Chinese measure words ranked by how often they are actually used
How often 个 really fills the measure-word slot in Chinese text, which two dozen classifiers (量词) cover nine tenths of...
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Hong Kong's 18 districts by population, density and council seats
Hong Kong's 18 districts (18區) on the census department's mid-2025 figures: which are most crowded, how the regions sha...
HSK 3.0 word counts by level, and how far old HSK words carry over
The syllabus the new HSK is tested on lists 11,000 words: 300 for level 1 up to 5,400 by level 6, with levels 7 to 9 sha...
How accurate is the Chinese gender chart, and why versions disagree
A test on 2.8 million Swedish births found the Chinese gender chart no better than a coin toss, and simply guessing "boy...
What a lucky 8 adds to a Hong Kong car plate, and what a 4 costs
Across 2,679 plates sold at Hong Kong's online auctions, each extra 8 went with a price about 51% to 65% higher and each...
Chinese typing speed in WPM, and why dividing by five gets it wrong
Hong Kong's civil service asks for 15 Chinese characters a minute, which looks tiny beside English speeds only because t...
How many Indonesian words can you make from seven letters
A random rack of seven letters makes a median of at least 23 Indonesian words, but a word using all seven turns up for o...
What CPM, CPC and CPA actually count
The industry's own guideline for a served ad impression says it does not require any part of the ad to be visible. CPM,...
When yi (一) and bu (不) change tone, and why pinyin usually doesn't show it
一 is said yí before a fourth tone and yì before the others; 不 becomes bú only before a fourth tone; and a third tone r...
How to count fan in Hong Kong mahjong, and why every table scores differently
In Hong Kong mahjong every table agrees that all chows is 1 fan and a full flush 7, but the rarer hands and the payout s...
What bone weight (称骨) most people get
In the 称骨 bone-weighing reading, the most common weight is 3两9钱 and the middle one is 4两. We added up the weight fo...
How many Chinese characters cover 90% of what you read
About a thousand characters make up 90% of written Chinese, but in film subtitles it is 717, and half of what is said on...
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