Water Radicals Are Full of Activities! _ Explore With Mandarin Radicals.

Hello, I'm Becca. I'm an actress in both drama and commercials. When I have spare time, I like to draw and do various water activities. Sometimes the traditional Mandarin characters are just like paintings, such as the Mandarin character for water, 水 shuǐ. Taiwan has maintained the most complete form of Mandarin characters. So follow me and my friend Hebe as we explore the Mandarin characters that we see in our daily lives. 水 shuǐ Becca, I got you a water. Oh, thank you. The Mandarin character for water, 水 shuǐ, is a pictogram depicting the flowing river with splashing droplets. Over time, for the convenience of writing, the river in the middle was straightened and the droplets turned into lines, evolving into the current Mandarin character for water, 水 shuǐ. This waterfall is exactly like the water character, 水 shuǐ. Human body and earth is actually made up of 70% of water. So I love to draw water. And it's just a really cool thing. Wow, I mean, Taiwan has a lot of water because we're an island and we're surrounded by the ocean. And then inland, there's river, lakes, and a lot of waterfalls. That's why Taiwan has so many water activities. And people love visiting Taiwan for activities like surfing, skateboarding, and this. Wakeboard is called 滑水 huá shuǐ in Mandarin. These two Mandarin characters both have the water radical, 水 shuǐ. The water radical, 水 shuǐ, on the left side of the character is a pictogram of water that's simplified into three dots. You see, the three dots on the left side of the character 滑 shuǐ really looks like the shape of water droplets. When 滑 shuǐ and then verb, it means to move on a smooth surface like wakeboarding or sliding or ice skating. And then wakeboard is not only a water recreational activity, it's also a competition activity like what they're doing right now. She's having so much fun on the water surface. I got a diving license, so I'm gonna go diving. I'm gonna have fun underneath the water. Right now what we're doing is snorkeling. Snorkeling in Mandarin is called 浮潛 fú qián. It means to swim on the water surface using a breathing tube to observe the underwater life. Mandarin character for 浮 fú, alone, means to swim on the water surface. And the Mandarin character for 潛 qián means to hide and submerge into the water. In Mandarin, ocean is called 海 hǎi. And because as we all know, the ocean is water. In Mandarin character, it has the Mandarin radical for 滑 shuǐ. The ocean is the mother of all river where all the river convert. The sign says soup, soup, water, water. 湯湯水水 tāng tāng shuǐ shuǐ Then it must have hot soup that we can warm up our body with. Let's go get some. Yeah. Look at it. It has a lot of ingredients. Look at the clam. Soup in Mandarin character is 湯 tāng. And 湯 tāng has the water radical next to it. Which means when you put the food inside of the boiling water for a few moments, then it becomes 湯 tāng. My whole body feels warm right now. I'm going to take you to a traditional Taiwanese grocery store. In the past, people buy their daily necessities in this grocery store. It's kind of similar to the supermarket and the convenience store. This is the grocery store I was talking about. Rock, paper, scissors, shoot. 水果 shuǐ guǒ Fruit. Water. So in Mandarin, the water. Water character, 水 shuǐ. This is for you. I haven't seen the characters and words. 山酒班长 shán jiǔ bān zhǎng The character, Mandarin character for 酒 jiǔ. Because it's a beverage that contains liquor, so it has the water radical. There are so many characters that contain the water radical. Right. 酒 jiǔ Liquor. 气 qì It's a gas. 汁 zhī It has the water radical. Wait, wait now. I think they're from visiting Taiwan. I think so. We should ask them a few questions about this place. Okay. Hi, my name is Hebe. I'm Becca. Can I ask you guys a few questions? Sure. What's your impression on Taiwan? Everybody's chilled, relaxed. There's no people out rushing around. You know, by the way, I'm in a hurry. You know, just chilled. It was lovely. It's really nice. I think we should ask first. Where are you guys from? Yeah, exactly. Where are you guys from? Australia. Australia? Okay, I can hear it. I can hear the accent. You guys should have this to try this one. Have you guys tried this before? There you go. Ah! Yeah, okay. Should we drink it here? Yeah, yeah, yeah. You push it down. No, no. Oh, we're good. Cheers! Today's water adventure is not over yet. Really? There's so much more yet to come. Then what are we waiting for? Let's go. Come. Let me finish this first. Just take it with you. Let's go. Go, go, go, go. Go. You see? I'm loving it. I'm enjoying it so much. You know, I am obsessed with water. Water can mean so many things. It can mean freedom. It can mean leisure. It can mean enjoyment like we are doing right now. This is called soaking in the hot spring. You're actually doing water around the course. And there's three characters. The first one is Pao. And Pao is so game. She's surrounded by water. Because we did so many activities today. We went to play in this water sport. And she's like, my arms and legs. Seriously, they're painful. But after soaking in the hot spring, water was good. Yeah? I mean, stepping on things, and then breathing, stuff together, and then feet up the court, that thing. I mean, it makes it seem better. That's exactly why I feel like many of us are really refreshed. I know. The hot spring can speed up the blood circulation. And it can also make us think better. And it makes more sense to think one way. And one meaning, the temperature and comfort. It's not too cold, not too hot, exactly like how we care. And it makes more sense. It's pretty literal. It's just water coming up from above. Hot springs have paper animals. What? Because in the past, there were a lot of wounded animals. And people discovered that if they soaked in the hot spring, their wounds would heal faster. Ah, I remember. There's also the very famous what's it called? Roman bath. The Roman bath is really pretty. And you know, something interesting I learned just last week. There is a small village in Belgium. Guess the name of it. I don't know. Come on, Bob. Don't stop. Oh, exactly. It is called spa. Yes. It's literally spelled as S-P-A. It's tough. Interesting. Well, Taiwan has a lot of hot springs. Most of them were actually developed back in the 20th century. Taiwan is one of the most scenic places for hot springs. Why? There's two plates. One is erosion plate and one is vaginal plate. And we're in the middle. Okay. And then, when they could collide, they create different substances for hot springs. And the substances are like igneous rock, sedimentary rock, metamorphic rock. Taiwan is small. But that's because it is so small. So we are able to, just within one or two hour drive, experience all of these kind of different hot spring nourishment, hot spring activity, and even experience a lot of cool vibe. Let's review the radicals that we learned today. We have water. Sure. Okay. The first word is ocean. Hai. Second word is wakeboard. Hua shui. Wake. Rock. Snorkeling. Hu qian. Soda. Qi shui. Juice. Zhen. Liquor. Jiao. And soup. Tang. Hot. Wen. Chen. Soak. Warm. And spring. Yes. Yay. Come on. Let's go. Go.