Jul 30
Mandarin really popped off with 了
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Mandarin really popped off with 了
27/07/2026 黑夜告白 / Light to the Night (2026)
it's been so long since i watched any cdrama or any mandarin input like in forever (more than a year i think) so today i decided to start w this one
Ive only watched the first ep but it seemed entertaining and kinda on the fun/light mystery side without romance (i do not like any cdrama w romance, they lean too much into tropes and i feel like it is too cringey for me).
on the other hand it seems like the timeline is in the 90s which makes me wonder about the lnguage, like am i listening to not currently used vocab? Are they disregarding that? Since i have a very low level in the language and i wanna learn it, that is a worry what it comes to mind, like should i be watching tv shows that are in our currently timeline around the 2020s? But most of them are romantics shows so i do not want to watch those...
Do you hve any cdrama recs?
Ok yeah, my 2nd hsk3 mock was a 91% even tho I'm dead tired. Maybe I'll schedule the actual thing earlier than the original plan of fall this year.
“Transliterating into the Latin alphabet is an imprecise method, since not all sounds match the alphabet. Some are more intuitive for the new alphabet while others match the original sounds better”
Yeah ok, that makes sense
“I use numbers to indicate tone when transliterating Chinese”
What the fuck
I booked a Mandarin lesson on italki today! <3
Chinese tech vocabulary: chargers, cables and ports
Needing to buy headphones and being unable to specify that you need wired headphones and NOT wireless ones can happen to anyone, so here is some technical related vocab in Chinese to help.
Phone - 手机 - shǒujī Smartphone - 智能手机 - zhìnéng shǒujī Computer - 电脑 - diànnǎo Laptop - 笔记本电脑 - bǐjìběn diànnǎo Desktop computer - 台式电脑 - táishì diànnǎo Tablet - 平板电脑 - píngbǎn diànnǎo Power bank - 充电宝 - chōngdiànbǎo Printer - 打印机 - dǎyìnjī Projector - 投影仪 - tóuyǐngyí Television - 电视机 - diànshìjī Speaker - 音箱 - yīnxiāng Bluetooth speaker - 蓝牙音箱 - lányá yīnxiāng Router - 路由器 - lùyóuqì Modem - 调制解调器 - tiáozhì jiětiáoqì Gaming console - 游戏机 - yóuxìjī Electronic dictionary - 电子词典 - diànzǐ cídiǎn Charger - 充电器 - chōngdiànqì Charging cable - 充电线 - chōngdiànxiàn Data cable - 数据线- shùjù xiàn Wireless charger - 无线充电器 - wúxiàn chōngdiànqì Battery - 电池 - diànchí Travel adapter - 旅行适配器 - lǚxíng shìpèiqì Type of power plug - 电源插头类型 - diànyuán chātóu lèixíng
Writing any hanzi with more than 4 strokes
Went to look up the character for a word I wanted to know and the first like, 3 or 4 results were AI translators. I cannot express how much I do not want that
