Tag: Tones

He looked at his shop, engulfed completely in a quilt of darkness, except for that momentary tingling of the sepia light bulb, which seemed to have gulped a bottle of country liquor. Walking slowly, each of his steps made sure to make the least possible noise, but for the truant dried leaves, ...

Growing up, you’d say it’s not easy to make friends. As you get older, say past 40, it’s not easy to keep friends. That’s not me having a mood. It’s the gospel truth. It’s been said, “You are the friends you keep.” I won’t dispute that althoug...

Chinese (or more accurately Mandarin), like my native language Vietnamese, is a tonal language. The difference is that Vietnamese has 6 tones (sắc, huyền, hỏi, ngã, nặng, không) while Chinese only has 5 tones (mā, má, mǎ, m&agrave...