Simply Chinese: Recipes from a Chinese Home Kitchen

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Although some locals may be familiar with the simplified form through news channels and online articles, simplified Chinese really hasn’t found its way into everyday life in those areas. My recipes are not restrictive. I believe in using up ingredients you have to hand. This is especially important in this current climate where the cost of living is so crazy," adds Suzie, encouraging people to experiment. Remove those two components, and the character becomes 发, which is the simplified character used for hair.

kǎi shū) — Standard Script. This is a slightly more stylized version of Clerical Script, using only traditional characters. Certain Clerical Script strokes were straight lines, but in Standard Script, they finish with a slight hook to give the character… character.

These characters were simplified as left-side radicals but maintained the traditional form when used as other character components or standalone characters.

Richard Ishida (editor): Best Practice 13: Using Hans and Hant codes in Internationalization Best Practices: Specifying Language in XHTML & HTML Content– W3C Working Group Note 12 April 2007. The Chinese characters used in modern Japanese (called Kanji characters) have also undergone simplification, but generally to a lesser extent than with simplified Chinese. It is worth mentioning that Japan's writing system utilizes a reduced number of Chinese characters in daily use, resulting partly from the Japanese language reforms; thus, a number of complex characters are written phonetically. Reconciling these different character sets in Unicode became part of the controversial process of Han unification. Some of the Chinese characters used in Japan are neither 'traditional' nor 'simplified'. In this case, these characters cannot be found in traditional/simplified Chinese dictionaries.

a b Wu, Jing; Guo, Likun (August 12, 2009). "China to Regulate Use of Simplified Characters". China View. Archived from the original on 2009-08-16 . Retrieved 2009-08-17. This means a speaker from one region cannot understand a speaker from another region, unless they have also learnt that language. Most, if not all, Chinese language textbooks in Hong Kong are written in traditional characters. Before 1997, the use of simplified characters was generally discouraged by educators. After 1997, while students are still expected to be proficient and utilize traditional characters in formal settings, they may sometimes adopt a hybrid written form in informal settings to speed up writing. With the exception of open examinations, simplified Chinese characters are considered acceptable by the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority for their speed. [ citation needed] Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia [ edit ] In Indonesia, Chinese is not an official language. However, the country is also home to a sizable ethnic-Chinese community, and similarly to Malaysia, ethnic-Chinese students typically receive their education in Chinese-language schools that almost exclusively use simplified characters. Traditional characters are seldom used, typically only for stylistic purposes. Simplification of Chinese characters caused the resemblance between them and their meaning more or less disappearing, but often, you are actually able to guess the meaning, and that’s mostly thanks to radicals.Add the Shaoxing wine, light soy sauce and oyster sauce and mix, then add the peas and pineapple and mix well. Taste and season. Use ◂ and ▸ keys to view the prev/next suggestions. The Space key can be used to select the first suggestion. Press Shift key for additional characters that are not visible on the keyboard. Traditional Chinese to Simplified Chinese Converter A regular on Ireland AM's Friday cooking slot, Suzie has also been busy filming for a new RTE programme and contributing to an upcoming BBC show. The second conditional of this category is that they don’t function as radicals for other characters. That detail was included so 习 wasn’t mistaken as a radical for the character 羽. 羽 in itself is a full radical. Category 2 example: 言 (yán) — speech/words