xinx

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From :   xinx

Date : 2009-08-18 / 01:43PM

What’s the difference between “dou jiang” & “dou zhi”? I guess they are the same thing—soy bean juice!

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lulanke

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 Roland Parijs yahoo.com 
2009-08-19 / 05:56AM

Hello Xinx,

豆 dòu means a bean, 浆 jiāng means thick liquid, starch, which of course 豆浆 is, a thick liquid made from beans. 豆子 dòuzǐ however means a bean. 子 is often used in Chinese, it adds no meaning to the word but it makes the word longer so that it will be easier to understand, like
孩- 孩子 鞋- 鞋子 袜- 袜子 帽- 帽子
háizǐ child, xiézǐ shoes, wàzǐ socks, màozǐ hat.
Hat is a funny character, at the left the symbol 巾of a cloth, on the right on top the sun 日 and below the character of an eye 目, so a cloth to protect your eyes from the sun i.e. a hat!

Am I right Benny 我尊敬汉语老师?

Hope this will answer your question

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陆蓝克

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