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Mark the stress in russian words with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки, this will be converted to ру́чки. Leave out the stress when it is unambiguous, which is when the word contains ё or only one vowel (the vowels are а, я, э, е, ы, и, о, ё, у and ю).
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- По мне́нию кита́йцев, пять элеме́нтов - э́то мета́лл, земля́, ого́нь, вода и де́рево. According to the Chinese, the five elements are metal, earth, fire, water and wood.
- Кита́йцы вы́яснили: чем лу́чше их дети зна́ют англи́йский язы́к, тем ме́ньше они употребля́ют в свое́й родно́й ре́чи кита́йскую идиома́тику. The Chinese have found that the better their children know English, the less they use idiomatic expressions in Chinese.
- Вы кита́ец, сэр? Are you Chinese, sir?
- Я не зна́ю, кем был изобрета́тель словаря́. Шумером? Кита́йцем? Но одно я зна́ю точно: слова́рь — замеча́тельное изобрете́ние. I don't know who invented the dictionary. Was it a Sumerian? Was it a Chinese? I know one thing though, the dictionary is a wonderful invention.
- Он кита́ец? He is Chinese?
- Что кита́йцы едя́т на за́втрак? What do Chinese people have for breakfast?
- Ты кита́ец? Are you Chinese?
- Ты кита́ец или япо́нец? Are you Chinese or Japanese?
- В США меня часто принима́ют за кита́йца. In the U.S., they often mistake me for a Chinese person.
- Хотя он кита́ец, он не говори́т по-китайски. Although he is Chinese, he doesn't speak Chinese.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom. nominative | кита́ец | кита́йцы |
| gen. genitive | кита́йца | кита́йцев |
| dat. dative | кита́йцу | кита́йцам |
| acc. accusative | кита́йца | кита́йцев |
| inst. instrumental | кита́йцем | кита́йцами |
| prep. prepositional | кита́йце | кита́йцах |
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