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Mandarin: Ways to Use 就

Hey guys, I know I said I probably wouldn’t make any new original stuff today but I lied I underestimated the amount of motivation I would have tonight.

Anyway, here’s some grammar stuff, bc 就 [jiù] can be used in a lot of ways & it confused me quite a bit. This helped clarify some stuff for me, hopefully it helps you guys out too. (Btw, I got most of this from Chinese grammar wiki, I’d definitely recommend looking on there if you’d like to see more examples or whatever!)

1. It can be used to indicate that something happened sooner than expected (basically the opposite of 才 when used like this).

[subject + time + 就 + verb + 了]

我昨晚八点半就睡觉了。

(I went to bed at 8:30 last night.)

这个问题他十分钟就解决了。

(It only took him 10 minutes to answer this question.)

2. It can indicate that something will happen in the near future.

[subject + time + 就 + verb]

老板明天就回家。

(The boss is coming home tomorrow.)

我马上就来。

(I’ll be there right away.)

3. It can be used to express “only” or “just.”

[就 + subject + predicate (can be an adjective or verb)] 

我们都忘了，就他还记得。

(We all forgot, he was the only one who remembered.)

OR

[subject + 就 + verb phrase]

我早饭就吃了一片面包。

(For breakfast I only ate a piece of bread.)

4. It can be used to mean “only have” (similar to 只有, but you don’t say 就有, that’s incorrect – just use 就).

[subject + 就 + number + measure word + noun]

你们家就一个孩子吗？

(There’s only one child in your family?)

我就一个弟弟。

(I only have one little brother.)

5. It can be used to express something like “do as you please.”

[想 + verb + 就 + (same) verb]

想吃就吃，不用问我。

(If you want to, then eat it, no need to ask me.)

别害怕，想说就说。

(Don’t be afraid, just say what you want to say.)

Okay yeah sorry this got kinda long, but again I hope this is helpful. As always, please let me know if you find any mistakes, feel free to hmu if you’ve got requests or ideas for whatever kind of post, etc. 

[Note: this is not an exhaustive list of the ways 就 can be used, but it’s got a few of the ways that I’ve seen it used most often & thought were most relevant.]

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Brazilian Portuguese Vocabulary - Contrast Words

This was made based on this post by @useduppaper

ANTÔNIMOS

Big and small –  Grande e pequeno

Tall and short – Alto e baixo

Wet and dry – Molhado e seco

Light and dark – Claro e escuro

Happy and sad – Feliz e triste

Fast and slow – Rápido e devagar/lento

High and low – Alto e baixo

Hungry and full – Faminto e cheio/satisfeito

Pretty and ugly – Lindo e feio

Smart and stupid – Inteligente/esperto e burro/estúpido

Old and new/Young – Velho (or Idoso when talking about people) e novo/jovem

Sit and stand – Sentar e levantar/ficar de pé

Black and White – Preto e branco

Laugh and cry – Rir e chorar

Give and take – Dar e tomar/pegar

Scream and whisper – Gritar e sussurar

Ask and answer – Perguntar e responder

Funny and sad – Engraçado e triste

Here and there – Aqui e lá

Boring and interesting – Entediante/chato e interessante

A little and a lot – Pouco e muito

Cold and warm – Frio e quente

Summer and winter – Verão e inverno

Morning and evening – Manhã e noite

Remember and forget – Lembrar e esquecer

Expensive and cheap – Caro e barato

Kind and mean – Gentil e cruel/mau

Heavy and light – Pesado e leve

Sick and healthy – Doente e saudável

To and from – Para e de

With and without – Com e sem

PS: I don’t know if all of these words are the same for European Portuguese.

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[#Kanji of the Day] Monday April 24, 2017 (Heisei 29):慟哭

Japanese Romaji: doukoku Japanese Meaning: wailing / lamentation / wail / lament

Parts: dou - be sad / grieve

koku(ne, na) - weep / wail / moan

———————————————————- Chinese Pinyin: tòngkū Chinese Meaning: to weep bitterly / to wail / to cry one’s heart out

Parts: tòng - extreme grief / deep sorrow / sadness / weep bitterly / wail / mourn / be moved

kū - to weep / to cry / to sob / to wail / to whimper

Kanji Count | Word Count: 2812 | 1758

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Chinese Grammar

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The word you're looking for is "patient."

I will *not* call the people I care for “clients.”

I’m not doing a project for them.

I’m caring for them through their illness. I’m nurturing and teaching and supporting them. I’m feeding, washing, medicating, ambulating and encouraging them. I’m making sure they’re warm enough and that they can rest.

