• 5 Lies Teachers Tell You About Mandarin Tones Mandarintonesareoneoftheclassic“difficultparts”ofthelanguage.Despitethat,textbooksandteachersoftendoabadjobofteachingthem.Abigpartofthisisthatthefocusistoooftenonteachingtones,ratherthanteachinghowt......

  • Why Mandarin Chinese is easier than you think MandarinChineseisoftendescribedasadifficultlanguage,sometimesoneofthemostdifficultones.Thisisnothardtounderstand.Therearethousandsofcharactersandstrangetones!Itmustsurelybeimpossibletolearnforanadultf......

  • Why Mandarin Chinese is harder than you think MandarinChineseisoftendescribedasadifficultlanguage,sometimesoneofthemostdifficultones.Thisisnothardtounderstand.Therearethousandsofcharactersandstrangetones!Itmustsurelybeimpossibletolearnforanadultf......

  • Daily Mandarin Lesson: "What" in Chinese Learninghowtosay"what"inChineseisaveryhelpfulvocabularywordthatwillenableyoutoaskandunderstandquestions.TheChinesetermfor“what”is甚麼,writtentraditionally,or什么,writteninsimplifiedform.InMandarin......

  • Laoban   Daily Mandarin Lesson TitlesareimportantinChineseculture,andtheyareusedmorefrequentlythaninmostWesterncountries.Onegoodexampleofthisisthattitlescanbeusedtoaddresspeople,whichyoumightbefamiliarwithfromyourMandarinclasswhere......

  • The Mandarin Tone System TheMandarinlanguagehasafundamentaldifferencefromWesternlanguages:itistonal.TonesareoneofthebiggestchallengesforMandarinlearners,buttheirmasteryisessential.IncorrecttonescanmakeyourspokenMandarindiffic......

  • Mandarin Chinese Love Vocabulary Islovetheuniversallanguage?Maybe–butdeepgazesandlongsighsonlygosofar.Eventuallytheneedforpracticalcommunicationkicksin.ThislistofMandarinChineselovevocabularywillhelp.Butlovevocabularyonlycoversparto......

  • Learn to Speak and Read Mandarin Chinese InterestedinlearningMandarinChinese?You’renotalone.Mandarinisoneofthemostpopularlanguagesforbusiness,travel,andpleasure.ManypeoplethinkthatlearningMandarinChineseisdifficult.Thereisnodoubtthatlearnin......

  • Mama Huhu, Saying "So so; Mediocre" in Mandarin Chinese TherulesofetiquetteinChineseculturestatethatcomplimentsmustberejected.Therefore,ifsomeonetellsyouthatyouspeakMandarinwell,agoodwayofrespondingwouldbe,“Notatall,myMandarinisverypoor.”Onewayofsayingth......

  • How to Address Family Members in Mandarin Chinese Familyrelationscanreachoutoverseveralgenerationsandthroughmanyextensions.Englishtermsforfamilymembersonlyconsidertwofactors:generationandgender.WhileinEnglish,thereisonlyonewaytosay"aunt,"forexample......

  • Mandarin Future Using Yao and Hui Thetwoauxiliaryverbs,yàoandhuì,canbeusedfortalkingaboutthefutureinthesenseof"goingtodosomething"or"intendingtodosomething."Considerthesetwosentences:WǒyàoqùBěijīng.我要去北京。WǒhuìqùBěij......

  • 关于学习普通话 About Learning Mandarin InChina,everykidhastolearnEnglish,whichisthecompulsorysubject.What’smore,asitistheinternationallanguage,sotheparentspayspecialattentiontoit.TheysparenoefforttohelpthekidstoimproveEnglish.Mandarinasou......

  • History of Mandarin Chinese MandarinChineseistheofficiallanguageofMainlandChinaandTaiwan,andit'soneoftheofficiallanguagesofSingaporeandtheUnitedNations.Itisthemostwidely-spokenlanguageintheworld.DIALECTSMandarinChineseissometim......

  • Daily Mandarin Lesson: "Because" in Chinese Learninghowtosay"because"inChinesewillexpandyourvocabularybyenablingyoutoanswerquestions.TheChinesephrasefor"because"is因為,intraditionalform,or因为insimplifiedform.ItsMandarinChinesepinyinis"yī......

  • Mandarin Chinese Greetings TheproperuseofMandarinChinesegreetingscanpavethewayforestablishinggoodrelationships.MandaringreetingsfollowtherulesofconductforChinesesociety,andshouldalwaysbeobservedwhenmeetingsomeoneforthefirsttime......

  • Why Learn Mandarin? Mandarinis“toohard”tolearn,right?Despitethiswidely-heldbelief,millionsofpeoplearestudyingMandarinChineseasasecondlanguage.Butifit’ssohard,whybothertolearnMandarin?ISMANDARINDIFFICULT?Thereisnodoubt......

  • Mandarin Colors

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    Mandarin Colors Learningthenamesofcolorsisessentialinanylanguage,butMandarincolorsgiveyoumorethanjustatoolfordescriptions:theyalsohavestrongculturalmeanings.Red,forexample,isaluckycolor,representingprosperity,goodnes......

  • Mandarin Vocabulary Mandarindoesnothavespecificwordsforsaying“yes”and“no.”Instead,theverbwhichisusedintheMandarinquestionisusedtomakeapositiveornegativereply.Forexample,ifthequestionwas:Doyoulikerice?Theanswercouldbe......

  • Mandarin Chinese Sentence Structure MandarinChinesesentencestructureisquitedifferentthanEnglishorotherEuropeanlanguages.Sincethewordorderdoesn'tmatch,sentenceswhicharetranslatedword-for-wordtoMandarinwillbedifficulttounderstand.Youmust......

  • 汉语备受追捧The Popularity of Mandarin InChina,thereisnodoubtthatEnglishisveryimportant,becauseithasbeentheindispensablesubjectforstudentstolearnsincetheygotoschool.Asoureconomydevelopssofastandourcountryplaysthemoreandmoreimportantroleint......

  • Mandarin General Prepositions Mandarinprepositionsareusedtolinknouns,pronouns,andnounphraseswithinasentence.Mandarinprepositionscanrefertomovementwithintimeorspace,orfunctionasgeneralprepositionssuchastheEnglishprepositionswith,to......

  • Mandarin Numbers

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    Mandarin Numbers MandarinChinesenumbersareoneofthefirstthingsastudentshouldlearn.Besidesbeingusedforcountingandmoneytheyarealsousedfortimeexpressionssuchasweekdaysandmonths.TheMandarinnumberingsystemisabitdifferentfro......

  • Dui Bu Qi, Saying "Sorry" in Mandarin Chinese Therearemanywaystosay“sorry”inMandarinChinese,butoneofthemostcommonandversatilephrasesis►duìbuqǐ.Itmeans"sorry"inthesensethatyouhavewrongedsomeoneandwanttoapologise.ThephraseconsistsofthreeChin......

  • 普通话遍地讲 Mandarin Goes Around the World Recently,theworldwaswatchingAmerica,becausethenewpresidenthadcomeout.DonaldTrumpwasthewinnerandhisfirstdaughterIvankaTrumpbecamethehotissue,becauseshewassuchexcellentandhelpedalotintheelection.Peoplef......

  • Piao Liang, Saying "Beautiful" in Mandarin Chinese Theappreciationofbeautyisauniversaltrait,andprovidesanengagingtopicofconversation.TheMandarinChinesephrasefor“beautiful”or“pretty”is►piàoliang,andcanbeusedtodescribepeople,places,orobjects.Piào......