戈 gēAncient Chinese weapons and Chinese pictographic characters (295)

The dagger-axe, 戈gē, appears as a radical component in numerous Chinese characters related to weaponry. This film shows how the ancient Shang people recorded their weapons in writing. Please support by liking and sharing the video. Your feedback comments are most welcome. When you start learning Chinese writing you should begin with very basic characters. Never learn these characters in isolation. If possible, learn an expression which includes that character. You should also try to see whether the simple character is used as a radical component in complex characters with related meaning (just like in today's example). Maybe the simple character is used as a phonetic component. Watch until the end to understand my point. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwdAv2SZvFs&t=93s

高 gão "Tall" Chinese "Capital" and its hidden connection to writing (298)

Do you know what the characters 高 gão and 京 jīng have in common? They are pictographs showing high-rise buildings of ancient China. In this episode I teach to write and pronounce two of the most common and simplest characters. #easychinesewriting #writingchinesecharacters #strokeorder高 #strokeorder京 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8loGfL5CgsM&t=81s

Chinese knives, Origin of Chinese Characters, easy Chinese Writing

In this episode you will learn about the characters 刀 dāo and 方 fāng, both being pictures of ancient chinese knives. You will learn how to write the two characters and you will see how 刀 dāo is used as a radical in 分刃 劈 剪 etc. #easychinesewriting #writingchinesecharacters #pronunciationof刀 #pronunciationof方 #strokeorder方 #strokeorder刀 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ouzsxv6OSVg&t=30s

利 lì

利 lì Ancient secret of working the fields in China: profit. stands for "profit, benefit" (ziua 305) The video shows how reaping grain with a knife or sickle came to the Chinese character 利lì #利profit is made up of #禾hé and #刀dāo. This video teaches you the pronunciation of 利lì #利pronunciation and the stroke order of 利 #利strokeorder. The video shows some examples of words and expressions with the character 利. #easychinesewriting #MoldovanMirceaChinese https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm-o_qK2UcA&t=4s

arrow The fascinating story of the Chinese arrow and Chinese pictographs (ziua 308)

Many Chinese characters have something to do with weapons. Such two characters are 矢shi and 至zhì, both being pictographic representations of an arrow. This video explains the connection between the ancient arrow and modern writing. #easychinesewriting #矢pronunciation #矢strokeorder #至pronunciation #至strokeorder ＃至少pronunciation #至多pronunciation #台湾pronunciation#台灣pronunciation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iqd7xBwgeM

門 mén Ancient Chinese Doors and the Way of Chinese writing 문 (ziua 309)

門 mén Ancient Chinese Doors and the Way of Chinese writing 문 (ziua 309) The video shows the evolution of the character 門 mén meaning door. The ancient form of the character shows a swinging door. In this video you can learn the pronunciation and the stroke order of the character 門. #門strokeorder #門pronunciation #門etymology #easychinesewriting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMO6z8zNNlI

魚 yú Fish in China 🐟🐟 (314)

This short video explains how the Chinese character #魚yú was born. You will also learn the pronunciation and the stroke order of the character 魚. We will also learn some examples of characters in which 魚 is used as a radical component. #魚pronunciation #魚strokeorder #魚pinyin #魚radical #easychinesewriting #Chinesewithmircea https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MNrbk-XK0pc

春 chūn (285) Easy Chinese Writing

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AO_4xiDZd1k It's springtime in China, "stupid"!!! 春 chūn (285) Easy Chinese Writing #easychinesewriting

勿 wù How to say don't in Chinese (288) 勿忘国耻

勿忘國恥 ❤❤❤The boundless "love" affair between the Chinese and Japanese is expressed by this pithy idiomatic exhortation. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VsNmuKe6ZC0

奚 xī (287) Easy Chinese Writing

奚 appears in 奚落 xīluò taunt, 奚幸 xīxìng worried, vexed. 祁奚 Qíxī （620-550 BC）minister of 晉國 祁奚之薦 - recommend the best man for the job independent of factional loyalty #easychinesewriting https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0ayzAe5Eq-k

Number 2 in Chinese - Ten ways to read and write 2 in Chinese

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fS8BRogYlU&t=58s

車chē The War between traditional characters and simplified characters 車chē 차 (262)

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/b7Jutv0Nefo

改 găi Ugly truth about Chinese characters 改 găi 개 (263)

In recent videos I talked about 伐，奴，取，and today I deal with 改. Listen to what I have to say about their one dark truth they share. Can you name other similar characters? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3LpVSrxnFjc

巾 jīn Rags and Chinese writing (264)

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FjObX7-192U

殷 yīn Violence and Chinese writing (265)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVBzs07GeIc

歹dăi Sinister truth behind creepy Chinese writing Death and violence (266)

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FqEYqnveHwg

🔥🔥 灾 zăi🔥🔥Natural disasters in China 灾 zăi 재 (268)

