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Definition
Cang Jie, the legendary inventor of Chinese characters, or the Chinese input method named after him.
- Cang Jie, a legendary figure and official historian who invented Chinese characters
- Cangjie, a shape-based Chinese character computer input method
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How it's used
Refers primarily to the keyboard input method rather than the historical figure in daily life. People often distinguish between the full version and the simplified version known as 速成. It is considered a professional or high speed input method compared to others.
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Common mistake
Beginners often confuse the full version with 速成, which is a truncated version that only uses the first and last keys of the full code.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
