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Color

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

Today, let’s learn some new words of color:
颜色     yán sè          color
白         bái                white
黑         hēi                black
红         hóng             red
黄         huáng           yellow
蓝         la                  blue
粉红     fěn hóng       pink
橙         chéng            orange
紫         zǐ                   purple
绿         lǜ                   green
灰         huī                 gray
金色     jīn sè             golden
银色     yín sè            silver
棕色     zōng sè         brown
彩色    cǎi sè             multi-colored
Hi, it’s not too difficult to learn. Hope you can remember today. [...]

Time During the Day

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

When we learned daily greeting, we need to remember those basic words to describe the time during the day. Let’s review a few very useful words here together.
早晨 zǎo chén         morning
中午 zhōng wǔ       noon
下午 xià wǔ             afternoon
晚上 wǎn shang     evening
夜      yè                [...]

Seasons

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

The topic is very easy, we have only four new words today. Here they are:
春天 chūn tiān        spring
夏天 xià tiān            summer
秋天 qiū tiān           fall, autumn
冬天 dōng tiān       winter
季节 jì jié        season
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Month, Month, and Month

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

My birthday is in August. How to speak August in Chinese? Let’s learn the name of every month in Chinese today.
一月 yī yuè          January
二月 èr yuè         February
三月 sān yuè      March
四月 sì yuè          April
五月 wǔ yuè       May
六月 liù yuè       June
七月 qī yuè        [...]

It’s Monday!

Monday, August 17th, 2009

Hi today is Monday again. Em… I think we can learn how to speak Chinese from Monday to Sunday. Sometime, you will understand what and when to do things in China!
星期一 xīng qī yī           Monday
星期二 xīng qī èr          Tuesday
星期三 xīng qī sān       Wednesday
星期四 xīng qī sì           Thursday
星期五 [...]

Mandarin Numbers 11-20

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

Today, let’s learn how to speak Mandarin numbers 11 to 20.
11    shí¬ yī     十一
12    shí¬ èr    十二
13    shí¬ sān  十三
14    shí¬ sì     十四
15    shí¬ wǔ   十五
16    shí¬ liù   十六
17    shí¬ qī    十七
18    shí bā      十八
19    shí¬ jiǔ   十九
20    èr shí      二十
Although we just learned number from 1 to 20, you can [...]

Mandarin Numbers 1-10

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

0    ling      零
1      yī         一
2      èr        二
3      sān     三
4      sì         四
5      wǔ      五
6      liù       六
7      qī        七
8      bā       八
9      jiǔ       九
10   shí      十
Now you know how to speak in mandrin numbers from 1 to 10. Keep yourself in practice. It’s just a piece a of cake.  [...]

Basic Greeting in Chinese III

Sunday, August 9th, 2009

Good night, Paul.
wǎn  ān , Paul.
晚     安, Paul。
Good-bye, Tony.
zài  jiàn, Tony.
再   见, Tony 。
See you tomorrow.
míng   tiān   jiàn
明      天      见。
See you later.
dāi   huì   ér   jiàn
待    会   儿     见。
Take Care.
bāo  zhòng
保 重。
Have a pleasant journey!
yí    lù   píng   ān
一 路 平 安!
Today, we finished study on basic greeting in Chinese. Please find someone to practice together. If [...]

Basic Greeting in Chinese II

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

How are you?
nǐ   hǎo  má?
你   好    吗?
Fine, thanks. And you?
hěn  hǎo,  xiè  xiè,  nǐ  ne
很    好，谢  谢，你  呢？
I’m fine, too.
wǒ  yě  hěn  hǎo
我  也  很     好。
How is Amy /
Amy   hǎo  ma?
Amy   好    吗？
How is your wife / your husband?
nǐ   qī   zǐ /  zhàng   fū   hǎo   ma
你  妻 子     丈       夫   好    吗?
She / He is [...]

Basic Greeting in Chinese I

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Hello/Hi!
nǐ    hǎo
你  好
Good morning.
zǎo  chén  hǎo
早    晨     好
Good afternoon.
xià    wǔ   hǎo
下    午     好
Good evening.
wǎn   shàng  hǎo
晚     上        好
I’m Joy
wǒ   shì  Joy
我   是    Joy
Are you …….?
nǐ   shì
你  是….?
Yes, I am. / No, I’m not.
shì,  wǒ   shì.   /   bù,   wǒ   bù   shì
是，我    是。/   不，我    不   是。
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