上学歌 On the Way to School
Tàiyáng dāng kōng zhào, 太阳 当 空 照， The sun is shining in the sky.
Huāér duì wǒ xiào, 花儿 对 我 笑， The flowers are smiling to me,
Xiǎoniǎo shuō: “Zǎo! Zǎo! Zǎo! 小鸟 说： “早！ 早！ 早！ The little birds are talking …
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童年 (Tóngnián) Childhood
童年 (Tóngnián) Childhood
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等待 (děnɡdài): v. to wait
老师 (lǎoshī) n. teacher
Chítáng biān de róngshù shàng, zhīliao zài shēngshēng jiàozhe xiàtiān. 池塘 边 的 榕树 上， 知了 在 声声 叫着 夏天。 The cicadas in BANYAN TREES …
A Glimpse of China’s Real Estate Market: A KFC Story
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超出……接受范围 (chāochū…jiēshòu fànwéi) Go beyond/be out of the acceptable range of…
闹市区 (nàoshìqū) Downtown area
核心竞争力 (héxīn jìngzhēnglì) Core competitiveness
Recently, KFC restaurants are reported to have to move frequently in some areas of China. Why does such a fast-food giant …
Colors
CHINESE / MANDARIN VOCABULARY – COLORS/ 颜色/yán sè
(Click in the arrow to listen how to pronounce the word in Mandarin)…
Chinese Culture Series: Chinese New Year 2009 Part Ⅲ: Zou qinqi – Visit Relatives
It is a Chinese custom to go visit the family relatives when a Chinese new year comes. They visit to close relatives in the first day of a year or in the first two or three days. As for those distant relatives visits are welcome …
Chinese Culture Series: Chinese New Year Part Ⅱ: Hongbao – Lucky Money
On the Chinese New Year’s Eve or anytime during the spring festival holidays, the aged would give Chinese kids money, known as lucky money, which is put in small, red packets called Hongbao in Chinese language with Hong for red the color and Bao for …
Chinese Culture Series: 2009 Ox Year (Year of Niu) – Chinese New Year Part Ⅰ
Chinese New Year 2009 falls on January 26, 2009 when Chinese twelve-year circle will roll into the year of ox. In Chinese language, ox is pronounced as Niu. Niu, as an animal in general, was playing the role of dragging a plough in field before …
Practice: Chinese Writing
Bă cíyŭ zŭchéng jùzi, zài jiāshàng biāodiăn. 1. 把 词语 组成 句子，再 加上 标点。 暑假 愉快 你 祝 __________________________________ 下午 时间 有 吗 你好 __________________________________ 你们 荣幸 见到 我 非常 感到 __________________________________ 欢迎 北京 你 __________________________________ 高兴 您 认识 很 你好 __________________________________ 第 奥运会 北京 …
Tips to Learn Chinese
One way that could be helpful to learn the mandarin Chinese is to imitate. Experts say that 3 to 12 years old are the golden ages for children to learn mandarin Chinese, because kids in that age range have strong capability for imitation. Once …