#ChineseVocabulary

Answer to Do You Know What “意思 (Yìsi)” Really Means? Find out Now!

Answers: B

Analysis: Xiǎo Lǐ: Lǎo Wáng, jìndù zěnmeyàng la? 小李:老王,进度怎么样啦? Xiao Li: Lao Wang, how’s the progress?

Lǎo Wáng: Nǐ yě tà bùgòu yìsi le, wǒmen dōu bǎ gōngzuò zuò wán le nǐ cái lái. 老王:你也太不够意思了,我们都把工作做完了你才来。 Lao Wang: You’re not a stand-up guy. We finished all the work before you got here.…

Do You Know What “意思 (Yìsi)” Really Means? Find out Now!

Read the dialogue and answer the question below.

Xiǎo Lǐ: Lǎo Wáng, jìndù zěnmeyàng la? 小李:老王,进度怎么样啦? Xiao Li: Lao Wang, how’s the progress?

Lǎo Wáng: Nǐ yě tài ______ le, wǒmen dōu bǎ gōngzuò zuò wán le nǐ cái lái. 老王:你也太 ______了,我们都把工作做完了你才来。 Lao Wang: You’re not a stand-up guy.…

HSK Quiz: Àn (暗) VS Hēi (黑)

Please fill in the blanks with the correct answer based on the picture.

A.  Àn (暗) B. Hēi (黑)

   Fángjiān tài __ le, kàn bù qīng lǐmiàn yǒu shén me. 1. 房 间      太 __ 了,看   不   清  里   面     有   什  么。     The room is too dark, I can’t see what’s inside.     Lú nà shì yī zhī__ sè de māo.…

Chinese Buzzwords Learning: 破防(Pò fáng)

1.Physically penetrate the defense. Jī dì bèi dí rén pò fáng le 基地 被   敌人    破防   了。 The enemy has penetrated the base’s defenses.

2.Breaking through one’s emotional defenses, touching deep within, or losing emotional control. Tā de huà ràng wǒ pò fáng le 他  的  话    让   我   破防   了。 I was deeply moved by his words.…

Mastering the Vocabulary: Lao shi vs Shi fu

老师(Lǎo shī), 师父(Shī fù) or 师傅(Shī fù) are all honorific titles in Chinese. Can they be used interchangeably?

老师(Lǎo shī)

老师(Lǎo shī) can be directly translated as “teacher”, in ancient China it was called 先生(Xiān shēng) and represented someone with strong expertise in a particular subject or field, corresponding to students.…

China Also Has Thanksgiving Day? Check out the Festivals about Showing Gratitude in China

Hi dear friends, long time no see! Thanksgiving Day is just around the corner! Have you prepared roast turkeys yet? Thanksgiving is a traditional festival in the Western world, but do you know there are also some festivals about expressing gratitude in China?

Gǎn ēn jié 感恩节 Thanksgiving Day

Gǎn ēn jié kuài lè!…

不 (bù) or 没 (méi), Which Word Shall We Use to Negate the Verb and Say ‘No’?

The Chinese teachers at eChineseLearning often encounter the age-old problem relating to 不 (bù), and 没 (méi). When the teacher asks certain questions to which the answer could be ‘no’, many non-Chinese native students would use the wrong negation word to answer.

For example, let’s take the question ‘Jīntiān nǐ qù xuéxiào ma?…

Do You Know How to Say “Night Owl” in Chinese?

Sleep is as important for good health as diet and exercise. However, in this day and age, many people, especially the younger generations enjoy staying up late at night. Normally we call these people “night owls”. Do you know how to say it in Chinese? In Chinese, night is translated to “yè (夜)”, and “owl” translated to “māo tóu yīng (猫头鹰)”.…

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