Learn interesting Chinese characters nv3女 mu3母 - Chinese symbols

Let's talk about 女(nǚ) and 母(mǔ) today. 女(nǚ) means Woman,母(mǔ) means mother. Please look at the ancient oracle bone characters first.

The first symbol is Woman, it was a women who was sitting on her knees to show the respect since woman's position was low thousand years ago. Now you know the first symbol is woman, then look at the second one, there are two dots on her breast which stand for nipples, so the second character is mother.

Right now 女(nǚ) more likes a walking lady. 母(mǔ) just takes the breast part to show the idea.

The order of the Chinese character 女nv3(nǚ)

The order of the Chinese character 母(mǔ)mu3

Learn interesting Chinese characters nan2 男 li4力 tian2田 - Chinese symbols

In Chinese 男nán means man. How does the character comes from?

男=田+力
田 is very obvious, it is farmland. 力means power, because it looks like a plow for old character. So together a man is a person who works hard in the farmland. Please look at the pictures.

the character 3000 years ago for 力

the character 3000 years ago for 田

the character 3000 years ago for 男

the plow from the museum

the character Man came from it

See the writing order of nan2男

The writing order of Li4 力

The writing order of Tian2 田

Learn interesting Chinese characters ren2人 - Chinese symbols

The character 人 rén right now looks a person who is walking. But thousands of years ago it was a very modest standing person. See the picture.

character 人 3000 years ago

the writing order of 人

Waiting for the bus like a Chinese

waiting-for-the-bus-like-a-chinese

waiting-for-the-bus-like-a-Swede

Waiting for the bus a like a Chinese

像中国人一样等车

xiànɡ zhōnɡɡuórén yíyànɡ děnɡ chē

xiànɡ。。。yíyànɡ 像。。。一样 means like sth

děnɡ等 means wait\waiting for

chē车 vehicle，it could be bus，car，train and any kinds of transportation tools. But when you say DengChe, in 90% chances, you mean waiting for a bus. If you want to make sure you are talking about the Bus not others, you will say ɡōnɡɡònɡqìchē公共汽车 

A Chinese joke

A Chinese joke

Do you understand this joke. Here is the explanation.

A guy asks:

过期三天的牛奶还能喝吗?

ɡuòqī sān tiān de niúnǎi hái nénɡ hē ma？

Can I drink the milk three days overdue？

Another guy says：

怕什么，还有三天到生产日期的牛奶我都喝过！

pà shénme，háiyǒu sān tiān dào shēnɡchǎn rìqī de niúnǎi wǒ dōu hē ɡuò！

Don't be afraid, I have ever had the milk 3 days before production date!

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Words Bank:

过期 ɡuòqī overdue

生产 shēnɡchǎn product, to produce

日期 rìqī date

Phrases to learn：

怕什么？ pà shénme？Don't be afraid. (word by word, scare what?)