ABOUT THE SPEAKER
ShaoLan Hsueh - Technologist, entrepreneur
ShaoLan want to help people understand China's culture and language, and to bridge the gap between East and West.

Why you should listen

ShaoLan is an entrepreneur, angel investor, geek, writer, traveller and dreamer. She is the founder and creator of Chineasy, which she launched after her TED Talk in Long Beach, California in 2013.

In just over three years, she has built Chineasy into one of the most popular methods of learning Chinese across the Internet with several hundred thousand fellow learners. Her first book, Chineasy, The New Way to Read Chinese, was launched in March 2014 and has been translated into 18 languages. Her next book, Chineasy Everyday, was launched in March 2016.

ShaoLan is a tech entrepreneur with extensive business experience. At the age of 22, while studying for her MBA, she wrote four best-selling books on software in Taiwan, and her books were bundled by Microsoft. She co-founded pAsia, one of the major players on Internet in Asia in 1990’s. After a second masters degree at the University of Cambridge, she began Caravel Capital in 2005 to advise young tech companies.

Chineasy represents a return for ShaoLan to her artistic upbringing and in many ways a design project. This project is the culmination of her life’s journey through the East and West. Her aim is to help people to understand China, Chinese culture, its language and to bridge the gap between East and West. Her next step is to help Chinese children to enjoy and appreciate the beauty of their own language. 

 

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ShaoLan: Learn to read Chinese ... with ease!

ShaoLan: Belajar membaca bahasa Cina ... dengan mudahnya!

