Mandarin Essentials – Key Chinese Language Basics

Video Lesson: All I Wanna Do…

01/03/2017 / #ChineseForBeginnerLearners, #ChineseVocabulary, #VideoLessonAllIWannaDo

You wanna do this and you wanna do that. Whatever you want, you want to know how to express your wants…in Chinese. Watch Video Answers

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Yao Ming’s No.11 Jersey Retirement: Describe It in Mandarin Chinese

01/03/2017 / #ChineseForAdvancedLearners, #ChineseVocabulary, #YaoMingNo11JerseyRetirement

Basketball player 姚明 Yao Ming is the most famous athlete in China’s history. Yao played for the Shanghai Sharks from 1997 to 2002 and then played for the NBA’s Houston Rockets from 2002 to 2011. Standing 7’6” tall (229cm), Yao was dominating in the position …

Answer to Yao Ming’s No.11 Jersey Retirement: Describe It in Mandarin Chinese

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Video lesson: Where are you?

27/02/2017 / #ChineseForBeginnerLearners, #ChineseVocabulary, #VideoLessonWhereAreYou

Where are you? That is the question. In spoken Mandarin Chinese, the question “哪儿 (nǎr)” is commonly used when requesting location information. Watch Video Answers …

Answer to video lesson: Where are you?

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Answer to Video Lesson: Making a Phone Call

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Video Lesson: Making a Phone Call

23/02/2017 / #ChineseForBeginnerLearners, #ChineseVocabulary, #MakingAPhoneCall

Exercises in the Video:

1. (Phone ringing) … What would she say? Please choose the best answer. A. Nǐ shì shéi? A. 你是谁？ B. Nǐ hǎo ma? B. 你好吗？ C. Wéi, nǐ hǎo! C. 喂，你好！ 2. A: Wéi, nǐ hǎo! A：喂，你好！ B: Wéi. … B：喂。… …

Video Lesson: Family Members (Ⅱ)

20/02/2017 / #ChineseForBeginnerLearners, #ChineseVocabulary, #VideoLessonFamilyMembers

Did you know that in Mandarin Chinese, there are different titles for both “sets” of grandparents? The title you call them depends on whether they are from your MOTHER’S side of the family or your FATHER’S side of the family. Don’t mix them up! Watch …

Answer to Video Lesson: Family Members (Ⅱ)

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Video Lesson: Family Members

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Let’s say how Chinese address their family members. Watch Video Answers …

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Chinese Test: 出家 (chūjiā), 出嫁 (chūjià) and 出门 (chūmén)

17/02/2017 / #ChineseForBeginnerLearners, #CHujiAAndChuMen, #MandarinQuiz

Wǒ yǒu yí gè hǎo péngyǒu yào ______ le, wǒ yào qù gěi tā dāng bànniáng. 我有一个好朋友要 ______ 了，我要去给她当伴娘。

A. 出家 (chūjiā) B. 出嫁 (chūjià) C. 出门 (chūmén) See Answer Analysis

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Answer to Chinese Test: 出家 (chūjiā), 出嫁 (chūjià) and 出门 (chūmén)

17/02/2017 / #ChineseForAllLevels, #CHujiAAndChuMen, #MandarinQuiz

Answer: B

Answer Analysis: Wǒ yǒu yí gè hǎo péngyǒu yào chūjià le, wǒ yào qù gěi tā dāng bànniáng. 我有一个好朋友要出嫁了，我要去给她当伴娘。 I have a good friend who is getting married, I will be her bridesmaid.

1. 出家 (chūjiā), a verb phrase, means to leave …

辣眼睛 (làyǎnjīng) Spicy Eyes—Hilarious Internet Slang

15/02/2017 / #ChineseForBeginnerLearners, #ChineseVocabulary, #SpicyEyesHilariousInternetSlang

After looking at the photo above are your eyes feeling spicy?

What I mean is, does it feel like a pepper has been squirted in your eye?

In Chinese, there is a fabulous internet phrase to describe when you are looking at something awful: 辣眼睛 …

Answer to 辣眼睛 (làyǎnjīng) Spicy Eyes—Hilarious Internet Slang

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Answer: C Note: 辣眼睛 (làyǎnjīng) can literally refer to getting pepper squirted in your eye, but in an internet context it refers to seeing something that hurts your eyes. <<Back to “辣眼睛 (làyǎnjīng) Spicy Eyes—Hilarious Internet Slang”

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Break Free! Know 拖后腿 (tuō hòutuǐ) If You’re Being Held Back

15/02/2017 / #BreakFreeBeingHeldBack, #ChineseForIntermediateLearners, #ChineseVocabulary

In both English and Mandarin Chinese we use the phrase “pulling my leg(s)”. However, the two expressions have different meanings and uses in the two languages. In English, you can use “pulling my leg” as a way to say that you’re joking or telling lies …