On the occasion of the conclave, the Chinese Catholic website has retraced the historical origins of the term jiaohuang, used to refer to the Pope. It was first introduced by the great missionary ...

Unlike cuneiform (“wedge-shaped”) or hieroglyphics (“sacred carvings”) — names that evoke the distinct essence of ancient scripts — “Chinese character” is vague, impersonal and oddly detached from its ...

Foreign travelers visiting China will inevitably encounter amusing translations on English restaurant menus during their ...

Among the more than 4,500 oracle bone characters discovered, the meanings of over 3,000 remain a mystery. Scholars now hope ...

The MingKwai keyboard was invented in 1947 by writer and linguist Lin Yutang, and is capable of producing 80,000-plus Chinese ...

Some netizens have commented that Lena seems to understand the beauty of Chinese ... character-inspired art on Xiaohongshu, her story highlights a universal truth: language is more than just words ...

On one occasion, he even applied to use a wacky name that contains 48 Chinese characters. The man, from a village in Guiyang county, Hunan province, central China, was born as Zhu Yunfei ...

Lena draws the Chinese character "wu" (top) as a sheep, and "kan" as a singing jellyfish. [Photo provided to China Daily] To most people, Chinese characters may seem like random combinations of ...

With international travel to China on the rise ... This is because the word for Chinese cabbage, baocai, is made up of two Chinese characters. Bao means “bag,” and cai means “dish/food ...

This documentary-drama hybrid is one of the best new movies our critic's seen this year. It draws on archival footage to tell a story of two lovers separating and reuniting over roughly two decades.