Tatarenko T. V.

The article concerns with approaches to the interpretation of Chinese basic characters by Xu Shen and by a number of modern linguists. There is realized comparative analysis of interpretation of basic characters in the “Shuo wen jie zi” dictionary and interpretations based on new linguistic information. It attempts to make a complex analysis of diachronic and synchronic interpretations through the prism of Ancient China’s cultural specificities.

Key words: Xu Shen, Shuo wen jie zi, interpretation, Chinese basic characters, Chinese radical, the Han Dynasty era.

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Wang Xuejiao

Today ’s world political and economic landscape has undergone profound changes. The “Belt and Road” initiative has followed the trend of the times. The construction of the “Belt and Road” requires a large number of “Chinese + professional” talents with an international perspective. This puts forward new requirements for the development of Chinese international education in the new period. Chinese international education needs transformation and development to meet the needs of the “Belt and Road” construction.

Keywords: One Belt One Road, Times background, Chinese international education, Chinese + major, transformation, development.

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Ye Hui

Pronunciation teaching is the most basic and the earliest content of teaching Chinese as a foreign language, so the quality of pronunciation directly affects the interest of students in learning Chinese and the quality of Chinese pronunciation in the future. This article mainly analyzes the errors that Russian students are prone to when learning Chinese pronunciation and the reasons for the errors, trying to find some solutions for Chinese pronunciation teaching, and hoping to improve Russian students’ ability to learn Chinese pronunciation. The article seeks to provide some help and inspiration to reduce their mistakes in learning Chinese pronunciation.

Keywords: Russian students; Chinese pronunciation; error analysis; error causes; solutions.

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A. A. Prutskikh

T. A. Pruckikh

The uniqueness of Chinese writing, the stages of its development and the ways of forming character allow researchers to penetrate through the history and find the influence of multiple factors on the formation of a “special” Eastern (Chinese) picture of the world. There is no any need to decipher ancient written signs; it opens a direct and maximal objective path to understanding the underlying processes on which Chinese society is based.

Key words: Chinese, characters, semantics, writing.

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