Chinese Verbs Cheat Sheet: E's

Chinese Verbs Cheat sheet: E's

My quick guide to some common E- verbs in Chinese!

Eat - 吃 - chī Educate - 教育 - jiàoyù (this ones a bit formal) Empty - 清空 - qīngkōng Ensure - 确保 - quèbǎo Enter - 进入 - jìnrù Encourage - 鼓励 - gǔlì End - 结束 - jiéshù Enjoy - 享受 - xiǎngshòu Estimate - 估计 - gūjì Evaluate - 评价 - píngjià Examine - 检查 - jiǎnchá Excel - 出色 - chūsè Exceed - 超出 - chāochū Exchange - 交换 - jiāohuàn Exercise - 锻炼 - duànliàn Exist - 存在 - cúnzài Expect - 期望 - qīwàng Experience - 经历 - jīnglì Explain - 解释 - jiěshì Explore - 探索 - tànsuǒ

Thank you for the tag, it looks really fun!

(ignore the messiness please, my hand is done after writing practise lol)

Tagging: @study-with-aura @dearest-lula @abigailsarchive @3ninth and anyone else who wants to do it!

Handwriting game! :3

• Write "hello"

• Write the numbers 1 to 9

• Write Aa - Zz

• Write "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"

• Write a quote you like

• Write your name (obviously do not use your actual signature unless you are okay with also messaging me your bank info)

Tagging: @gdlavzo & @insertimaginativenamehere & @slavic-roots-western-mind & @dontforgetaboutgeorgie & @thiswinterheart & anyone bored enough to do this!

Life in China: Observations #2

Deodorant what? I order mine from taobao, as I've yet to meet a deodorant out in the wild. Seriously, none of the beauty or health stores carry it, so taobao has been a great help

The bathrooms The public bathrooms tend to be the squat kind (malls and places frequently patronized by foreigners excluded) and you'll have to bring your own toiletpaper and other hygiene items with you. Some places do have the odd western stall amidst the squat stalls, but nonetheless they are the expection. This is in a pretty big city, so expect western style bathrooms to be more rare in more rural areas.

VPN can be a hit or miss It's good to have a few vpns as backups in case one starts glitching and doesn't work (it actually happened a few days ago and after 15 min I caved in and bought the premium version for my free backup only for my current one to start working later). Not all vpns work in china, so it's important to do some research before buying any.

Getting stared at It happens everywhere, even in big cities, but after a while you get used to it.

Food is affordable My uni canteen breakfast costs around 1-2 euros, whereas the same meal at a local cafe would be 7-10 euros back at home

Eating out is common Sure you can cook, but it's much cheaper to go out to eat, especially to the local non-touristy places. In a lot of them you just scan a code that's on the table and order and pay from your phone so there's not a lot of in-person interaction other than saying thanks when the food is brought out to you.

Taking the initiative with friends Making friends with people is always great, but ever so often you will have to take the initiative to do things especially with your Chinese friends.

Bottled water is the way to go Everyone drinks bottled water. Local people, tourists, expats, pretty much no one drinks tap water. The explorer in me wants to try it out, and maybe see how much sips I can have before something (probably bad) happens but past experience says no :/

Private hospitals are more convenient Yes, they may be more expensive but if you can afford to pay a bit more it's always worth it. The staff speak English, which is very useful if you don't speak Chinese or if you have a complex issue that requires very specific vocab that you never learned.

Life in China #8

A week of my chinese university's canteen lunches

Life in China #7

I honestly can't with this weather, yesterday it was 4 degrees celcius, today it's almost 25??

And it's supposed to snow this weekend according to the weather forecast??

Chinese Verbs Cheat sheet: H's

My quick guide to some of the most common H-verbs in Chinese!

Halt - 停止 - Tíngzhǐ Handle - 处理 - Chǔlǐ Happen - 发生 - Fāshēng Harmonize - 协调 - Xiétiáo Harvest - 收获 - Shōuhuò Have - 有 - Yǒu Hear - 听- Tīng Heat - 加热 - Jiārè Help - 帮助 - Bāngzhù Hesitate - 犹豫 - Yóuyù Hibernate - 冬眠 - Dōngmián Hide - 隐藏 - Yǐncáng Hire - 雇佣 - Gùyōng Hiss - 嘶嘶声 - Sīsī shēng Hope - 希望 - Xīwàng Host - 举办 - Jǔbàn Hug - 拥抱 - Yōngbào Hunt - 打猎 - Dǎliè Hurry - 快点 - Kuài diǎn Hurt - 伤害 - Shānghài