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Abacus. An abacus ( pl.: abaci or abacuses ), also called a counting frame, is a hand -operated calculating tool which was used from ancient times in the ancient Near East, Europe, China, and Russia, until the adoption of the Arabic numeral system. [1] An abacus consists of a two-dimensional array of slidable beads (or similar objects).
Romanization of Chinese ( Chinese: 中文拉丁化; pinyin: zhōngwén lādīnghuà) is the use of the Latin alphabet to transliterate Chinese. Chinese uses a logographic script and its characters do not represent phonemes directly. There have been many systems using Roman characters to represent Chinese throughout history.
Old Gan (上古贛語, Song-gu Gon-ngi) or Proto-Gan (原始贛語, Ngien-si Gon-ngi) was spoken between the beginning of the Qin dynasty to the latter part of the Han dynasty. [1] In the year of 221 BC, General Tu Sui ( 屠睢 ) was sent on behalf of the Qin dynasty to the south of China in order to conquer the territory of Baiyue . 500,000 ...
Mandarin Chinese. Mandarin Chinese, [2] or simply Mandarin, ( / ˈmændərɪn / ( listen); simplified Chinese: 官话; traditional Chinese: 官話; pinyin: Guānhuà; literally: "speech of officials") is the language of government and education of the Chinese mainland and Taiwan, with the notable exceptions of Hong Kong and Macau where a local ...
Date established. 1870s [1] Johor Bahru Old Chinese Temple ( Chinese: 柔佛古廟; pinyin: Róufú Gǔmiào; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Jiû-hut Kó͘-biō) known as Old Temple ( Chinese: 古廟; pinyin: Gǔmiào; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kó͘-biō) by the locals, is a Chinese temple located in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. Located at Jalan Trus, the temple is ...
R. Reconstructions of Old Chinese. Categories: History of the Chinese language. Languages attested from the 13th century BC. Hidden category: Wikipedia categories named after languages.
James Hong. James Hong ( Chinese: 吳漢章; born February 22, 1929) is an American actor, producer and director. Known as one of the most prolific character actors of all time, [1] [2] he has worked in numerous productions in U.S. media since the Golden Age of Hollywood in the 1950s.
