Answer to What does the character “饿(è)” mean?
Correct Answer: D
Analysis:
A. “in pain” means 痛苦(tòngkŭ)
B. “thirsty” means 口渴(kǒukě)
C. “happy” means 高兴(gāoxìng)
D. “hungry” means 饥饿(jī’è)
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Answer to What does the character “我(wŏ)” mean?
Correct Answer: C
Analysis:
A. “you” means 你(nĭ)
B. “they” means 他们(tāmen)
C. “I” means 我(wǒ)
D. “myself” means 我自己(wǒ zìjĭ)
Answer to Around the House: Chinese Furniture Vocab
Correct Answer: A
沙发(shāfā)
桌子(zhuōzi)
床(chuáng)
Answer to What does the phrase “晚会(wǎnhuì)” mean?
Correct Answer: C
Analysis:
A. 庆祝(qìngzhù) is the word for “Celebration.”
The character 庆(qìng) means to celebrate or congratulate and 祝(zhù) means to express good wishes.
B. 会议(huìyì) is the word for “Meeting.”
The character 会(huì) means meeting or conference and 议(yì) means to discuss.…
Answer to To Tip or Not to Tip, That is the Question
Correct Answer: C If you live in, or have traveled to, Western countries like America, Germany, and France, you will have had the experience of leaving a tip after a meal. This custom is very common in some countries, but if you do this in …
To Tip or Not to Tip, That is the Question
In which of the following countries’ restaurants do you not need to leave a tip? A. 美国(Měiguó)
B. 德国(Déguó)
C. 中国(Zhōngguó)
Chinese Learning Method – By Mary Jacob
There’s no doubt about it, learning any language requires a commitment of time and effort, even more so when there’s a great difference between one’s native language and the new one. Here are some suggestions and on-line materials to maximum your effectiveness, minimize the time …
Free Tips for Starting Your Chinese Learning Journey
Free Chinese Learning Tips—Where to Start?
Where does one start when learning Chinese? Chinese pinyin should be the first step. Pinyin uses the English alphabet to represent Chinese syllables. The earlier you start learning Chinese Pinyin, the easier it will be to grasp the …
Chinese Culture Points
Chinese Appellations
中国人的称谓很复杂，同事之间可以称职务，如“麦总，刘经理”等，熟人之间可以直呼其名，或者在姓的前面加上“老，小”来称呼，如：“老王，小王”等。比较正式的场合对不熟悉的人一般可以称“先生，女士，太太，小姐”等。
The Chinese system of names and titles is by and large complicated. Titles may be used to address each other among one’s colleagues, e.g. “màizǒng and Liú Jīnglǐ”. For acquaintances personal names and surnames may be preceded by “lǎo” (old) or “xiǎo” …
如何学中文 (rú hé xué zhōng wén) How to Learn Chinese
Learn Chinese Tip III: Learning Chinese characters comes just after learning Pinyin. To learn Chinese characters, you can read books, such as Fun with Chinese Character, which explains the structure and meaning of each character with illustrations and little stories. Learn Chinese Tip IV: Most …
Basic Strokes & 吧 （ba） A Modal Particle
Basic Strokes
Chinese character is one important part to learn Chinese. In the previous issues(June 10, 2009 & June 17, 2009), six kinds of basic Chinese character strokes were introduced: 撇(piĕ) left-falling stroke, 竖(shù) vertical stroke, 捺(nà) right-falling stroke, 横(héng) horizontal stroke, 点(diăn) dot …
三只小猪的故事(sān zhī xiăo zhū de gù shì) A Story About Three Pigs (Part II)
In the previous issue, the story ended with “At that time, a wolf came…” Let’s see what happens next:
Láng láidào zhū lăodà de fángzi qián, yī kŏu qì jiù bă zhū lăodà de căofáng chuī dăo le. Zhū lăo dà zhĭnéng xiàng zhū …
租房子 (zū fángzi) Rent a house
Conversation: 租房子 (zū fáng zi)Rent a house
Beginner Level / 初级水平 (chū jí shuĭ píng)：
A: Qĭngwèn nín zhè tào gōngyù duōshăo qián yígè yuè? A: 请问 您 这 套 公寓 多少 钱 一个 月？ A: Excuse me, how much is the apartment a month?…
忽悠 (hūyou) Hoodwink & 吃醋 (chīcù) Jealous
流行词语 (liúxíng cí yŭ)Popular words
忽悠 (hū you)
Hoodwink
Where does it originate?
忽悠(hū you) is an often-used word in northern area of China and it originates from the word 胡诱(hú yòu), which means recklessly misleading. It became popular from a witty skit “selling crutches” …
Learn Chinese Pinyin-Consonant
Chinese Pinyin is a Roman-letter based system that China now uses to mark the pronunciation of Chinese characters. With four tones and pinyin, any Chinese characters can be pronounced precisely. In many cases, Pinyin is quite intuitive to English speakers with only a few …
Answer to Days of the Week in Chinese
Correct Answer: C In China, every week starts on Monday and ends on Sunday. In the Chinese language, there are three ways to express the days of the week, and you can use whichever form you prefer. They are as follows: In Chinese, “星期(xīngqī),” “礼拜(lĭbài),” …