Kedi. Dir. Ceyda Torun. 2016.

Kedi. Dir. Ceyda Torun. 2016.

R-Verbs in Chinese

Most commonly used verbs starting with R in Chinese!

Race - 竞赛 - jìngsài

Rage - 发怒 - fānù

Rain - 下雨 - xiàyǔ

Raise - 提高 - tígāo

Rank - 排名 - páimíng

Reach - 到达 - dàodá

Read - 读 - dú

Realize - 实现 - shíxiàn

Rebuild - 重建 - chóngjiàn

Recall - 回忆 - huíyì

Receive - 接受 - jiēshòu

Recognize - 认识 - rènshi

Recommend - 推荐 - tuījiàn

Recycle - 回收 - huíshōu

Redeem - 赎回 - shúhuí

Reduce - 减少 - jiǎnshǎo

Refer - 参考 - cānkǎo

Reflect - 反映 - fǎnyìng

Refuse - 拒绝 - jùjué

Regret - 后悔 - hòuhuǐ

Regulate - 调节 - tiáojié

Reinforce - 加强 - jiāqiáng

Rejoice - 庆幸 - qìngxìng

Relax - 放松 - fàngsōng

Rely - 依靠 - yīkào

Remember - 记得 - jìde

Remind - 提醒 - tíxǐng

Repair - 修理 - xiūlǐ

Repeat - 重复 - chóngfù

Replace - 替换 - tìhuàn

Reply - 回复 - huífù

Report - 报告 - bàogào

Request - 请求 - qǐngqiú

Require - 需要 - xūyào

Retire - 退休 - tuìxiū

Review

Learning material (revise) - 复习 - fùxí

A book - 评介 - píngjiè

Ride - 骑 - qí

Ring - 响 - xiǎng

Rise - 上升 - shàngshēng

Rotate - 旋转 - xuánzhuǎn

Ruin - 毁 - huǐ

Rule - 统治 - tǒngzhì

Run - 跑 - pǎo

Life in China #15 Shopping Malls

In the large cities, there is an abundance of malls. Turn to your left, a mall. Turn to your right another mall. Look up? That towering building may indeed be a mall.

There is literally a mall around every corner, with 3 within walking distance of my university. Back at home, we have one mall in our city and it's a 45 min bus ride to get there.

It's quite a nice mall, but China's 10 floor malls just make my head spin.

Q-Verbs in Chinese

Most common q-verbs (not that many!) in Chinese!

Quantify - 量化 - liànghuà

Quarrel - 吵架 - chǎojià

Quash - 镇压 - zhènyā

Quench (thirst) - 解渴 - jiěkě

Question - 提问 - tíwèn

Quilt - 绗 - háng

Quit - 放弃 - fàngqì

A job - 辞去 - Cíqù

School - 退学 - Tuìxué

Quote - 引用 - yǐnyòng

Quell - 平息 - píngxī

Call me biased but 1970s-2000s was the peak of russian music. Not that there aren't any good songs now, but there's just something about music from time period that really gets me.

The surreal feeling of living out my 10th grade american high school fantasy of eating a hamburger and trying one of those mythical milkshakes at 5 guys whilst Bon Jovis' "Living on a Prayer" blares in the background, all whilst in China.