Chinese is a very interesting language. There are different pronunciations to the same word when used in different settings. For instance, 恐吓 is pronounced kong he. When 吓 is used to mean frightening someone, it’s read xia. Here are a list of words that are read differently when used as surnames. Remember them else it[…]
Singaporeans often say 炸zhà鸡. This is inaccurate. There are a couple of ways of reading 炸 and that slight difference would mean different things. 1) It can be read zhà (fourth tone). 炸zhà 药、炸zhà弹 – as you can see, they all have something to do with an explosion. 2) 炸 can also be read zhá[…]
Chinese tip: “一” means one in Chinese. It is often the first Chinese character we learn as a kid. But do we really know how to read this? Do you read “一” in the first, second, third or fourth tone? There are three ways to read “一”: “衣”（一声）、“移”（二声）和“义”（四声）。 1) If you are using “一” to[…]