And I’m giving a damn about them. Oftentimes, though not nearly to the extent they are, I’m suffering with them. Also fairly often I’m pissing them off by not giving them what they want because it’s not what they need.

I’m determined to get them better, not make them happy customers.

Asking me to call them “clients” is an insult to both of us.

The vision of medicine as big business has to go.

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09.02.2017 // starting the 100 days of productivity again because i failed horribly last time (; д ;)

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How to Study Like a Harvard Student

Taken from Sophia Chua-Rubenfeld, daughter of the Tiger Mother

Preliminary Steps 1. Choose classes that interest you. That way studying doesn’t feel like slave labor. If you don’t want to learn, then I can’t help you. 2. Make some friends. See steps 12, 13, 23, 24. General Principles 3. Study less, but study better. 4. Avoid Autopilot Brain at all costs. 5. Vague is bad. Vague is a waste of your time. 6. Write it down. 7. Suck it up, buckle down, get it done. Plan of Attack Phase I: Class 8. Show up. Everything will make a lot more sense that way, and you will save yourself a lot of time in the long run. 9. Take notes by hand. I don’t know the science behind it, but doing anything by hand is a way of carving it into your memory. Also, if you get bored you will doodle, which is still a thousand times better than ending up on stumbleupon or something. Phase II: Study Time 10. Get out of the library. The sheer fact of being in a library doesn’t fill you with knowledge. Eight hours of Facebooking in the library is still eight hours of Facebooking. Also, people who bring food and blankets to the library and just stay there during finals week start to smell weird. Go home and bathe. You can quiz yourself while you wash your hair. 11. Do a little every day, but don’t let it be your whole day. “This afternoon, I will read a chapter of something and do half a problem set. Then, I will watch an episode of South Park and go to the gym” ALWAYS BEATS “Starting right now, I am going to read as much as I possibly can…oh wow, now it’s midnight, I’m on page five, and my room reeks of ramen and dysfunction.” 12. Give yourself incentive. There’s nothing worse than a gaping abyss of study time. If you know you’re going out in six hours, you’re more likely to get something done. 13. Allow friends to confiscate your phone when they catch you playing Angry Birds. Oh and if you think you need a break, you probably don’t. Phase III: Assignments 14. Stop highlighting. Underlining is supposed to keep you focused, but it’s actually a one-way ticket to Autopilot Brain. You zone out, look down, and suddenly you have five pages of neon green that you don’t remember reading. Write notes in the margins instead. 15. Do all your own work. You get nothing out of copying a problem set. It’s also shady. 16. Read as much as you can. No way around it. Stop trying to cheat with Sparknotes. 17. Be a smart reader, not a robot (lol). Ask yourself: What is the author trying to prove? What is the logical progression of the argument? You can usually answer these questions by reading the introduction and conclusion of every chapter. Then, pick any two examples/anecdotes and commit them to memory (write them down). They will help you reconstruct the author’s argument later on. 18. Don’t read everything, but understand everything that you read. Better to have a deep understanding of a limited amount of material, than to have a vague understanding of an entire course. Once again: Vague is bad. Vague is a waste of your time. 19. Bullet points. For essays, summarizing, everything. Phase IV: Reading Period (Review Week) 20. Once again: do not move into the library. Eat, sleep, and bathe. 21. If you don’t understand it, it will definitely be on the exam. Solution: textbooks; the internet. 22. Do all the practice problems. This one is totally tiger mom. 23. People are often contemptuous of rote learning. Newsflash: even at great intellectual bastions like Harvard, you will be required to memorize formulas, names and dates. To memorize effectively: stop reading your list over and over again. It doesn’t work. Say it out loud, write it down. Remember how you made friends? Have them quiz you, then return the favor. 24. Again with the friends: ask them to listen while you explain a difficult concept to them. This forces you to articulate your understanding. Remember, vague is bad. 25. Go for the big picture. Try to figure out where a specific concept fits into the course as a whole. This will help you tap into Big Themes – every class has Big Themes – which will streamline what you need to know. You can learn a million facts, but until you understand how they fit together, you’re missing the point. Phase V: Exam Day 26. Crush exam. Get A.

