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University Professor Preserves Historical Women's Script SAMPLE
University Professor Preserves Historical Women's Script
SAMPLE
大学教授保护女书
大学教授保护女书
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Pinyin
Keywords
教授 - jiàoshòu - professor / to instruct / to lecture on
保护 - bǎohù - to protect / to defend / to safeguard / protection
唯一 - wéiyī - only / sole
女性 - nǚxìng - woman / the female sex
发明 - fāmíng - to invent / invention
使用 - shǐyòng - to use / to employ / to apply / to make use of
文字 - wénzì - character / script / writing / written language / writing style / phraseology
古代 - gǔdài - ancient times / olden times
生活 - shēnghuó - to live / life / activity / livelihood
引起 - yǐnqǐ - to give rise to / to lead to / to cause / to arouse
许多 - xǔduō - many / a lot of / much
退休 - tuìxiū - to retire / retirement (from work)
坚持 - jiānchí - to persevere with / to persist in / to insist on
研究 - yánjiū - research / a study
吸引 - xīyǐn - to attract (interest, investment etc)
专门 - zhuānmén - specialist / specialised / customised
交通 - jiāotōng - to be connected / traffic / transportation / communications
辛苦 - xīnkǔ - hard / exhausting / with much toil
区域 - qūyù - area / region / district
去世 - qùshì - to pass away / to die
传 - chuán - to pass on / to spread / to transmit / to infect / to transfer / to circulate
支持 - zhīchí - to be in favour of / to support / to back / support / backing
出版 - chūbǎn - to publish / to come off the press / to put out
字符 - zìfú - word-symbol / character
标准 - biāozhǔn - (an official) standard / norm / criterion
Grammar
由 + sb / sth + Verb - Expression introduces the doer of an action with "yóu + sb / sth + Verb"
女书是世界上唯一一种完全由女性发明和使用的文字。
由于女书只在一个很小的区域使用，如果会女书的人都去世了，女书就传不下去了。
只有…，才… - Expressing "only if…can (sth happen)" with "zhǐyǒu...，cái..." (used when only one course of action will result in the desired outcome)
在中国古代，只有男孩子才能上学读书。
然而… - Expressing "however / yet / but…" with "rán'ér…"
然而，生活在湖南省江永县的女性发明了自己的文字。
Group + 其中 - Expressing "within (it / them)..." with "Group + qízhōng..."
清华大学教授赵丽明就是其中之一。
尽管…，但是 / 可是… - Expressing "despite / although…however..." with "jǐnguǎn...，dànshì / kěshì..."
尽管她已经退休，但仍然坚持研究女书。
仍然… - Expressing "still / yet…" with "réngrán…"
尽管她已经退休，但仍然坚持研究女书。
被 + Verb Phrase - Expressing the action met without mentioning the subject or the doer with "bèi" (used in speech when the subject and doer are mentioned elsewhere or have already been mentioned)
赵教授第一次看到女书就被吸引住了。
Verb + 住 - Expressed after verbs as a compliment to indicate the action being done firmly or ceasing with "Verb + zhù"
赵教授第一次看到女书就被吸引住了。
不仅…，而且 / 还 / 也 … - Expressing "not only…but also..." with "bùjǐn...，érqiě / hái / yě…"
那个时候，交通不方便，她不仅要坐很长时间的火车，还得走很远的路。
不过… - Expressing a softer "but..." with "bùguò…"
不过，她一点儿也不觉得辛苦，只想把女书保护好。
由于… - Expressing a formal "due to / owing to…" with "yóuyú..."
由于女书只在一个很小的区域使用，如果会女书的人都去世了，女书就传不下去了。
后来… - Expressing "afterwards / later…" with "hòulái…" (more commonly used in sequence of events)
后来，她又让女书进入了国际电脑字符标准。
Verb + 出(来) - Expressed after a verb to indicate completion of an action for "to come up with" or "to come into being" with "Verb + chu(lai)"
这样，全世界的人都能在电脑上打出女书了。
Proper Nouns
女书 - Nǚ Shū - Nü Shu writing (phonetic syllabary for Yao ethnic group, designed and used by women in Jiangyong county in southern Hunan)湖南省 - Húnán Shěng - Hunan Province
江永县 - Jiāngyǒng xiàn - Jiangyong county (Hunan Province)
清华大学 - Qīnghuá Dàxué - Tsinghua University (Beijing)
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