Apr 10, 2015 · In English, formal emails, e.g. emails to a professor, often start with "Hi", "Hello", "Dear" followed by the receiver's name (and title, if applicable). The ending is

I have been writing quite a few e-mails recently and I feel that I want to expand my vocabulary regarding acceptable phrases to use both at the beginning and end of an e-mail. When I say informal, ...

May 10, 2020 · What is standard practise in Chinese for both letters/emails?-- Email is usually more casual, just a signature at the end is enough. unless it is a formal letter in Email form, then we treat it …

Jun 12, 2015 · Well, for an email, you don't have to be so serious. In my opinion, following the formal format of Chinese letters in an email looks quite weird. So, just say what you want to convey with a …

I'm looking for confirmation of the way I'm parsing a sentence with 的 at the end, and I'd appreciate some background or other examples of this usage. I found this sentence on tatoeba.org: 我一定會去 …

Nov 13, 2025 · I'm working on my character notes, and somehow the character 椋 (liáng) ended up in my notes for birds 鸟 and not trees 木, despite its 木 radical, because it's used for the bird: 椋鸟 liáng …

Oct 8, 2024 · There is a word in Hakka, [sip], Meaning, just like English seep. Sound, also just like English seep. So where does it come from? "滲" would seem to be the answer, but it is …

Jan 14, 2018 · The only real answer to this is reading a stack of Chinese texts and picking it up by osmosis. It's a gut-feel thing. But there are at least two cheats you can use to build intuition fast. …

Are Chinese letter structures [eg. Name, Address, Date, Recipient, Body, Closing] much the same as English letters? This is the basic letter structure in Chinese: Recipient Body Closing Name Date …

Apr 12, 2022 · The word 了 usually doesn't change the meaning of the text. 1. The word 了 is often used after verbs and adjectives to mean that something has finished. 2. Also used at the end of a …