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Bagi orang asing, belajar bertutur dalam bahasa Cina ialah satu tugas yang sukar. Tetapi, mungkin ia tidak begitu sukar untuk belajar membaca huruf-huruf dalam tulisan bahasa Cina yang cantik dan selalunya rumit. ShaoLan menunjukkan cara yang mudah untuk mengetahui buah fikiran di sebalik huruf dan makna huruf -- bermula daripada beberapa bentuk yang mudah sehingga konsep yang lebih rumit. Ia dipanggil "Chineasy".
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GrowingYang semakin meningkat up in TaiwanTaiwan
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Saya membesar di Taiwan.
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as the daughteranak perempuan of a calligrapherAhli,
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Saya anak
seorang ahli kaligrafi.
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one of my mostpaling banyak treasureddihargai memorieskenangan
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Salah sebuah kenangan saya
yang paling berharga ialah
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was my motheribu showingmenunjukkan me the beautykecantikan, the shapebentuk
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mak saya menunjukkan
kepada saya
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and the formborang of ChineseCina characterswatak.
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kecantikan dan bentuk
huruf-huruf Cina.
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Ever sincesejak then, I was fascinatedterpesona
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Sejak itu,
saya terpesona oleh
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by this incredibleluar biasa languagebahasa.
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bahasa yang menarik ini.
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But to an outsiderorang luar, it seemsnampaknya to be
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Tapi bagi orang luar,
ia seperti
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as impenetrablemembentuk as the Great WallDinding of ChinaChina.
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Tembok Besar China
yang sukar ditembusi.
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Over the pastmasa lalu fewbeberapa yearstahun, I've been wonderingtertanya-tanya
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Beberapa tahun yang lalu,
saya tertanya-tanya
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if I can breakpecah down this walldinding,
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kalau-kalau saya dapat
menembusi tembok ini
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so anyonesesiapa who wants to understandfaham and appreciatemenghargai
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agar sesiapa yang mahu
memahami dan menghargai
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the beautykecantikan of this sophisticatedcanggih languagebahasa could do so.
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kecantikan bahasa yang anggun ini
dapat buat begitu.
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I startedbermula thinkingberfikir about how a newbaru, fastcepat methodkaedah
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Saya mula memikirkan
cara pembelajaran
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of learningpembelajaran ChineseCina mightmungkin be usefulberguna.
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bahasa Cina
yang baru dan cepat.
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SinceSejak the ageumur of fivelima, I startedbermula to learnbelajar how to drawlukis
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Sejak usia 5 tahun,
saya mula belajar cara menulis
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everysetiap singletunggal strokestrok for eachsetiap characterwatak
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setiap strok
untuk setiap huruf
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in the correctbetul sequenceurutan.
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mengikut urutan yang betul.
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I learnedbelajar newbaru characterswatak everysetiap day
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Saya belajar huruf baru
setiap hari
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duringsemasa the coursekursus of the nextseterusnya 15 yearstahun.
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sepanjang 15 tahun seterusnya.
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SinceSejak we only have fivelima minutesminit,
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Oleh sebab kita hanya ada
5 minit,
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it's better that we have a fastcepat and simplerlebih mudah way.
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adalah baik jika kita gunakan
cara yang cepat dan mudah.
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A ChineseCina scholarulama would understandfaham 20,000 characterswatak.
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Seseorang cendekiawan Cina
memahami 20,000 huruf.
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You only need 1,000 to understandfaham the basicasas literacycelik huruf.
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Anda hanya memerlukan 1,000 huruf
untuk memahami literasi yang asas.
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The topatas 200 will allowizinkan you to comprehendmemahami
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200 huruf terpenting
membolehkan anda memahami
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40 percentperatus of basicasas literaturekesusasteraan --
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40% daripada
kesusasteraan asas --
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enoughcukup to readbaca roadjalan raya signstanda-tanda, restaurantrestoran menusmenu,
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memadai untuk membaca
isyarat jalan raya, menu restoran,
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to understandfaham the basicasas ideaidea of the webweb pageshalaman
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memahami idea asas
dalam laman web
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or the newspapersakhbar.
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atau surat khabar.
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TodayHari ini I'm going to startmulakan with eightlapan
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Hari ini, saya akan
mulakan dengan 8 huruf
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to showtunjukkan you how the methodkaedah workskerja-kerja.
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untuk menunjukkan
bagaimana cara ini berfungsi.
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You are readysedia?
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Anda sudah bersedia?
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OpenTerbuka your mouthmulut as widelebar as possiblemungkin
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Buka mulut anda
seluas yang mungkin
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untilsehingga it's squarepersegi.
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sehingga ia berbentuk 4 segi.
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You get a mouthmulut.
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Ini ialah "mulut".
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This is a personorang going for a walkjalan.
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Ini ialah
orang yang sedang berjalan.
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PersonOrang.
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"Orang".
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If the shapebentuk of the fireapi is a personorang
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Jika bentuk api ialah orang
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with two armssenjata on bothkedua-duanya sidesbelah,
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yang mempunyai 2 tangan
di kedua-dua belah,
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as if she was yellingmenjerit franticallydgn penuh ketakutan,
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seolah-olah dia sedang
menjerit kegila-gilaan,
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"Help! I'm on fireapi!" --
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"Tolong! Saya terbakar!" --
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This symbolsimbol actuallysebenarnya is originallyasalnya from the shapebentuk of the flameapi,
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Sebenarnya, simbol ini
berasal daripada bentuk api,
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but I like to think that way. WhicheverMana-mana workskerja-kerja for you.
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tapi saya suka memikirkannya begitu.
Apa-apa saja yang berguna untuk anda.
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This is a treepokok.
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Ini ialah "pokok".
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TreePokok.
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Ini ialah "pokok".
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This is a mountaingunung.
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Ini ialah "gunung".
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The sunmatahari.
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"Matahari".
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The moonbulan.
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"Bulan".
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The symbolsimbol of the doorpintu
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Simbol "pintu"
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lookskelihatan like a pairpasangan of saloonSaloon doorspintu in the wildliar westbarat.
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kelihatan seperti pintu bar
pada abad ke-19 di Amerika Syarikat.
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I call these eightlapan characterswatak radicalsradikal.
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Saya menganggap 8 huruf ini
huruf radikal.
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They are the buildingbangunan blocksblok
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Ia merupakan blok binaan
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for you to createbuat lots more characterswatak.
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yang membolehkan anda
membentuk lebih banyak huruf.
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A personorang.
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1 "orang".
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If someoneseseorang walksberjalan kaki behinddi belakang, that is "to followikuti."
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Jika ia diikuti "orang",
ia membentuk "mengikuti".
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As the oldtua sayingberkata goespergi,
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Bak kata pepatah
dalam bahasa Inggeris:
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two is companysyarikat, threetiga is a crowdorang ramai.
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Dua sekawan,
tiga serangkai.
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If a personorang stretcheddiregangkan theirmereka armssenjata widelebar,
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Jika "orang" membentangkan
kedua-dua tangan dengan luas,
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this personorang is sayingberkata, "It was this bigbesar."
