News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:A simple explanation of Chinese characters by progers7 on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @02:43AM (#10742900)
Another fun part of Chinese is that most characters are monosyllabic. This makes numbers easy to remember and, on average, Chinese speakers can remember a few more random digits than English speakers can.
Re:A simple explanation of Chinese characters by UIZealot on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @06:29AM (#10743579)
Actually, ALL Chinese characters are monosyllabic.
Re:A simple explanation of Chinese characters by jpatokal on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @07:06AM (#10743723)
Re:A simple explanation of Chinese characters by rockymeza on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @06:54AM (#10743667)
Well... 小孩儿 is only two syllables.
Re:A simple explanation of Chinese characters by Gigablah on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @10:21AM (#10744748)
That's a contraction.