This is just my opinion, and I have to qualify that I’m a natively bilingual English-Mandarin speaker from Singapore, whose linguistic intuitions may not align with those of a monolingual speaker in, say, Beijing, but “x” in Mandarin sounds to me like “sh” in English only if you are absolutely desperate to make any kind of comparison at all. Like calling smörrebröd ”Swedish Pizza”. #linguistics #mandarinchinese #Xitter (apparently?)

Duolingo in Chinese is "多邻国”

多 duo = more
邻 lin = neighbour
国 guo = country

#languagelearners #langtoot #MandarinChinese

Duolingo in Chinese is "多邻国”

多 duo = more
邻 lin = neighbour
国 guo = country

#languagelearners #langtoot #MandarinChinese

I am having a little break from doomscrolling about covid all day, so I have started doing #Chinese revision on Duolingo. It has been about four years since I studied it. I still remember most of the words and grammar but I had forgotten so many of even the most basic of characters. I was previously studying for HSK4 (but never did the test). #languagelearning #mandarinchinese

I am having a little break from doomscrolling about covid all day, so I have started doing #Chinese revision on Duolingo. It has been about four years since I studied it. I still remember most of the words and grammar but I had forgotten so many of even the most basic of characters. I was previously studying for HSK4 (but never did the test). #languagelearning #mandarinchinese

Hello, this is my #introduction. I have been so focused on avoiding covid for the past few years that it is hard to remember what else I used to be interested in.

Adding a few hashtags as I think of things.

#languagelearning #langtoot
#chinese #mandarin #mandarinchinese

I have been learning Chinese on and off since 2011 when I moved to China for two years. I have also studied a bit of French and Farsi (Persian).

Hello, this is my #introduction. I have been so focused on avoiding covid for the past few years that it is hard to remember what else I used to be interested in.

Adding a few hashtags as I think of things.

#languagelearning #langtoot
#chinese #mandarin #mandarinchinese

I have been learning Chinese on and off since 2011 when I moved to China for two years. I have also studied a bit of #French and #Farsi (Persian).

I am interested in #Tasmaniandevil #DFTD research.