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Here’s what your country’s name translates to literally in Chinese
Have you ever wondered what each Asian country's name meant when translated? Well, The World in Maps has produced a humorous ...
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Inside the Labubu Craze and the Globalization of Chinese Designer Toys
L abubu – the hottest toy of 2025 – is making headlines everywhere these days. The little creature is all over TikTok, and ...
Al Jazeera11d
No ‘Pikachu’: Why is Japan at war against unconventional, ‘glittery’ names?
Japan has introduced new rules restricting how names are spelled and pronounced. The new regulations, announced last week, ...
Is Labubu the next Hello Kitty? Analysts debate the limits for China’s Pop Mart
Labubu is a stunning success and a new Chinese cultural export, but can the company repeat its feats and rival Sanrio?
Northwest Asian Weekly16d
Meet Jia Jia and De De, Hong Kong’s first locally born giant pandas
The names were the winning suggestions from residents in a naming contest that drew more than 35,700 entries. The Chinese character “Jia,” from the female cub’s name “Jia Jia,” carries a message of ...
Scientific Research Publishing17d
Wang, S. L., & Cheng, H. B. (2021). Neural Mechanisms of Chinese Character Processing from the CFL Perspective. Journal of Foreign Languages, 6, 94-101.
ABSTRACT: As morphemes are the smallest phonetic and semantic word formation units in Chinese, the study of morphemes has always been an important part of Chinese language acquisition research. Taking ...
WYFF17d
Meet Jia Jia and De De, Hong Kong's first locally born giant pandas
The name embodies the prosperity of families and the nation and the happiness of the people, the park said.The Chinese character “De," from the male cub's name, means to succeed, carrying the ...