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How to Type a Chinese Character You Don’t Know How to Read 如何打出一个你不会念的汉字
（在中国境内的同学可以上哔哩哔哩观看） Have you ever come across a Chinese character you have no idea how to read? In this tutorial I show you four methods to type an unknown hanzi on your computer or mobile device. Hope you find this useful!遇到生僻字怎么办？我今天与大家分享四个方法来打出一个你不会念的汉字，希望对你们有所帮助！
Another 12 Common Errors in Chinese English Dictionaries
Here’s another 12 mistakes you might find in Chinese English dictionaries. The first blog I wrote on this topic can found here. 这篇文章是我另外收集的12个中英字典中常见错误。我写的第一篇相同题目的博客，可以在这里读到。 Please note that I have not included in these posts “standard” or “fixed” English translations of Chinese words that are frowned upon by native speakers of English. Take, for example, the […]
Top 12 Errors in Chinese English Dictionaries
Top 12 Errors in Chinese English Dictionaries 中英字典中的12个最常见错误 One of the challenges that Chinese learners of English face is being misled by Chinese English dictionaries, especially online ones. The following is a list of the 12 most common errors I have come across in my translating and teaching work. 学习英文的中国人面临的挑战之一是中英字典的误导，特别是在线的字典。以下是我在翻译和教学过程中遇到的12个最常见的错误。
Variant Pronunciations in Mandarin
I’ve been editing Mandarin entries on Wiktionary for about a year now, and one unexpected phenomenon I have come across is, for the lack of a better term, “variant pronunciations”. Mandarin as we know it has been heavily standardised over the years, and we have come to think of “readings” of Chinese characters or word […]
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