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How to Write "Coffee Table" in Chinese

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Summary: Learn how to write & pronounce the Chinese symbol (character) for coffee table in this free Chinese language lesson on video.

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By Xi Chen
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Xi Chen got her Certificate of Teaching Chinese As a Foreign Language in 2005, one of less than 5,000 certificate holders across China. Recently, she was newly appointed program...read more

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"Okay, now let me teach you the Chinese word for "coffee table", "cha ji". This word in English is "coffee table", and in Chinese it changes into "tea table", because Chinese people like tea so much. So "cha" means "tea" and "ji" is kind of a, a small table. We call this kind of small table "ji". And "cha", this part is the grass radical, because it looks like kind of grass; and this is the middle part here, something in the lower part. Okay, when we are writing "ji", this is just one stroke, so don't stop while you're writing it. Again, let?s see, "cha ji". This is "coffee table" in Chinese, "cha ji"."

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