Chinese: 猫 : 小猫 :: 鸡 : 小鸡 English: cat : kitten :: chicken : chick

Jan 10, 2022 · 3:05 PM UTC

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Replying to @davidbaron
Also: if you learn the Chinese radicals, then you don’t have to actually learn eleventy billion characters (also Simplified Chinese muddies this a bit) because you can key off the components of characters as hints and aids
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Like the time I was trying to catch a bus in Taipei, and I saw one whose sign said 景美, and I knew it was going to Jingmei even though I wasn't (at the time) familiar with the first character. (I wasn't going to Jingmei.)
Replying to @davidbaron
Wait, what? That's little cat and little chicken. I like this.
Replying to @davidbaron
Woow, are you studying Chinese? How does it feel?