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How we combine two charactor into one chinese world?? Part II
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For example, internet celebrity is a new word, internet is 网络, celebrity is 红人. So internet celebrity is 网络红人. But as I mationed above, Mandarin perfer two syllable word. 网络红人is four syllable/charactor. So here is the question, how can we short them to two charactor/syllable? 网红，网人，络红，络人？
The answer is the first, 网红. If you say 网人, I maybe understand as a person who live in internet ( Ha, so high technology). But 络红，络人 is wierd to me.
That's because 络don't mean net.
Back before internet was invented. There is no word for Internet. But we do have a charactor "网" for net. If we still use Chinese traditonal language, we may call internet 网 directly. But Mandarin perfers two syllable, so we add another charactor/syllable 络 after 网. So 网络, a new two syllable wold was created.
So
网 is net in traditional language，
络 is headstall in traditional language, which is looks like net. And 络 can also be used to describ something looks like a net.
网络 is the new two syllable Mandarin word for internet, by two relative traditional word.
So back to the question, due to 络 is not net, when we create a new two syllable word, we will say 网红 rather than other 络红.
So if you understand this, you will understand why we say many thanks as “ a not common feeling of thankfulness ”. Because 非常 =很= many, 感谢=谢=thanks. 非常 is not two word any more, it's one new word.
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How we combine two charactor into one chinese world?? Part I
Hi, I'm new here. And I was looking the Mandarin Question in website. I saw a question:
if I say 非常感谢 to say "many thanks", am I actually saying
– 非 a not
– 常 common
– 感 feeling
– 谢 of thankfulness ?
is that 非 similar to 别 in front of the words?
This is a very interesting question. As each charactor has its own meaning, why we won't say many thanks, but Not Common Feeling of Thanksful? It's wierd, right?
To answer that, I think you need to learn Mandarin history. Do you ever wonder why chinese language called Mandarin? You know, English language is just call English. France language is called Franch. But Mandarin is nothing looking like China. It's weird, right?That's because the Mandarin is not china traditional language. It's Manchu's version of China language.
During thousand wars between us and northen nomad, we lost two time. One is Yuan Dynasty（Genghis Khan）, the other is Qing Dynasty (Manchu nation). The second nation ran china for hundreds year. It enormously influnce how we speak.
In China traditional language, one charactor is word, one word is one syllable. But in Manchu language, one word is multiple syllable. So when Manchu start to speak Chinese, they use a lot multiple syllable words. It influnced how officals speak. Officals influce relative. The relative influence neighbours. So one by one, hundreds years later, the Beijing Language was formed. But back then only Beijing People speak like that, the other place has its own accent or language. It's same in writing, but totally different in listening.
Because people speak different accent. It's hard to communacate. So when the P.R of China was found, government decide to generalize one accent. After intensely ballot, Beijing Language beat Sichuan Language by 1 vote, and become China offical Language. So nowdays, we all can speak Mandarin. For me, I speak Shandong Language in home, and speak Mandarin outside.
So if you understand this history, it may help you understand your question. In China traditional language, 非 means “not”, 常 means "common". But in Mandarin, 非 and 常 won't be used individually, unless you combine them to this "非常“---a two syllable word.
Understand each charactor is improtant to under Mandarin words. For example, internet celebrity is a new word,
No enough space, See Part II
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