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ia membentuk "besar".
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The personorang insidedalam the mouthmulut, the personorang is trappedterperangkap.
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Jika "orang" berada di dalam "mulut",
maka dia terperangkap.
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He's a prisonerbanduan, just like JonahYunus insidedalam the whaleikan paus.
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Ia membentuk "banduan",
seperti Nabi Yunus di dalam ikan paus.
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One treepokok is a treepokok. Two treespokok togetherbersama-sama, we have the woodsWoods.
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1 "pokok" ialah "pokok".
2 "pokok" membentuk "hutan kecil".
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ThreeTiga treespokok togetherbersama-sama, we createbuat the foresthutan.
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3 "pokok" membentuk "hutan".
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Put a plankpapan itu underneathdi bawah the treepokok, we have the foundationasas.
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Satu garisan di bawah "pokok"
membentuk "asas".
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Put a mouthmulut on the topatas of the treepokok, that's "idiotbodoh." (LaughterGelak ketawa)
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"Mulut" di atas "pokok"
membentuk "bodoh".
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EasyMudah to rememberingat,
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Agak mudah untuk ingat,
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sincesejak a talkingbercakap treepokok is prettycantik idioticbodoh.
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kerana pokok yang bercakap
kedengaran bodoh.
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RememberIngat fireapi?
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Masih ingat "api"?
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Two fireskebakaran togetherbersama-sama, I get really hotpanas.
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2 "api"
membentuk "panas".
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ThreeTiga fireskebakaran togetherbersama-sama, that's a lot of flamesapi.
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3 "api"
membentuk "nyalaan api".
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SetSet the fireapi underneathdi bawah the two treespokok, it's burningpembakaran.
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1 "api" di bawah 2 "pokok"
membentuk "bakar".
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For us, the sunmatahari is the sourcesumber of prosperitykemakmuran.
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Bagi kami,
matahari ialah punca kemakmuran.
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Two sunsmatahari togetherbersama-sama, prosperousMakmur.
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2 "matahari"
membentuk "makmur".
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ThreeTiga togetherbersama-sama, that's sparklessparkles.
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3 "matahari"
membentuk "kilau".
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Put the sunmatahari and the moonbulan shiningbersinar togetherbersama-sama,
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Biarkan "matahari" dan "bulan"
bersinar bersama,
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it's brightnesskecerahan.
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ini ialah "terang".
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It alsojuga meansbermakna tomorrowesok, after a day and a night.
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Ia juga bermakna "esok",
selepas siang dan malam.
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The sunmatahari is comingdatang up aboveatas the horizonufuk. SunriseSunrise.
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"Matahari" muncul di atas kaki langit.
"Matahari terbit".
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A doorpintu. Put a plankpapan itu insidedalam the doorpintu,
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"Pintu". Letakkan satu garisan
di dalam "pintu",
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it's a doorpintu boltbaut.
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ia membentuk "selak".
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Put a mouthmulut insidedalam the doorpintu, askingbertanya questionssoalan.
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Letakkan "mulut" di dalam "pintu",
ia membentuk "tanya".
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KnockKalah knockkalah. Is anyonesesiapa home?
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Ketuk pintu.
Ada orang di rumah?
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This personorang is sneakingdiam-diam out of a doorpintu,
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"Orang" menyelinap keluar
melalui "pintu"
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escapingmelarikan diri, evadingmengelakkan tembakan.
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membentuk "melarikan diri",
"mengelakkan diri".
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On the left, we have a womanwanita.
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Di sebelah kiri,
terdapat 1 "perempuan".
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Two womenwanita togetherbersama-sama, they have an argumenthujah.
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2 "perempuan"
membentuk "pertengkaran".
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(LaughterGelak ketawa)
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(Bunyi ketawa)
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ThreeTiga womenwanita togetherbersama-sama, be carefulberhati-hati, it's adulteryzina.
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3 "perempuan", berhati-hati!
Ia membentuk "zina".
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So we have gonepergi throughmelalui almosthampir 30 characterswatak.
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Jadi, kita telah melihat
hampir 30 huruf.
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By usingmenggunakan this methodkaedah, the first eightlapan radicalsradikal
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Dengan menggunakan cara ini,
8 huruf yang radikal
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will allowizinkan you to buildmembina 32.
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membolehkan anda
membentuk 32 huruf.
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The nextseterusnya groupkumpulan of eightlapan characterswatak
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8 huruf yang seterusnya
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will buildmembina an extratambahan 32.
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akan membentuk 32 huruf.
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So with very little effortusaha,
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Jadi,
dengan mudahnya,
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you will be ablemampu to learnbelajar a couplepasangan hundredratus characterswatak,
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anda dapat belajar
ratusan huruf,
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whichyang mana is the samesama as a ChineseCina eight-year-oldberusia lapan tahun.
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iaitu sama seperti seorang
budak Cina yang berumur 8 tahun.
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So after we know the characterswatak, we startmulakan buildingbangunan phrasesfrasa-frasa.
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Setelah belajar tentang huruf,
mari kita membentuk frasa.
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For examplecontohnya, the mountaingunung and the fireapi togetherbersama-sama,
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Contohnya,
"gunung" dan "api"
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we have fireapi mountaingunung. It's a volcanogunung berapi.
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membentuk "gunung berapi".
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We know JapanJepun is the landtanah of the risingsemakin meningkat sunmatahari.
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Kita tahu bahawa Jepun
ialah negara matahari terbit.
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This is a sunmatahari placedditempatkan with the originasalnya,
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Ini ialah
"matahari" dan "asas",
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because JapanJepun lieskebohongan to the easttimur of ChinaChina.
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kerana Jepun terletak
di sebelah timur China.
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So a sunmatahari, originasalnya togetherbersama-sama, we buildmembina JapanJepun.
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"Matahari" dan "asas"
membentuk "Jepun".
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A personorang behinddi belakang JapanJepun, what do we get?
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"Orang" di belakang "Jepun",
apa yang kita dapat?
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A JapaneseJepun personorang.
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"Orang Jepun".
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The characterwatak on the left is two mountainsgunung
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Huruf di sebelah kiri
ialah 2 "gunung" yang bertimbun.
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stackeddisusun on topatas of eachsetiap other.
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Huruf di sebelah kiri
ialah 2 "gunung" yang bertimbun.
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In ancientkuno ChinaChina, that meansbermakna in exilebuangan,
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Semasa zaman China kuno,
ia bermakna "hidup dalam buangan",
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because ChineseCina emperorsMaharaja-Maharaja, they put theirmereka politicalpolitik enemiesmusuh
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ini kerana maharaja China
menempatkan musuh politik mereka
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in exilebuangan beyonddi luar mountainsgunung.
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di gunung-gunung.
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NowadaysPada masa kini, exilebuangan has turnedberpaling into gettingmendapat out.
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Kini,
huruf ini bermakna "keluar".
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A mouthmulut whichyang mana tellsmemberitahu you where to get out
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"Mulut" yang memberitahu anda
di mana jalan keluar
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is an exitkeluar.
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ialah hala "keluar".
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This is a slideslaid to remindingatkan me that I should stop talkingbercakap
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Slaid ini mengingatkan saya
bahawa saya patut behenti bercakap
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and get off of the stagepentas. Thank you.
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dan turun dari pentas.
Terima kasih.
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(ApplauseTepukan)
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(Tepukan)
Translated by PF Ng
Reviewed by May Khoo