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My favorite study motivation post

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Hedvig Palm by Thomas Whiteside Modern Weekly China, March 2016

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Coffee 咖啡(kā fēi) and Tea 茶(chá)

Coffee－ 咖啡(kā fēi)

Americano－ 美式咖啡 (měi shì kā fēi)

Cappuccino－ 卡布奇诺 (kǎ bù qí nuò)

Caramel Macchiato－ 焦糖玛奇朵 (jiāo táng mǎ qí duǒ)

Espresso－ 浓缩咖啡 (nóng suō kā fēi)

Latte－ 拿铁咖啡 (ná tiě kā fēi)

Vanilla latte－ 香草拿铁 (xiāng cǎo ná tiě)

Misto－ 密斯朵咖啡 (mì sī duǒ kā fēi)

Mocha Coffee－ 摩卡咖啡 (mó kǎ kā fēi)

Decaf Coffee－ 无咖啡因咖啡 (wú kā fēi yīn kā fēi)

Tea－ 茶(chá)

Chai tea－ 拉茶 (lā chá)

Black tea－红茶 (hóng chá)

Green tea－ 绿茶 (lǜ chá)

Oolong tea－ 乌龙茶 (wū lóng chá)

Dragon Well tea－ 龙井茶 (lóng jǐng chá)

Puer tea－ 普洱茶(pǔ’ ěr chá)

Scented tea－ 花茶 (huā chá)

Jasmine tea－ 茉莉花茶 (mò lì huā chá)

Mint tea－ 薄荷茶 (bò hé chá)

Chrysanthemum tea－ 菊花茶 (jú huā chá)

Chamomile tea－ 甘菊茶 (gān jú chá)

Earl Grey－ 格雷伯爵茶 (gé léi bó jué chá)

Honey Citron tea－ 蜂蜜柚子茶 (fēng mì yòu zǐ chá)

Milk tea－ 奶茶 (nǎi chá)

Boba/Pearl milk tea－ 珍珠奶茶 (zhēn zhū nǎi chá)

Other vocabulary

杯－ a measure word for tea, coffee, cup.

Ice－ 冰 (bīng)

Hot－ 热 (rè)

Cold－ 冷 (lěng)

Honey－ 蜂蜜 (fēng mì)

Sugar－ 糖 (táng)

Half sugar－ 半糖 (bàn táng)

Without…－ 不加 (bù jiā)

Chocolate－ 巧克力 (qiǎo kè lì)

Whipped Cream－ 生/鲜奶油 (shēng /xiān nǎi yóu)

Milk－ 牛奶 (niú nǎi)

Skim Milk－ 脱脂牛奶 (tuō zhī niú nǎi)

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dictionary of purple prose, for all your extravagant word needs:

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A

abeyance – (noun) a state of temporary disuse or suspension.

accismus – (noun) a feigned refusal of something earnestly desired.

acherontic – (adj.) Acheronian, Acherontic, Stygian (dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades).

acquiesce – (verb) accept something reluctantly but without protest.

acumen – (noun) the ability to make good judgements and make quick decisions.

aesthete – (noun) a person who is appreciative of and sensitive to art and beauty.

afflatus – (noun) a divine creative impulse or inspiration.

akimbo – (adverb) with hands on the hips and elbows turned outwards.

amicable – (adj.) characterized by friendliness and absence of discord.

alphitomancy – (noun) the use of barley as a means for divination.

apocryphal – (adj.) [of a story or statement] of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true.

approbation – (noun) approval or praise. See also: approbatory (adj.)

arbalest –  (noun) [historical] A crossbow with a special mechanism for drawing back and releasing the string.

ardent – (adj.) very enthusiastic or passionate; [archaic] burning, glowing.

arras – (noun) a wall hanging made of a rich tapestry fabric, typically used to conceal an alcove.

arrogate – (verb) take or claim (something) for oneself without justification.

ascendancy – (noun) [mass noun] occupation of a position of dominant power or influence.

atrabilious – (adj.) [literary] Melancholy or irritable.

aubade – (noun) a poem or piece of music appropriate to the dawn or early morning.

avarice – (noun) [mass noun] extreme greed for wealth or material gain.

