Chinese languages

To “neng” or not to “neng’? This is absolutely not a question from Hamlet, but it confuses a lot of learners of Chinese language. 能 implies something is possible or allowed. 不能 indicates something is either not possible or not allowed for some reason. For example. 不能右转 means “can’t turn right”. ( Th...

Hello Hovis! As far as I know, Mandarin is now commonly accepted in both Shanghai and Hongkong. Especially in Shanghai. And most young people (now many old people have joined the group) in the two cities can speak English quite fluently. Literally speaking, Mandarin, Shanghainese and Cantoese are th...

One thing that confuses me a lot is the way Chinese people eat their noodles, you know, even if it's a formal dinner, they'd suck in the noodles with tremendous sound! Isn't that kind of impolite? Later I found a Chinese learning site http://www.activechinese.com ,it says: "Though in western cu...