Writing Chinese 'Want' 要 yào

9 Strokes

Practice writing it.

This is one of the commonly used characters, good if you can recognise and pronounce it.

Write in Chinese: 'Want' 要 yào 

For Intermediate level, try to construct some sentences or even questions related to this chinese character,

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春 - Paper Cutting 剪纸, jiǎn zhǐ SPRING FESTIVAL

There are a number of distinct uses for the paper cut outs in Chinese culture, almost all of which are for health, prosperity or decorative purposes. Where it is different compared to other cultural style is the extensive use of red. Also it has a heavy emphasis on single or a few Chinese characters often symbolizing the festivity. This paper cutting symbol is SPRING, in chinese 春 and when it is inverted, it means春倒 which has the similar sounding as 'arrived' pronounced in pinyin 'chūn dào'

If you want to learnt more about the Chinese New Year or Spring Festival, click here for more.

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Basic Skills - Using Chopsticks

The pair of sticks is maneuvered in one hand – between the thumb and fingers – and used to pick up pieces of food. The Mandarin Chinese word for chopsticks is kuàizi 筷子. 筷 is a semantic-phonetic (xíngshēng) compound with a phonetic part of "快", which means quick, and a semantic part, 竹, meaning bamboo. Many rules of etiquette govern the proper conduct of the use of chopsticks. Held between the thumb and fingers of one hand, chopsticks are used tong-like to pick up portions of food, which are prepared and brought to the table in small and convenient pieces.

Chinese etiquette
In Chinese culture, it is normal to hold the rice bowl up to one's mouth and use chopsticks to push rice directly into the mouth. If rice is served on a plate, as is more common in the West, it is acceptable and more practical to eat it with a spoon or fork.
*It is acceptable to transfer food to closely related people (e.g. grandparents, parents, spouse, children, or significant others) if they are having difficulty picking up the food. Also it is a sign of respect to pass food to the elderly first before the dinner starts. It is impolite to spear food with a chopstick and/or play with the chopsticks.
*It is rude to use the chopstick to dig for food in the common dish.
Chopsticks should not be left sticking (pointing up) on the rice because it symbolizes "feeding" the dead and death in general.
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