Answer to Video Lesson: The Difference Between 次 (cì) And 遍 (biàn)
Answers:
1. B 2. A 3. C 4. C 5. A <<Back to Video Lesson: The Difference Between 次 (cì) And 遍 (biàn)…
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Answer to Exercise Your Brain With This Chinese Quiz
Answers: 1. A 2. C
Analysis:
Tā bǎ shǒujī nòng diū le. 她把手机弄丢了。 She lost her cell phone.
Shǒujī bèi tā nòng diū le. 手机被她弄丢了。 The cell phone was lost by her.
Note:
How to use “把 (bǎ)” and “被 (bèi)” in a sentence with
… Answer to Can You Tell What They Mean from These Different Types of Smiley Faces?
Answers: 1. C 2. A
Analysis:
笑声 (Xiàoshēng): laughter
笑话 (Xiàohua): joke
笑容 (Xiàoróng): smile
(Try a Mini-test Answer: Smile)
Kàn le wǒ de chéngjìdān hòu, bàba lòu chū le mǎnyì de xiàoróng. 看了我的成绩单后，爸爸露出了满意的笑容。 After seeing my report card, Dad revealed a satisfied smile.
嘲笑 …
Can You Tell What They Mean from These Different Types of Smiley Faces?
You may not know him, but you must have posted or seen him on social media. His name is Gavin Thomas, a cute 7-year-old American child and at the same time one of the online celebrities in China in recent days.
His smile is a …
Answer to Video Lesson: Is Dragon Your Animal Sign?
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1. B 2. A 3. A 4. C 5. B <<Back to Video Lesson: Is Dragon Your Animal Sign? …
Video Lesson: Is Dragon Your Animal Sign?
How to talk about your animal sign in Chinese?
Exercises in the Video:
1. A: Ellie, nǐ shǔ shénme? B: … What would Ellie say? Please choose the best answer. A. Wǒ shì lóng. B. Wǒ shǔ lóng. C. Wǒ ài lóng. 2. A: Lǐ …
Answer to Video Lesson: I Love Chinese Style!
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1. C 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. B <<Back to Video Lesson: I Love Chinese Style! …
Video Lesson: I Love Chinese Style!
How to talk about your favourite music in Chinese?
Exercises in the Video:
1. A: Xiànzài Zhōngguó fēng hěn huǒ a! Zhōu Jiélún hé Wáng Lìhóng de xīn gē dōu shì Zhōngguó fēng. B: Zhōngguó fēng hǎotīng ma. Wǒ yě hěn xǐhuan Zhōngguó fēng. Which …
Answer to How Do We Cry out in Chinese?
Answers: 1. A
Analysis:
Wáng Qīng: Āiya, nǐ yòu cǎi dào wǒ de jiǎo la. 王青： 哎呀，你又踩到我的脚啦。 Wang Qing: Ouch, You stepped on my foot again.
Lì Lì: Bàoqiàn, wǒ búshì gùyì de. 丽丽： 抱歉，我不是故意的。 Li Li: Sorry, I didn’t do it on purpose.
We …
How Do We Cry out in Chinese?
Interjections are commonly used in our daily life which are also known as “叹词 (tàncí)” or “感叹词 (gǎntàncí)” in Mandarin Chinese.
These kinds of expressions are used in our daily lives to express exclamations or make various kinds of emotional responses.
It happens every day!…
Video Lesson: What’s Your Type?
How to talk about different men and women preference types in relationships?
Exercises in the Video:
1. A: Bella, nǐ xǐhuan shénme yàng de nánshēng? B: Wǒ xǐhuan chéngshú xìxīn de nánshēng. Nǐ ne? A: Wǒ xǐhuan yōumò de. What are they talking about? Please …
Answer to Video Lesson: What’s Your Type?
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1. B 2. A 3. A 4. B 5. C <<Back to Video Lesson: What’s Your Type? …
Answer to Is Being Tan Or Being Fair-skinned More Beautiful?
Answers: C Analysis: Xiǎo Xīn: Āi, wǒ zuìjìn yòu shài hēi la. 小新： 哎，我最近又晒黑啦。 Xiao Xin: Ah, I got tan again recently.
Xiǎo Míng: Tǐng hǎo de ya, xiǎomài sè de pífū kàn shàngqù hěn jiànkāng. 小明： 挺好的呀，小麦色的皮肤看上去很健康。 Xiao Ming: “This is great, wheat-colored skin …
Is Being Tan Or Being Fair-skinned More Beautiful?
“美 (Měi) Beauty” is not an absolute, inflexible concept. There are differences between the understanding and pursuit of beauty between the East and the West. For Chinese, among many standards of beauty, fair skin is a rather important “标准 (biāozhǔn) criterion” to judge “外貌 (wàimào) …
Video Lesson: Let’s Break up!
How to express “we are not right for each other, I guess we have to break up?”
Exercises in the Video:
1. A: We have been together for two years. You still have kept the photos of your ex-girlfriend. Wǒmen fēnshǒu ba! B: Lisa, bié …
Answer to Video Lesson: Let’s Break up!
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1. B 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. A <<Back to Video Lesson: Let’s Break up! …
Answer to Do You Know the 3 Common Parts of Speech?
Answers: 1. C 2. B 3. D 4. A
Analysis:
Lán tiān, báiyún, qīngshān, bì shuǐ, zhè shì yì fú duō měi de fēngjǐnghuà a. 蓝天，白云，青山，碧水，这是一幅多美的风景画啊。 Blue sky, white clouds, green mountains, clear water, how beautiful the landscape is.
Wǒjiā háizi jīnnián shí sān suì …
Do You Know the 3 Common Parts of Speech?
The most common “词性 (Cíxìng) parts of speech” in Mandarin includes nouns, verbs, and adjectives. Do you know how to correctly differentiate among them and how to use them correctly? Take this quiz to test your comprehension.
Please choose the best answer to fill in
… Answer to Do People Really Chop off Their Hands for Double 11?
Answer: D Analysis: “成功剁手 (Chénggōng duò shǒu) be successful in hands-chopping” is a popular Internet buzzword, which means that people have been able to stop buying things randomly and have gotten out of the bad habit of overspending. Wáng Qīng: “Lì Li, jīnnián shuāng shí …
Do People Really Chop off Their Hands for Double 11?
Double eleven is over. Some Chinese say they have to “剁手吃土 (duò shǒu chī tǔ) chop their hands off and eat dirt,” and Double 12 is around the corner. Double 12 resembles Double 11 and is another new shopping carnival day. Are you ready for …