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New instance, new #introduction! (Also boosts will help federate the garden ^-^)
I'm a #Quaker #seminary student in #Pittsburgh. I love #DND and #TTRPG, and get up to #crochet, #hiking, and #naturephotography in my spare time.
Here's a motley list of things I like/post about!
Mehr... Lieblingsfotos?
More... Favorite photos? 
by Artist: #SIBATABLE in Loc.: #South Korea 
01/2025 - Title: untitled 
- #Art #Streetart #Mandarin #Fruit #Artist #Fotografie #Photography #FoodArt #Caterpillar #NoAi #APhotoLove #GoodMorning
One Million Years Ago I met two adorable #Chinese exchange students at college in Utah. Their names were Frances and Michelle. The said they would teach me Mandarin. I practiced 20 or so phrases and they critiqued my pronunciation whenever I was at their apartment.
They said a greeting was very important, so they taught me how to say hello. They said in #Mandarin it was important to greet women differently from men. I don't have any idea how to spell/transliterate this, but they said I had to say to them, every time we met, something like "Ni hao, Pio Liang." They were very happy when I said it, clearly because I was doing so well.
A few months later, we had all drifted apart (as is common in college) and I met another Mandarin speaker. She was surprised to learn there were gendered greetings in Mandarin. I told her what Frances and Michelle had taught me for "hello [to women]" and she laughed so hard she cried. It took a minute or two for her to be able to tell me Frances and Michelle had trained me to say they were very beautiful every time I saw them.
No regrets. They were quite beautiful.
I’ve been listening to a podcast called Dear Han People that’s a riff on Dear White People, but from Indigenous Taiwanese people to Han Chinese folks.
Mandarin-only, sometimes some Taiwanese, but very very good.
台灣國 I looked up these characters and the romanization seems more like Cantonese than Mandarin.
Does anyone know what's up with that?
#Cantonese #Mandarin #Taiwan
Does anyone know what's up with that?
#Cantonese #Mandarin #Taiwan
I just found out that in mainland Chinese internet corporate speak, touch base is 碰一下 (peng4 yi2 xia4) and I want to laugh / cry
If someone said that to me I'd be like, 'why do they want to.. bump into me??'
Has anyone here gone to China to study Mandarin? Do you have recommendations, tips or counter-recommendations?
I’m vaguely thinking of going next year, maybe going to school for a couple of weeks and then travelling a couple of weeks. Still very much in the planning phase!
Boosts welcome. :)
There is a lot of debate in Taiwan about the use of Mandarin words from the PRC and how this influences culture and identity
"The debate over PRC terms shows that these words are far more than simple linguistic choices. Like all language ideologies, the language ideologies surrounding PRC terms are deeply embedded in social, cultural, and political contexts."
https://taiwaninsight.org/2024/11/08/words-of-influence-prc-terms-and-taiwanese-identity/
Taiwan Insight · Words of Influence: PRC terms and Taiwanese identity Written by Karen Huang. This article explores the growing use of PRC terms in Taiwan Mandarin and the social reactions to this trend. While some Taiwanese view this trend as a natural result of lan…
A great podcast to understand why various Chinese dialects (or rather, languages), came to be spoken in Malaysia.
Ps: My ancestors prob came during the wave of migration after the collapse of the Ming dynasty. This is probably the origins of the northern Peranakans.
Interesting piece on Singaporeans who get good grades in mandarin but can’t speak it well
I have the opposite problem! My grades were not great but I speak 3-4 Chinese languages, including mandarin
Mandarin as it was taught in our schools was not fun or useful
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/today/voices/scored-a1-o-level-chinese-struggle-speak-4687166
CNAI scored an A1 for O-Level Chinese but struggle to speak a coherent sentence How can we reverse declining standards of mother tongue proficiency among Singaporean youth? First, they must get comfortable with conversing in their second language, CNA TODAY journalist Eunice Sng says.
Hello world! I'm Yingtai from Singapore, new to this instance. My pronouns are she/her, and I'm at the tail end of Generation X.
I enjoy geekiness spanning the sciences and humanities, especially speculative fiction. Calligraphy and bullet journalling make me happy. I am my own avatar artist.
I care deeply about ethical #kink, covid, accessibility and my #SingaporeGangsterCat. Right now I'm meowing a lot about learning #Mandarin as long covid permits.
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December 9: Orange-Mandarin Spread
You know what they say: no g̶o̶o̶d̶ d̶e̶e̶d̶ triumphant return to power goes unpunished
The text behind the door in the calendar today says:
"Warmest Thoughts".
I assume there were translation issues and what Bonne Maman meant to say was:
"See You In Hell 
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Tastes a bit like a citrus-based cleaner with sugar in it. My esophagus now has a streak-free shine
#Introduction I'm here to listen to you gush about your passions!! These days I'm into #Symphogear, #IdolAnime, and #Yuri (#LGBT anything, tbh). I also really like #TheUntamed/#CQL, #DanMei, #WuXia, and will get around to reading all of #MXTX one of these days. I'm also a language student, mainly #Mandarin and #Japanese atm. Oh I'm also probably the biggest fan of "#Ojou" type characters in #Anime that you know...a little weird/niche but hey, that's why we're on this instance, right?!?!