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Lesson 8 of the "Learn Chinese with Serena" series has been premiered on the Day2DayChinese channel of Youtube.

  The Final [ang] is one of the nasal sound-followed Finals.   How to pronounce it correctly?

Both 凸[tū] and 突[tū] have the same pronunciation. But, what is the difference between 凸[tū] and 突[tū]? Especially, when to use this compound word 凸出[tū chū], and when to use 突出[tū chū]? Again, when is the proper time to express either 凸显[tū xiǎn] or 突显[tū xiǎn]?

What is the difference between 满[mǎn] and 蛮[mán]? What does this word 满[mǎn] mean? And what does 蛮[mán] really mean? How to use both words correctly? Let us take a look at the following three tables displaying the various definitions of 满[mǎn] and 蛮[mán], and plus sample sentences and phrases. Especially, I am going to present a couple of sample phrases by using 蛮[mán], and help you fix the expressions you maybe misuse. There are too many Chinese making a word-choice mistake with using 蛮[mán] and 满[mǎn], so as to make some Chinese learners getting much more confused. This lesson can help you get more confidence in using 满[mǎn] and 蛮[mán]. Table 1 满[mǎn] 1. full; filled; packed 水 满 了 [shuǐ mǎn le] The water is full. 停车场 满 了 [tíng chē chǎng mǎn le] The parking lot is ful...

What is your time of birth in the Chinese 干支[gān zhī] calendar? How to transfer the birthtime from the solar calendar into that of the lunar? How to get the Symbolic Animal year for the birthday? There is a website www.joyglobal.cc called 紫微斗數排盤免費算命解說[zǐ wēi dǒu shù pái pán miǎn fèi suàn mìng jiě shuō] providing a much easier way to get it.

The ancient Chinese divided a calendar day into 12 时辰 [shí chén] . The 12 时辰[shí chén] is named and counted by the 12 地支[dì zhī] . Each 时辰[shí chén] takes up two hours. And 时辰[shí chén] can be abbreviated to 时[shí].

The Chinese use 12 生肖[shēng xào] to make 12 地支[dì zhī], "terrestrial branch" or "earth branch" become vivid and concrete, so it is easy to memorize as well. What does the 生肖[shēng xào] mean?

Chinese use 10 Celestial Stems 天干[tiān gān] and 12 Terrestrial Branches 地支[dì zhī] to name, count and record the year, the month, the day, and the hour of time. The ancient Chinese believed that the earth was separated from heaven (sky), and then there are people. The heaven is to the earth as the trunk to the branch. Therefore, they took celestial stem and terrestrial branch in terms to count, symbolizes, and record the time. 天干地支[tiān gān dì zhī] can be abbreviated to "Stem and Branch" 干支[gān zhī]. Today, 干支[gān zhī] is still used in calendars, fortune-telling, sacrificial ceremony, counting, name giving, etc.