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Chinese numbers (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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To be fair, zero is a complicated number

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 5 months ago (3 children)

It probably sounds silly but I quite enjoy not memorizing different names for days of the weeks and months like when I was learning french ... Lundi, Mardi ...

Nice to be like 星期一，星期二，星期三 ... for week days and 一月，二月，三月... for months.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Same, and not having to remember different versions of words for tense and gender is great. Where Chinese gets you back though, is measure words. Is a can of beans many 颗? 粒? One 包? Oh I was supposed to remember 罐?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I mean tbf you're addressing a can of bean, so 罐 is correct. It's the container that count, not the content.

[–] CoggyMcFee 3 points 5 months ago

It's the container that count, not the content

That’s not what Mr Rogers taught me

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Okay but what if that can of beans can suck its own dick?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

I don't mind the measure words so much because you can always use the generic one and people will understand, it's the tones that really mess me up.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I like how in French it's almost the same as in English. Monday = Moon Day = Lunar Day = Lundi
Tuesday = Tyr's Day = Mars' Day (both being the god of war) = Mardi

[–] jaybone 1 points 5 months ago

This seems like it would be difficult for the visually impaired.