Learn Chinese for Free - Lesson 21
Today's Chinese characters:
呢尼
The character 呢 is made up of two parts: 口 (mouth) and 尼 (Buddhist nun). It's used to form elliptical questions. Can you imagine a Buddhist nun and her elliptical mouth?
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Characters' Essentials
| - | Used at the end of an interrogative sentence to ask a question in connection with the preceding topic |
| - | Used to transliterate foreign language names, such as Disney, Sony, Nikon, Manila, Trinidad, and a lot of famous persons' names. So, what you only need now is to remember its pronunciation. |
Description and Examples
Dialogue 6
Sentence Structure 12 |
Exercise
Change into elliptical questions:
我不忙。你忙吗？
我认识她。你认识她吗？
我不是医生。你是医生吗？
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Characters' Details
Chinese Character 45 of 1000
appearance score: # 383
frequency: 0.0579755%
| - | (Used at the end of an interrogative sentence to indicate an elliptical question) |
| - | (Used at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate that the statement is a fact) |
| - | (Used at the end of a statement to indicate that the action or the condition is in progress) |
| - | (Used in the middle of a sentence to indicate a pause) |
| - | Heavy woolen cloth |
This character has a different traditional version.
Chinese Character 46 of 1000
appearance score: # 654
frequency: 0.0312520%
There's no difference between the simplified and the traditional version of this character.
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