For example, the letter “b” in English represents a voiced bilabial stop, but no particular meaning can be attached to it in its function as a letter of the alphabet. Chinese writing is logographic, ...
The earliest extant examples of Chinese writing are the inscriptions that appear on so-called oracle bones (animal bones and turtle shells) and on bronze vessels, the oldest of which date back to the ...
This year’s DSE Chinese paper was generally more straightforward than in previous years, said teachers. About 47,400 candidates took part in Papers 1 and 2, Reading and Composition, on Monday.