More Chinese menu shorthand, part 2: the future of the Chinese writing system

Language Log 2025-12-23

Summary:

From Xinyi Ye: I was on my way home from HKU (Hong Kong University) and was looking for a dinner place and found this handwritten menu: (explanations and annotations below) Xinyi is not a native of Hong Kong, but she has been living there long enough to know the folkways and even to be sufficiently […]

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https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=72362&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=more-chinese-menu-shorthand-part-2-the-future-of-the-chinese-writing-system

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Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

12/23/2025, 04:51

Date published:

12/23/2025, 00:06