🔥🔥災🔥🔥Natural disasters in China 灾 zăi 재 (268) https://www.youtube.com/shorts/y42ze0WPPSU

卒 Superb Military Fashion in China and writing (270)

#easychinesewriting #chinesecharacterswritingwithme #writechinesewithme #learnchinesewithme Chinese writing and the language itself are logically intertwined and make perfect sense even to a five-year-old first-grader in the remotest neon-flooded mountain hamlet in China. Let me explain. The character 卒 is a pictograph of a soldier's uniform. So the meaning of the character evolved to "soldier" as in 士卒. By extension, a soldier is a servant. So a dated meaning of 卒 is "servant" as in the expression走卒. Chinese chess is a battle of the minds, so the chessboard is a battleground where the 卒 is the "pawn". The ultimate fate of the soldier is to die in battle or elsewhete. That is why 卒 also is used as a verb meaning "to die" as in the expression 病卒 "to die of illness". Example: 他卒於一九九二年。 We all die in the end so we have to finish our business here on earth, "to finish" being a high-falutin meaning of 卒 like in the expression 卒其事, which means "to wind up the job". While still at the bussiness of finishing, 卒 also means "finally" as is in the idiom 卒底於成, "to finally succeed". To make matters less complicated and unburden the memory, 卒 (written variant of 猝 cù) is also pronounced as cù, meaning "abruptly" as in the expression 卒變 "sudden change". So, yes. Chinese writing and language make total sense, just like working in a cottonfield in the new border area. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BiwhxDkabOk

衣 yī Beautiful Chinese fashion and wonderful Chinese clothes and writing (269)

衣 Yī is also a Chinese family name. How silly is that?! Calling someone Mr. Coat, or Mr. Underwear.... Chinese writing is the greatest in the world, until you read the small print. 衣 has two pronunciations. When it is read yì, it means "to wear, to clothe". Examples: 1. 衣布衣 yì bùyī "wear cotton clothes" 2. 解衣yī衣yì人 "doff one' garments to clothe smb. else" 胞衣 bāoyī means "placenta", quite the euphemism: "foetus coat". #easychinesewriting #chinesecharacterswritingwithme #learnchinesewithme https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Yxzqvm_Zs-0

犬 quăn🐕Dogs in China bark, wail and stink🐕 (272) Easy Chinese Writing

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-pPhz4Qr76Y

斤 jīn Easy Chinese Writing The Chinese battle axe (274)

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-9GcHCaQHIo

習 xí Pronunciation, writing of Xi Jinping, leader of the CCP 習近平 Xí Jinping习近平 (273)

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/F9KbsoYtwgI

疾 jí Cure and disease in China, the truth is in the writing (276)

Cure and disease in China, the truth is in the writing 疾 jí (276) https://www.youtube.com/shorts/I3tglKuAudE

眉 méi Beautiful and delicate eyebrows (277) Easy Chinese Writing

Here are some popular expressions with 眉 眉目 prospect of a solution 眉宇 forehead 眉心 space between the eyebrows 眉睫之利 禍在眉睫 眉頭緊鎖 with knitted eyebrows 眉來眼去 眉歡眼笑 眉毛倒豎 眉目傳情 眉眼傳情 眉飛色舞 丟眉丟眼 丟眉弄色 低眉順眼 伸眉揚氣 喜眉笑眼 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nMvu5ItHyfA

昏 hūn The sun is setting for China (278)

Some expressions with 昏 昏著 昏蒙 昏話 昏黑 昏迷 昏暗 昏倒 昏沉 昏睡 昏死 昏花 昏頭昏腦 昏定晨省 hūndìngchénxïng 昏或 昏着 #easychinesewriting #chinesecharacterswritingwithmircea #learnchinesewithmircea https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iDhJMaat_IM

敝 bì Old and shabby in China (ziua 279)

Old and Shabby Chinese style 敝舊 敝衣 敝帚自珍 敝人 敝姓 敝處 敝國 敝卒 敝于韓 #easychinesewriting #chinesecharacterswritingwithmircea #learnchinesewithmircea https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qd5onQ3S0Vw

雨 yŭ Singing in the rain in China (280)

Where does the character 雨 yŭ come from and how is it used as a radical component? This video will answer these questions. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/--DR_1uFAk8 #easychinesewriting #chinesecharacterswritingwithmircea #learnchinesewithmircea

兵 bīng Chinese and modern weapons and soldiers (281)

Chinese writing records history and the meaning of modern words. 兵 bīng is an example of the symbiosis between writing and history. Chinese writing records history and the meaning of modern words. 兵 bīng is an example of the symbiosis between writing and history. What I do not understand why the character is listed under the radical 八. Why in simplified chinese the character 兵 is used as a phonetic simplification for the traditional 賓. 滨 濱 缤 繽 摈 擯 髌 髕 殡 殯 傧 儐 Idioms with 兵 兵不厭詐 bīngbùyànzhà There can never be too much subterfuge in war. (All is fair in war.) 兵不血刃 bīngbùxuèrèn With blades unstained by blood. (Win victory without firing a single shot) 兵多將廣 bīngbuōjiàngguăng large army with able generals 兵強馬狀 bīngqiánmăzhuàng strong army https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wCsT7cRq888

