{"id":702,"date":"2020-10-16T10:44:06","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T02:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maayot.com\/blog\/?p=702"},"modified":"2021-03-18T16:01:13","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T08:01:13","slug":"chinese-words-with-multiple-meanings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maayot.com\/blog\/chinese-words-with-multiple-meanings\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Words with Multiple Meanings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Have you found a Chinese word could have different meanings for different contexts? \u201c\u8fd9\u4e2a\u5927\u5b66\u5f88\u6c34\uff0c\u7855\u58eb\u5b66\u4f4d\u542b\u91d1\u91cf\u5f88\u4f4e\u3002<\/strong>\u201d Do you know what meanings of \u201c\u6c34<\/strong><\/span>\u201d and \u201c\u542b\u91d1\u91cf<\/strong><\/span>\u201d in this sentence? Do they simply just refer to water and gold content?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just like some words in English, for example, when is your \u201cdate\u201d of birth? My favourite fruit is \u201cdate\u201d. He has a \u201cdate\u201d with his girlfriend. Do you see it? A word with multiple meanings can be incredibly useful!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A word with multiple meanings is called \u201c\u4e00\u8bcd\u591a\u4e49<\/span>\u201d (y\u012b c\u00ed du\u014d y\u00ec).<\/strong> Here we summarised 8 common Chinese words with multiple meanings. Chinese people use them quite often in their daily life. When using this kind of words, be careful with each particular context and get a feeling of what meaning has been applied.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. \u6c34 (shu\u01d0)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n