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Answer to How to Address Your Family Members in Chinese?

13/10/2015 / #ChineseForAllLevels, #ChineseVocabulary, #TalkAboutYourFamilyinChinese

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How to Address Your Family Members in Chinese?

13/10/2015 / #ChineseForBeginnerLearners, #ChineseVocabulary, #TalkAboutYourFamilyinChinese

Family plays an important role in every culture, and it is a topic you will certainly cover when learning any new language. As you might guess, there are many terms used to describe relationships in a Chinese family, which can be quite confusing because terms …

Answer to Love a Good Bargain? Buy it Second-Hand “二手(èrshǒu)” in Chinese

09/10/2015 / #ChineseForAllLevels, #ChineseVocabulary, #LoveAGoodBargain

Answer: A Here, the ordinal number “second” is “第二(dì’èr)” in Chinese. While “second-hand” can be both “二手(èrshǒu)” or “第二手(dì’èrshǒu)” in Chinese, “二手(èrshǒu)” is more widely used. For example, “二手市场(èrshǒu shìchǎng) second-hand market,” “二手车(èrshǒuchē) used car,” “二手房(èrshǒufáng) pre-owned house,” etc. Meanwhile, “第二手(dì’èrshǒu),” with less uses, is …

Love a Good Bargain? Buy it Second-Hand “二手(èrshǒu)” in Chinese

09/10/2015 / #BargainBuySecondHandersOuChinese, #ChineseForBeginnerLearners, #ChineseVocabulary

Lǐ Léi: Wǒ mǎi le yíliàng _____ chē. 李雷: 我买了一辆 _____ 车。 Li Lei: I bought a second-hand car. Hán Méi: Shìma? Xiàng xīnde yíyàng. 韩梅: 是吗？像新的一样。 Han Mei: Really? It looks like a new one. A. …

Business Etiquette- Hang up a Phone Call (Intermediate)

25/09/2015 / #BusinessEtiquette, #ChineseForIntermediateLearners

Chinese Lessons about Business Etiquette- Hang up a Phone Call (Intermediate)

Key Learning Points (Preview):

帮忙(bāngmáng): v. to help

转达(zhuǎndá): v. to convey

近日(jìnrì): adv. soon

As we all know, proper telephone etiquette is an important part of maintaining harmonious business relationships. Do you know …

Answer Key – 6 Popular Chinese Greetings

23/09/2015 / #ChineseForBeginnerLearners, #PopularChineseGreetings, #PopularWords

Correct Answers

1. B 2. C

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Answer to What’s the Difference between “保护(bǎohù),” “保持(bǎochí),” and “保留(bǎoliú)”?

23/09/2015 / #ChineseForBeginnerLearners, #ChineseVocabulary, #HskQuiz

Answer: B To understand the correct answer to the quiz we need to first make clear the different meanings of these three similar words: “保护(bǎohù)” means “to protect,” “保持(bǎochí)” is “to remain or keep,” and “保留(bǎoliú)” means “to continue to have/to preserve.”

Examples:

Bǎohù huánjìng …

What’s the Difference between “保护(bǎohù),” “保持(bǎochí),” and “保留(bǎoliú)”?

23/09/2015 / #ChineseForBeginnerLearners, #ChineseVocabulary, #HskQuiz

Choose the correct answer to fill in the blank. Shàngkè le, qǐng _____ ānjìng. 上课了，请 _____ 安静。 Class is beginning, so please keep quiet. A. “保护(bǎohù)”

B. “保持(bǎochí)”

C. “保留(bǎoliú)”

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6 Popular Chinese Greetings

23/09/2015 / #ChineseForBeginnerLearners, #PopularChineseGreetings, #PopularWords

Today, we’ll teach you how to make Chinese friends! Or, at least the very first step: greetings. You’ll learn how to greet people in Mandarin Chinese, ask them how they are doing, and reply when they ask you. Sit back, listen, and you’ll be able …

雪地里的小画家 Young Painters in Snowfield

23/09/2015 / #ChineseForBeginnerLearners, #ChineseLearningTipsforKids, #YoungPaintersInSnowfield

雪地里的小画家 (Xuědìlǐ De Xiǎohuàjiā) Young Painters in Snowfield

Xiàxuě la, xiàxuě la! 下雪啦，下雪啦！ It is snowing! It is snowing!

Xuědìlǐ láile yìqún xiǎohuàjiā. 雪地里来了一群小画家。 A group of young painters came to snowfield.

Xiǎojī huà zhúyè, xiǎogǒu huà méihuā, xiǎoyā huà …

Answer to Must-Know Uses of “大不了(dà bù liǎo)”!

16/09/2015 / #AnswersToMustKnowUses, #ChineseForAllLevels, #ChineseSentences

Correct Answers 1. C 2. B <<Back to “Must-Know Uses of ‘大不了(dà bù liǎo)’!”

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Must-Know Uses of “大不了(dà bù liǎo)”!

16/09/2015 / #ChineseForBeginnerLearners, #ChineseSentences, #MustKnowUsesOfDAbuLiao

Many phrases in spoken Chinese take on completely new meanings when just one or two words are changed. Take the phrase we will learn today for instance: “大不了(dà bù liǎo).” You will find that this versatile phrase is used a lot in daily conversations. Let’s …

Answer Key – A Troublesome Chinese Word: “麻烦(máfan)”!

09/09/2015 / #ChineseForBeginnerLearners, #ChineseSentences, #TroublesomeinChinese

Correct Answer

1. C 2. A

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A Troublesome Chinese Word: “麻烦(máfan)”!

09/09/2015 / #ChineseForBeginnerLearners, #ChineseSentences, #TroublesomeinChinese

There is a saying in English that goes, “Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.” In Chinese, this same phrase can be translated as “麻烦没有来找你, 你就永远不要去找麻烦(Máfan méiyǒu lái zhǎo nǐ, nǐ jiù yóngyuǎn búyào qù zhǎo máfan),” or, in brief, “不要自找麻烦(búyào zì zhǎo máfan).” The …

Making Comparative Chinese Sentences with “比(bǐ)” and “比较(bǐjiào)”

07/09/2015 / #ChineseForBeginnerLearners, #ChineseSentences, #MakingComparativeChineseSentences

Fill in the blank with the correct word.

Xiǎodōng _____ Xiǎomíng gāo. 小东 _____ 小明高。 Xiaodong is taller than Xiaoming.

A. 没(méi)

B. 比(bǐ)

C. 比较(bǐjiào)

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Answer to Making Comparative Chinese Sentences with “比(bǐ)” and “比较(bǐjiào)”

07/09/2015 / #ChineseForAllLevels, #ChineseSentences, #MakingComparativeChineseSentences

Answer: B This test is about comparative Chinese sentences. Generally speaking, the most commonly used sentence structures is: “A + 比/没 + B + adj.” (A is more/less ____ than B.)

Examples:

Wáng Líng méi Lǐ Hóng piàoliang. 王玲没李红漂亮。 Wang …

Answer to Translating “今天太热了(Jīntiān tài rè le)” & the “太…了(tài…le)” Pattern

02/09/2015 / #ChineseForAllLevels, #ChineseSentences, #ChineseTranslation

Answer: A In this sentence, you need to know that “热(rè)” means “hot” in Chinese, so the correct answer can only be A. Building on that, let’s look at another useful Chinese sentence structure: …… + 太 + adjective + 了 ! This structure is …