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
ShaoLan Hsueh - Technologist, entrepreneur
ShaoLan want to help people understand China's culture and language, and to bridge the gap between East and West.

Why you should listen

ShaoLan is an entrepreneur, angel investor, geek, writer, traveller and dreamer. She is the founder and creator of Chineasy, which she launched after her TED Talk in Long Beach, California in 2013.

In just over three years, she has built Chineasy into one of the most popular methods of learning Chinese across the Internet with several hundred thousand fellow learners. Her first book, Chineasy, The New Way to Read Chinese, was launched in March 2014 and has been translated into 18 languages. Her next book, Chineasy Everyday, was launched in March 2016.

ShaoLan is a tech entrepreneur with extensive business experience. At the age of 22, while studying for her MBA, she wrote four best-selling books on software in Taiwan, and her books were bundled by Microsoft. She co-founded pAsia, one of the major players on Internet in Asia in 1990’s. After a second masters degree at the University of Cambridge, she began Caravel Capital in 2005 to advise young tech companies.

Chineasy represents a return for ShaoLan to her artistic upbringing and in many ways a design project. This project is the culmination of her life’s journey through the East and West. Her aim is to help people to understand China, Chinese culture, its language and to bridge the gap between East and West. Her next step is to help Chinese children to enjoy and appreciate the beauty of their own language. 

 

More profile about the speaker
ShaoLan Hsueh | Speaker | TED.com