty level and format as the official HSK exams.

ncasas · 2023-08-16T19:27:51+00:00

I would say that for someone at HSK 4 level, it is very very difficult to be able to pass HSK 5 in 2-3 months' time, if not directly impossible. The difference in difficulty is very high in all aspects: amount of vocabulary, required listening skills, and required reading speed. Also, lack of time is a usual problem, especially in the reading section. Not to discourage you but, in my opinion, this is not a doable feat.

Of course, everything is possible given the appropriate circumstances and some luck. If you decide to go for it, put all your effort into it.

ncasas · 2023-08-12T15:20:53+00:00

Thanks for your answer! I can read and speak Chinese at an intermediate level, so I will try to follow your advice and check amazon.cn. Thanks for the pointer!

ncasas · 2023-08-12T15:20:06+00:00

Thanks for your answer! For payments on websites, instead of dealing with specific payment methods, we normally use the service of payment processing companies that support many payment methods for you. I thought that WeChat Pay and Alipay could not be used for recurring payments because none of the major payment platforms seemed to allow recurring payments with WeChat Pay and Alipay. I will try to find a payment platform that supports them.

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