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Chinese numbers (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 10 months ago by sjmarf to c/[email protected]

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To be fair, zero is a complicated number

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Same, and not having to remember different versions of words for tense and gender is great. Where Chinese gets you back though, is measure words. Is a can of beans many 颗? 粒? One 包? Oh I was supposed to remember 罐?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I mean tbf you're addressing a can of bean, so 罐 is correct. It's the container that count, not the content.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

It's the container that count, not the content

That’s not what Mr Rogers taught me

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Okay but what if that can of beans can suck its own dick?

[–] Aurenkin 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't mind the measure words so much because you can always use the generic one and people will understand, it's the tones that really mess me up.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I find the tones are hard, but I find it's easier to remember them within a sentence than for individual worlds. Good news is if you mess it up, context still makes it possible to figure out what you meant.

[–] Aurenkin 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Dumplings vs sleep....it still gets me

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

lol there are just so many words that basically sound the same and mean completely different things