In Chinese, to “立Lì flag” means to set a flag, meaning to set a challenge for yourself, but it’s a bit sarcastic as you don’t think you’ll succeed. It’s all used for very high or ambitious goals, but not necessarily unreachable ones. It’s a popular online Chinese buzzword now. Let’s look at some examples that […]
How to say “how are you?” in Chinese? If you are greeting someone, “How are you?” are the first word out from you. In Mandarin Chinese, there are so many different ways to express “how are you”. Here are several ways. Asking indirectly how are you In Chinese, many times there are some small questions […]
Here are some Chinese online buzzwords for you. They’re especially used online and by young Chinese people. Note that some of these words were used before, but here we specifically focus on their newly-earned meaning. Learn to use these Chinese phrases from the real world with this list: YYDS 背锅 Bing Chilling 2021 Chinese buzzwords […]
There are a lot of Chinese abbreviations & acronyms in use, mostly used on WeChat or other Chinese social media. They’re only used in text, so it’s not like you can reply “XSWL” to someone’s joke (in this case, you’d just say: 笑死我了xiào sǐ wǒ le). Not all these Chinese abbreviations & acronyms will be […]
A palindrome is a word or sentence that reads the same backward a forward (in Dutch it’s aptly called a ‘mirror word’). English examples are ‘racecar’, or even whole sentences such as ‘was it a cat I saw?’ or ‘I did, did I?’. There are also Chinese Palindromes, in Chinese Hanzi characters! In Chinese hanzi, […]
When you give directions, do you use left, right, front, back, or do you use the directions of the compass: North, South, East West? In China, people from the South usually tell you that the restaurant is to the left, right, front, or back while people from the North will guide you by the compass […]
One of the weirdest Chinese Hanzi characters is 丫 (Yā), because it looks like the Y from the Greek alphabet. Let’s look at the Chinese character 丫 (Yā) and 丫头 (yātou) Pleco will say its two meanings are: Noun: Fork And dialect: Girl Now it’s mainly used in two situations: 你丫nǐ yā (scolding) 丫头yātou (little/cute […]
The difference between 少Shǎo vs 小xiǎo is an interesting one for HSK1 or HSK2 Mandarin Chinese language students. The Chinese Hanzi characters look alike and the meaning is also similar. Both these Chinese words can mean ‘little’, but the difference between 少Shǎo vs 小xiǎo can be summed up easily: 小xiǎo is used to describe the […]
Every conversation comes to an end! Here’s how to say bye or goodbye in Chinese. We list several ways to say bye in the Mandarin language. PS: Also read our guide on how to say hello in Chinese. The most Common to say Goodbye in Chinese 再见 Zai Jian Students frequently end text or email […]
Like many other Chinese abbreviations, such as yyds or nmsl, xswl consists of the Pinyin initials. Let’s look at xswl meaning in Chinese The meaning of XSWL XSWL stands for “笑死我了” in Chinese Hanzi characters, or in Pinyin: Xiào sǐ wǒle. It’s very comparable to the English abbreviation ‘ROFL’, although the literal meaning of xswl […]