Thursday, September 20, 2012

Chinese Characters 5

Because of their abstract beauty, Chinese symbols, or characters, are widely used for decoration and tattoos. Posters, framed paintings, shirts, hats, and many more items can be bought that are adorned with Chinese writing (other languages like Japanese are also used). Below are some Chinese symbols with their translations provided. Click the pictures for larger versions.

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Gold
Silver
Balance
Simple
Complex
jin ()
yin ()
pingheng (平衡)
jiandan ( 簡單 )
fuza (复杂)





North
South
East
West
What
bei ()
nan ()
dong ()
xi (西)
shenme (什么)





Why
How
Who
When
Where
wei shenme
(为什么)
zenmeyang
(怎么样)
shui ()
shenme shihou (什么时候)
nar (哪儿)





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