chinese – cathy wu http://cathywu.scripts.mit.edu/wucathy/blog beyond low hanging fruit Mon, 09 Feb 2026 19:34:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.3 Resources for learning Chinese (intermediate/advanced) http://cathywu.scripts.mit.edu/wucathy/blog/?p=720 http://cathywu.scripts.mit.edu/wucathy/blog/?p=720#respond Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:32:23 +0000 http://www.wucathy.com/blog/?p=720 I’ve been a bit obsessively looking for ways via The Internet to improve my Chinese in a low-effort yet regular way, and here are the resources I liked! Feel free to comment with what you’ve found useful for you!

哆啦A梦 Doraemon
Japanese manga series, in Chinese, 300+ video episodes available, 20 minutes
[Tudou]

德国之声中文广播 Deutsche Welle Chinese Podcast
Daily news, twice daily, audio only, 30 minutes
[Podcast details] [Podcast link] [More from DW]

异想电波 fancyradio podcasts
Stories of various genres including horror, sporadic publishing, audio only, variable duration
[Website]

新闻播客 BBC Podcast of the day
Daily news and interviews from reporters based in Asia, audio only, variable duration
[Website] [Podcast link]

麻省理工《科技创业》中文网 MIT Technology Review, Chinese version
Tech articles in Chinese and corresponding articles in English
[Chinese version][English version]

]]> http://cathywu.scripts.mit.edu/wucathy/blog/?feed=rss2&p=720 0 New vocab (08/03-08/10/2012) http://cathywu.scripts.mit.edu/wucathy/blog/?p=733 http://cathywu.scripts.mit.edu/wucathy/blog/?p=733#respond Sat, 11 Aug 2012 04:19:33 +0000 http://www.wucathy.com/blog/?p=733 Hokkien
tiong tombs
hae mee prawn noodles
char mee fried noodles
mee hoon wheat

Malay

bahru new
Singapura/सिंहपुर Singapore, lion city

Mandarin

紧急 jǐnjí urgent/emergency
讯号/信号 xùnhào/xìnhào signal
优等 yōuděng first-rate / top quality
酱油 jiàngyóu soy sauce
口粮 kǒuliáng ration
互动 hùdòng interactive
前夕 qiánxī eve / the day before
法院 fǎyuàn court of law
组装 zǔzhuāng to assemble and install
作秀 zuòxiù to show off (loanword, from English “show”)
留意 liúyì to take care / mindful
数字化 shùzìhuà to digitalize / digital (lit. to make into numbers)
货币 huòbì currency
象征 xiàngzhēng symbol
戛然而止 jiárán’érzhǐ to roll to a grinding halt (idiom)
支付方式 zhīfùfāngshì payment method
怀疑 huáiyí [to] doubt / to suspect / skeptical
拌面 bànmiàn lo mein, noodles served with soy sauce etc
板麵 bǎnmiàn board/block noodle dish, often in soup
叙利亚 Xùlìyà Syria
埃及 Āijí Egypt
伊朗 Yīlǎng Iran
伊斯兰 Yīsīlán Islam
莫斯科 Mòsīkē Moscow
俄罗斯 Éluósī Russia
阿富汗 Āfùhàn Afghanistan / Afghan
利比亚 Lìbǐyà Libya
联合国 Liánhéguó United Nations
欧盟 Ōuméng European Union / EU
欧元 Ōuyuán Euro (currency)
胡锦涛 Hú Jǐntāo Hu Jintao (1942-), President of PRC from 2003
温家宝 Wēn Jiā Bǎo Wen Jiabao (1942-), Premier of PRC from 2003

Misc

Peranakan Chinese / Baba-Nyonya descendants of late 15th and 16th-century Chinese immigrants to the Indonesian archipelago of Nusantara during the Colonial era
Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles British statesman, founder of British Singapore in 1819
]]> http://cathywu.scripts.mit.edu/wucathy/blog/?feed=rss2&p=733 0 Recently acquired Chinese vocabulary (01/10-1/30/2012) http://cathywu.scripts.mit.edu/wucathy/blog/?p=6 http://cathywu.scripts.mit.edu/wucathy/blog/?p=6#respond Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:12:16 +0000 http://cathywu.scripts.mit.edu/wucathy/blog/?p=6 Another installment of technical-ish Chinese vocab!

黑客 = hacker
创客 = maker
项目 = project
爱好者 = enthusiast
创新 = innovation
思维 = way of thinking
3D打印机 = 3D printer
四旋翼飞行器 = quadcopter
重复造轮子 = reinventing the wheel
攻击 = to attack / an attack (as used with DOS攻击)
纳税人 = taxpayer
所得税 = income tax
培训 = to train / training
推荐 = to recommend / recommendation
视频 = video
汇率 = exchange rate
投影仪 = projector
域名 = domain name
翻墙啊 = to climb over a wall / figuratively, to breach the Great Firewall of China
设置 = to install / set up (software)

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创客空间 = makerspace
发自我的 iPhone = Sent from my iPhone
工程 = engineering
机械 = mechanical (a field of study, +工程 to form mechanical engineering)
计算机科学 = computer science (field of study)
软件/软体 = software (a field of study, +工程 to form software engineering)
电子元器件 = electrical component(s)
取消 = to cancel (a meeting, a web form, etc.)
评论 = to comment, comment (on a post, etc.)
退而求其次 = to settle for second best / the next best thing
行不通 = won’t work / won’t get (you) anywhere
电压 = voltage

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I learn Chinese using a mix of MDBG and Google Translate. Please suggest better tools if you know of any!

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