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cerealkiller [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 days ago

Beginner in learning Chinese, what does this stand for?

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Beginner in learning Chinese, what does this stand for?

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cerealkiller [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 days ago
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      you see at the top? those two strokes indicate he is biting his lip

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    It’s my trying to pretend I can write in Chinese script and everyone immediately learns that I can’t

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    AI-drawn clock

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    stands for ‘knight.’ also can be read as ‘roar.’ couple other readings spelled out here but they’re all either archaic or poetic uses

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    Can’t read it, it doesn’t have any common components and is in that awful pen font.

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    it’s an expression of pain

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    It could be a neograph (newly created character) or an artistic interpretation of an existing character. To me it vaguely looks like 馬 with some of the strokes moved above the head to represent the mane

    or it could be a shitpost of randomly drawn lines to imitate a Chinese character, or which coincidentally slightly resemble what someone thinks characters look like, and I think that’s the most likely explanation

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      Taiwan bandits! Simplified, bitches! 吗 Nobody uses characters that are deliberately difficult to read except those landlord bandits. Year of the Horse is next week.

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        I learnt Chinese as a second language but our teachers were taught ‘Read complex, write simplified’, and they encouraged us to do the same, even as foreigners. Because so much of art, caligraphy and historical materials are in fanti you’re cutting yourself off from a lot of those extant cultural influences if you aren’t able to read fanti (even with a little effort). Not to mention that Hongkong and Aomen use fanti, not just Taiwan.

        Edit: huh go figure I’m wrong seems that’s a Taiwanese policy, I wonder which of my teachers it was who told me this, I don’t recall having any Taiwanese teachers :/ i wonder if it was a mainland teacher who was on top of the approaches in teaching chinese overseas and adopted it into their curriculum

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    Is this Loss? is-this

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    What script is this?

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    I think this means it’s 6:00PM if those clocks I saw earlier were any indication.

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    It signifies loss

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