{"id":1660,"date":"2021-06-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/?p=1660"},"modified":"2021-06-02T22:07:14","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T21:07:14","slug":"world-bicycle-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/2021\/06\/03\/world-bicycle-day\/","title":{"rendered":"World Bicycle Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Happy World Bicycle Day! \u4e16\u754c\u81ea\u884c\u8f66\u65e5\u5feb\u4e50\uff01<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/05\/\u9ad8\u6559\u56ed\u666f\uff0d11.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/05\/\u9ad8\u6559\u56ed\u666f\uff0d11.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/05\/\u9ad8\u6559\u56ed\u666f\uff0d11-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/05\/\u9ad8\u6559\u56ed\u666f\uff0d11-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/05\/\u9ad8\u6559\u56ed\u666f\uff0d11-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Statues of bicycle riding taken at Suzhou Dushu Lake Higher Education Town. <em>Image @LiangWANG<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Acknowledging the uniqueness, longevity and versatility of the bicycle, which has been in use for two centuries, and that it is a simple, affordable, reliable, clean and environmentally fit sustainable means of transportation, fostering environmental stewardship and health, the General Assembly decided to declare 3 June World Bicycle Day.<\/p><cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/observances\/bicycle-day\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/observances\/bicycle-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The UN<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Do you have a bicycle? What do you use it for? Read the story shared by Haiying <strong>LIANG<\/strong><\/strong> <strong>(\u6881\u6d77\u6620), a Queen&#8217;s graduate, from Beijing recently.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/06\/Haiying-Liang.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1677\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/06\/Haiying-Liang.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/?attachment_id=1677\" class=\"wp-image-1677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/06\/Haiying-Liang.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/06\/Haiying-Liang-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Haiying at graduation. <em>Image @HaiyingLIANG<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/06\/IMG_8282-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1678\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/06\/IMG_8282-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/?attachment_id=1678\" class=\"wp-image-1678\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Haiying gave an introduction of guzheng before she performed. <em>Image @LiangWANG<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In Beijing, you can always see people riding bicycles of various colours on streets, which has become beautiful scenery in the city. These colourful vehicles are a type of newly emerged business known as shared bicycle service that has become one of the important aspects of daily life for many people in Beijing, as well as in many other places in China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shared bicycles also play an important role in my daily life. While conducting field work in Beijing for my doctoral research, I also take a research assistant intern at Tsinghua University. Its campus is so large that it takes over half an hour for me to walk from the office building to my favourite cafeteria. You may imagine that without a bicycle, I would have spent about two hours for a meal. So I really think that a bicycle does a great help as I can ride whenever I want. Moreover, unlike finding a car park, I can leave the bicycle at the designated parking area nearby, which makes my travel very flexible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:42% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"779\" height=\"982\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/05\/75c69411b5a0fbf546459fe18bac5b0.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1664 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/05\/75c69411b5a0fbf546459fe18bac5b0.png 779w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/05\/75c69411b5a0fbf546459fe18bac5b0-238x300.png 238w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/05\/75c69411b5a0fbf546459fe18bac5b0-768x968.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 779px) 100vw, 779px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Shared bicycles are indeed a very convenient means of transport in densely populated places where traffic jams are not uncommon and finding a car park is far from easy. In addition, they are not only environmentally friendly, compared with cars, but also very economic \u2013 the price of a 30-minute ride is only one-tenth of the price of a single bus ticket in London \u2013 which is 1.5 yuan (about 0.15 pound), as this screenshot of the App shows.<br><em>Image @HaiyingLIANG<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 45%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/05\/Means-of-transport-Liang-Haiying-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1667 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/05\/Means-of-transport-Liang-Haiying-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/05\/Means-of-transport-Liang-Haiying-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/05\/Means-of-transport-Liang-Haiying-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/05\/Means-of-transport-Liang-Haiying-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/05\/Means-of-transport-Liang-Haiying-1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Despite the great advantages, the lack of designated parking area for shared bicycles can also cause the problem of occupying space such as pavements and lanes. As shown in the photo, the intensively parked bicycles have caused traffic congestion and inconvenience for people who are walking on this road. When building the roads and pavements decades ago, engineers didn\u2019t expect that there would be so many shared bicycles in the near future. Therefore, in the new urban planning, the parking sites for shared bicycles should be well planned, and roads and bicycle lanes can be expanded to accommodate more vehicles that may appear in the future. <br><em>Image @HaiyingLIANG<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Did you know that in Belfast there are shared bicycles as well? Have you ever used them? Share with us your experience in the comment box below.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"815\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/05\/BelfastBikes-1024x815.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/05\/BelfastBikes-1024x815.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/05\/BelfastBikes-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/05\/BelfastBikes-768x611.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/05\/BelfastBikes-377x300.jpg 377w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/05\/BelfastBikes.jpg 1303w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>A person about to use a shared bicycle parking opposite Queen&#8217;s McClay Library. I<em>mage @LiangWANG<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Useful vocabulary and expressions in Chinese<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u4e16\u754c sh\u00ecji\u00e8 &#8211; world <\/li><li>\u81ea\u884c\u8f66 z\u00ecx\u00edngch\u0113 &#8211; bicyble, bike; \u81ea z\u00ec &#8211; self, \u884c x\u00edng &#8211; moving, \u8f66 ch\u0113 &#8211; vehicle<\/li><li>\u5355\u8f66 d\u0101nch\u0113 &#8211; bicycle, bike; \u5355 d\u0101n &#8211; single (person)<\/li><li>\u5171\u4eab g\u00f2ngxi\u01ceng &#8211; shared; \u5171 g\u00f2ng &#8211; together, \u4eab xi\u01ceng &#8211; to share<\/li><li>\u505c\u8f66\u573a t\u00edngch\u0113 ch\u01ceng &#8211; (car\/bike) park; \u505c t\u00edng &#8211; to stop, to halt; \u573a ch\u01ceng &#8211; an open space, field, market, etc.<\/li><li>\u6536\u8d39 sh\u014duf\u00e8i &#8211; to charge; \u6536 sh\u014du &#8211; to receive, to collect; \u8d39 f\u00e8i &#8211; fee<\/li><li>\u4fbf\u5b9c pi\u00e1nyi &#8211; cheap<\/li><li>\u65b9\u4fbf f\u0101ngbi\u00e0n &#8211; convenient<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy World Bicycle Day! \u4e16\u754c\u81ea\u884c\u8f66\u65e5\u5feb\u4e50\uff01 Acknowledging the uniqueness, longevity and versatility of the bicycle, which has been in use for two centuries, and that it is a simple, affordable, reliable, clean and environmentally fit sustainable means of transportation, fostering environmental &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/2021\/06\/03\/world-bicycle-day\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,14,51,62],"tags":[64,63,65],"class_list":["post-1660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chinese-culture","category-chinese-lig","category-landmark","category-transport","tag-bicycle","tag-shared-bicycle","tag-urban-planning"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa93ff-qM","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1660"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1685,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1660\/revisions\/1685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}