B

bagatelle – (noun) 1. a thing regarded as too unimportant or easy to be worth much consideration; 2. a short, light piece of music, especially one for the piano.

balbutient – (adj.) [literary] stuttering, stammering.

baleful – (adj.) threatening; menacing.

ballast –

battologize – (verb) to repeat (a word, phrase, mannerism, etc.) excessively.

becalmed – (adj.) [of a sailing ship] unable to move through lack of wind.

bedeck – (verb + object) to decorate.

belliferous – (adj.) someone or something waging war or creating a warlike condition.

bibacious – (adj.) addicted to drinking alcohol.

bibliobibuli – (noun) to be drunk on books.

bibliophagist – (noun) one who reads books omnivorously.

bibliosmia – (noun) the act of smelling a book for pleasure.

bilious – 1. (adj.) affected by or associated with nausea and vomiting; [of a color] lurid or sickly. 2. (adj.) spiteful or bad-tempered.

billets-doux – (noun) [dated, humorous] a love letter.

bivouac – (noun) a temporary camp without tents or cover, used especially by soldiers or mountaineers.

bloviate – (verb) talk at length, especially in an inflated or empty way. Also, bloviation(noun), bloviator (person; noun).

bonhomie – (noun) cheerful friendliness; geniality.

book-bosomed – (noun) a person who carries a book at all times.

brigandage – (noun) a gang that ambushes and robs people in forests and mountains.Also, brigand (noun), brigandry (noun).

bumptious – (adj.) irritatingly self-assertive.

bulwark – (noun) a defensive wall; an extension of a ship’s sides above the level of the deck.

(noun) 1. heavy material, such as gravel, sand, or iron, placed in the bilge of a ship to ensure its stability; a heavy substance carried in an airship or on a hot-air balloon to stabilize it and jettisoned when greater altitude is required; something providing stability or substance. 2. gravel or coarse stone used to form the bed of a railway track or the substratum of a road; a mixture of coarse and fine aggregate for making concrete.

(verb + object) to give stability or form.

C

canaille – (noun) [derogatory] the common people; the masses.

candelabrum – (noun) a large branched candlestick or holder for several candles or lamps.

carafe – (noun) an open-topped glass flask used for serving wine or water in a restaurant.

censure – (noun) the formal expression of severe disapproval.

chantage – (noun) the extortion of money by blackmail.

chthonian – (adj.) relating to or inhabiting the underworld.

codex – (noun) 1. an ancient manuscript text in book form. 2. an official list of medicines, chemicals, etc.

cogswoggled – (verb) Slang. Used similarly to “I’ll be damned.”

colloquy – (noun) 1. formal a conversation 2. gathering for discussion of theological questions.

conclave – (noun) a private meeting.

concatenate – (verb) to link together as in a chain. (noun) a series of things depending on or resulting from each other.

concupiscence – (noun) a strong, sexual desire; lust.

corpulent – (adj.) (of a person) fat.

cozen – (verb) to trick or deceive. See also: cozenage.

crapehanger – (noun) a person who sees the gloomy side of things; pessimist.

cunctation – (noun) someone who delays or procrastinates.

curvet – (noun) a graceful or energetic leap.

cynosure – (noun) a person or thing that is the center of attention or admiration.

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I finished my finals yesterday so I thought I’d kick off this new blog with some finals related vocab!

VOCAB

考试 -  Kǎoshì - test 老师 -  Lǎoshī  - teacher 指导教师 - Zhǐdǎo jiàoshī - academic adviser  学分 -  Xuéfēn - academic credit 铅笔 - Qiānbǐ - pencil 笔 - bǐ - pen 学习 -  Xuéxí - to study 练习 -  Liànxí - to practice 知道 -  Zhīdào - to know 懂 -  Dǒng - to understand 图书馆 - Túshū guǎn  宿舍 -  Sùshè - dorm 大学 -  Dàxué - college 中学 -  Zhōngxué - highschool 紧张 -  Jǐnzhāng - nervous 准备 -  Zhǔnbèi - to prepare 教室 -  Jiàoshì - classroom 难 -  Nán - difficult 容易 -  Róngyì - easy 等 -  Děng - to wait 成绩 -  Chéngjī - grade (mark) 挂科  -  Guà kē - to fail (an exam) 及格 -  Jígé - to pass (an exam) 

GRAMMAR

因为 A 所以  B  Yīnwèi… Suǒyǐ / Because… So This structure basically functions as “because of A, B is true” though it feels a bit backwards from an English structure. More often we say the result before the reason, i.e. “I’m tired because I studied for 5 hours” but in Chinese this is a pretty common way to structure a statement:

 “because I studied for five hours, (so) I’m tired.” “因为我学习了五个小时， 所以我很累。” “Yīnwèi wǒ xuéxíle wǔ gè xiǎoshí, suǒyǐ wǒ hěn lèi.”  “Because I failed my test, I don’t want to call my mom.” “因为我挂科了考试，所以我不想给我的妈妈打电话。” “Yīnwèi wǒ guà kēle kǎoshì, suǒyǐ wǒ bùxiǎng gěi wǒ de māmā dǎ diànhuà.”

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