Learn Chinese for Free - Lesson 28
Today's Chinese characters:
妈哥弟姐
Would it not be nice to send a postcard written in Chinese to one of your relatives? Now you can!
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Characters' Essentials
| - | Mum, mother |
| - | Elder brother |
| - | Younger brother |
| - | Elder sister |
Description and Examples
What do all these words have in common? They are composed by the same character repeated twice, but the second time pronounced in the neutral tone. There's no grammar rule implied, it's just the characteristic of these words.
Dialogue 14
ATTENTION:
你妈妈、哥哥、姐姐、弟弟
means
你妈妈 + 你哥哥 + 你姐姐 + 你弟弟
Sentence Structure 16 |
Exercise
Send a postcard written in Chinese. You can just say "Hello Mum!"
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Characters' Details
Chinese Character 56 of 1000
appearance score: # 750
frequency: 0.0251271%
| - | Mum, mother; (a form of address for a married woman one generation one's senior); (a form of address for middleaged or old maidservant) |
This character has a different traditional version.
Chinese Character 57 of 1000
appearance score: # 804
frequency: 0.0225421%
There's no difference between the simplified and the traditional version of this character.
Chinese Character 58 of 1000
appearance score: # 816
frequency: 0.0220698%
| - | Brother, younger brother |
| - | (A general term for a younger kinsman of the same generation) |
| - | (A modest form of address between friends in epistolary style) |
| - | (A surname) |
There's no difference between the simplified and the traditional version of this character.
Chinese Character 59 of 1000
appearance score: # 830
frequency: 0.0215819%
There's no difference between the simplified and the traditional version of this character.
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