About Chinese words

[kattay]

Hi SAHM_TAN,


I think you are referring to 量词. I have this 量词词典 that I bought from Popular bookstore some years ago. It's from the Federal Publications. Not sure if they still have it.

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[SAHM_TAN]

Hi kattay,


Thank you for your help. Will check it out.

[wan2bdad]

Need some good advice.


For younger child (3 to 4 years old), should we get the kids to recognise the character or Han Yu Pin Yin 1st?

[kattay]

Hi wan2bdad,


You should teach your child the characters first. The purpose of hanyu pinyin is to help the child to "pronounce" certain words he doesn’t know so that he can continue reading a passage. It should take 2nd priority. If you teach hypy before word recognition, he will rely on hypy for reading. Furthermore, he will be learning phonics in school soon, and he may get confused between phonics and hypy.

[wan2bdad]

Thanks Kattay… excellent advice!

[patntee]

hi kattay, glad to find this thread, great sharing that you have here! Hope to give DD a good headstart in Chinese before primary school. :thankyou:

[kattay]

You are most welcome

I'll post other info when I have time...have been very busy lately.

[allseasons]

Hi Kattay,


I need your help :?: . Can you tell me what are the differences of 像and 象, and how to use them in the sentence? Thanks a lot Kattay!

[kattay]

Hi allseasons,


I'll try my best to answer your question.

像 is \"look like\" or \"as though\", eg: 天上的白云像一朵朵的棉花
象 is \"elephant\" but it can also use to mean the look of something, an impression, eg. 商场中人来人往，一幅繁荣的景象; 雷电是一种自然现象; 他的演说让我留下了深刻的印象; 电影公司为他塑造了一个清纯的形象 (they are all nouns).

Hope this helps.

[allseasons]

Hi Kattay,


Thanks a lot for your clear explanation. I have explained them to my son. But we are confused again when we encountered these in story books… Can you help me whether these are correct or a kind of typos:

1. 大鸟飞飞停停， 好象是故意的。
2。云白的象天鹅。

(In the above sentences, is the 象 correct or should it be 像?）

Thank you in advance Kattay!