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How to Write "Get Promoted" in Chinese Symbols

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Summary: Learn how to write "get promoted" in Chinese symbols with expert tips on writing Chinese signs in this free video language lesson.

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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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"Now lets see how to say get promoted in Chinese, bei ti sheng. Bei, here it's the equivalent of get. So you can see that this character indicates the passive in Chinese. And ti sheng, actually this is a noun as well as a verb. You can say ti sheng means promote or or ti sheng also means promotion. So bei ti sheng is get promoted. In Chinese if you want to express the passive words, this is the character you need to know. That is bei, it just means get. Or bei indicates the passive voice. Let's see ti sheng. Both ti sheng share a very similar meaning that is to raise to get high that is ti and sheng. So we know that. These two characters the relationship is coordination and coordination is a form of word in Chinese. You can say, "Ni bei ti sheng", that is you get promoted. Ti sheng, promote. Bei ti sheng, get promoted."

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