1.0LinguaMedia Chinesehttps://linguamedia.net/chineseAdminhttps://linguamedia.net/chinese/author/a_gal1le0/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="9k2FgQlRWD"><a href="https://linguamedia.net/chinese/characters-and-words/">Characters and Words</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://linguamedia.net/chinese/characters-and-words/embed/#?secret=9k2FgQlRWD" width="600" height="338" title="“Characters and Words” — LinguaMedia Chinese" data-secret="9k2FgQlRWD" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://linguamedia.net/chinese/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> Most European languages have a few single letters which can also stand alone as words. (Think “A” and “I”). While in modern Chinese most words consist of two or more characters, many characters can be used as words in their own right, while many others are normally only used in combination with other characters to […]