弄 nòng Make The genius of Chinese manu-facture(282)

弄瓦弄璋 nòng wă nòng zhāng play with a tile, i.e. a daughter is born (from the early custom of giving a curved tile to a baby girl to play with, the tile was used as a weight for the spindle and symbolized the female), play with a jade tablet, i.e. a son is born (from the early custom of giving a baby boy a jade tablet to play with, symbol of masculinity） The character 弄 nòng is pretty straightforward. It appears in lots of expressions and idioms. Here are some samples: 弄髒 弄丟 弄懂 - 弄不懂 弄到手 弄巧成拙 nòngqiăochéngzhuō outsmart oneself 弄懂弄通nòngdõngnòngtōn弄歪 弄混 弄清事實 nòngqīngshìshí https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SnKlXO31p70

🔥🔥 The Chinese character that set the internet on fire 火 🔥 (283)

Expressions with 火： 惹火 心頭起火 他火兒了 火車 火箭🚀 火藥 火山 火星 火炬 火冒三丈 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MkFksI6lkfw #easychinesewriting #chinesewritingwithmircea #chinesecharacterswritingwithmircea #learnchinesewithmircea

"Big" - fast and riculously easy Chinese 大 dà 대 (ziua 284) Easy Chinese Writing

If anyone says Chinese is easy should you believe them? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ It is interesting that initially 大 meant "big" as in 大城市. But then it means "heavy", or "strong" in 風好大, 雪下得很大. On the other hand 大 means "loud" in 把收音機開大一點兒. It means "general" in 大反攻, 大手術, 大問題. A highly unusual meaning of 大 is a polite form of address for "your" 大札, 大作. And how would you translate: 天已大亮 or 大清早? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3zQd3aDkvkQ

Do you have what it takes to learn Chinese? 有 you (259)

Do you have what it takes to learn Chinese? 有 you (259) https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8jCEi_L_EJY

Princes and kings in modern China 君 jūn (248)

Princes and kings in modern China 君 jūn (248) https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sUKybiJ1HD0

Learn Chinese the easy way. 内 nèi (250)

Learn Chinese the easy way. 内 nèi (250) https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_IjJj3tOQgU

White as snow in China 白 bái 백 (251)

White as snow in China 白 bái 백 (251) https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6XGnD2OGMLs

Afraid in China 怕 pà 😨😨😨(252)

Afraid in China 怕 pà 😨😨😨(252) https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lrN9fbK-BXs

Chinese Writing hiding a secret? 伐 fá (254)

Chinese Writing hiding a secret? 伐 fá (254) https://www.youtube.com/shorts/At1fGNi_D8E

Chinese characters are pictures 六 liù (255)

Chinese characters are pictures 六 liù (255) https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hU8tgAh00OI

Too "stupid" for Chinese writing？ 笨bèn (257)

Too "stupid" for Chinese writing？ 笨bèn (257) https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VnXwzlgZeus

Strange origin of Chinese numbers #九jiŭ 구 (256)

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/w3NMdjn_Cg4

Swimming and oracle bones in China 永 yong (227)

Swimming and oracle bones in China 永 yong (227) https://www.youtube.com/shorts/u7J27_NIrKU

Inflammation 🔥🔥and scorching hot🔥🔥 in China 炎🔥🔥 (232)

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/a9lp0WjJboM

The moon at night in China 夕 xī (235)

Both 夕xī and 月yuè are almost identical pictographic representations of the crescent moon. The meaning of differs but not by a lot. Support my work by subscribing to my youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5evw-YHKRoo

Mountains and valleys in China 谷 gŭ (233)

Mountains and valleys in China 谷 gŭ (233) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtoWx6DfbhY

Trick to remember difficult Chinese characters 夕 xī (236)

Trick to remember difficult Chinese characters 夕 xī (236) https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FxDSNDerOm4

A walk on the road in China 行 xíng/háng (228)

A walk on the road in China 行 xíng/háng (228) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC0yW5NbW34

Stones and rocks in China 石 shí (230)

Stones and rocks in China 石 shí (230) https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fLpjHb6lbgo

The easiest Chinese characters in the Universe (237

The easiest Chinese characters in the Universe (237 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IypYI23U4Ek

The logical paradox of Chinese writing 受／授shòu (338)

The logical paradox of Chinese writing 受／授shòu (338) https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5K1TsI4YeUM

Chinese numbers 1 to 10 (239)

Chinese numbers 1 to 10 (239) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UukgqQSoV-M