983
Chinese numbers (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 7 months ago by sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to c/memes@lemmy.ml
95 comments fedilink hide all child comments

To be fair, zero is a complicated number

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Same, and not having to remember different versions of words for tense and gender is great. Where Chinese gets you back though, is measure words. Is a can of beans many 颗? 粒? One 包? Oh I was supposed to remember 罐?

[-] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 7 points 7 months ago

I mean tbf you're addressing a can of bean, so 罐 is correct. It's the container that count, not the content.

[-] CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

It's the container that count, not the content

That’s not what Mr Rogers taught me

[-] androogee@midwest.social 1 points 7 months ago

Okay but what if that can of beans can suck its own dick?

[-] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 months ago

I don't mind the measure words so much because you can always use the generic one and people will understand, it's the tones that really mess me up.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago

I find the tones are hard, but I find it's easier to remember them within a sentence than for individual worlds. Good news is if you mess it up, context still makes it possible to figure out what you meant.

[-] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

Dumplings vs sleep....it still gets me

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 0 points 7 months ago

lol there are just so many words that basically sound the same and mean completely different things

this post was submitted on 29 Apr 2024
983 points (99.3% liked)

Memes

45886 readers
1487 users here now

Rules:

  1. Be civil and nice.
  2. Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml
sexy_peach@feddit.de
cyclohexane@lemmy.ml
cypherpunks@lemmy.ml