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[zolloc]

dance

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[jinsthighs]

ah… this boy is too much… ♡

[justtomakeitthrough]

再见 (Goodbye)- G.E.M

I love this song, she has such a pretty voice.

[zenmezhongwen]

Theme vocabulary: Question words

吗 (ma) question particle at the end of yes & no questions:

你是中国人吗? (Nǐ shì Zhōngguórén ma?) Are you Chinese?

他不是美国人吗? (Tā bù shì Měiguórén ma?) He is not from the US?

谁 (shéi/shuì) Who?

他是谁? (tā shì shéi?) Who is he?

这些书是谁的? (zhèxiē shū shì shéi de?) Whose books are these?

什么 (shénme) What?

你叫什么名字? (Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?) What is your name?

这是什么? (Zhè shì shénme?) What is this?

现在是什么时间 (Xiànzài shì shénme shijiān?) What’s the time?

为什么(wěishénme) & 干什么 (gànshénme) Why?

他以前为什么不告诉 (Tā yǐqián wěishénme bù gàosu ?) Why didn’t he tell me earlier?

你为什么学习汉语 (Nǐ wěishénme xuéxí Hànyǔ ?) Why do you study Chinese?

你看这些干什么 (Nǐ kàn zhèxiē gànshénme?) Why do you want to take a look at these? * Notice! wěishénme goes after subject, gànshénme at the end of the phrase.

什么时候 (shénme shíhou) When, at what time?

什么时候上课 (shénme shíhou shàng kè?) When does the class start?

什么时候回来 (shénme shíhou huílai?) When will you be back?

怎么 (zěnme) How to?

怎么写 这些汉字? (zěnme xiě zhèxiē hànzì?) How to write these characters?

这个怎么说? (zhè gè zénme shuō?) How to say this?

怎么啦? (zěnmela) what happened? (worried)

怎么样? (zěnmeyàng) what is something like

大学怎么样? (dàxué zěnmeyàng?) What is the university like?

哪 (nǎ) Which?

哪本书是你的? (nǎ běn shū shì nǐ de?*) Which book is yours?

哪个你最喜欢? (nǎgè nǐ zuì xǐhuan?) Which one is your favourite? * Notice! 那一本书是你的吗 (nà yī běn shū shì nǐ de ma?) Is that book yours?

哪儿 (nǎr) Where?

学院在哪儿? (Xuéyuàn zài nǎr?*) Where’s the school located?

你在哪儿? (Nǐ zài nǎr?) Where are you? * Notice! 学院在那儿 (Xuéyuàn zài nàr) School is there.

多少 (duōshao) more than ten & 几 (jǐ) less than ten; How many?

中国有多少人? (Zhōngguó yǒu duóshao rén?*) How many people are there in China?

你学校有多少学生? (Nǐ xuéxiào yǒu duóshao xuésheng?) How many students are there in your school? * Notice! After 多少 there is no classifier for nouns.

你家有几口人? (nǐ jiā yǒu jī kǒu rén?) How many people are in your family?

今天几号? (jīntiān jǐ hào?) What date is it today?

[koimizu]

Some examples of ancient Chinese pictographs and how they evolved into Chinese characters

[linguaphilebookofdisquiet]

8 CHINESE MANDARIN

Level 1 Vocabulary: Part 3

人 rén: person

人民币 rén mín bì: yuan, “money of the people” 认识 rènshi: to meet 日rì: sun 日本 rìběn: Japan 容易 róng yì: easy 肉 ròu: meat 三 sān: three 散步 sànbù: to take a walk 嫂子 săozi: sister-in-law, the wife of a friend 商 shāng: trade 商场 shāng chăng: shopping centre 商店 shāng diàn: store 商人 shāng rén: trader, merchant 上 shàng: up, to go up 上班 shàng bān: to go to work 上次 shàng cì: on the last time 上课 shàng kè: having classes 上网 shàng wăng: surf the web 上午 shàng wŭ: morning 上星期shàng xīng qī: last week 勺 sháo: spoon 生 shēng: to be born 生日 shēng rì: birthday 生意人shēng yì rén: business man 圣诞节 shèngdàn jié: Christmas 圣诞老人 shèngdàn lăorén: Santa Claus 声音shēng yīn: voice 什么shénme: what?, how? 什么时候 shénme shíhou: when?, what time? 身体 shēntĭ: health, body 设计师 shè ji shī: designer 师 shī: master 诗 shī: poem 失业人员shī yè rén yuán: unemployed 十 shí: ten 是 shì: to be 时候 shíhou: time, specific moment 事儿shìr: business, matter 手 shŏu: hand 手机shŏu jī: cell phone 瘦 shòu: thin 帅 shuài: handsome, good looking (used for males) 双胞胎 shuāngbāotāi: twins 谁 shuí, sheí : who? 水 shŭi: water 睡觉 shuì jiào: to sleep 说 shuō: to speak 书 shū: book 书店 shūdiàn: bookstore 四 sì: four 送 sòng: to accompany 岁suì: classifier for ages 所 suŏ: classifier for school, university 宿舍 sùshè: bedroom, dorm 素食者 sùshízhě: vegetarian 他 tā: he, him 她 tā: she, her 他们 tāmen: they, them 太 tài: very, a lot 太了tài le: to much 天 tiān: day, sky 天天tiān tiān: everyday 听tīng: to listen to, to hear 体重 tĭzhòng: weight 体育 tĭyù: sports 同学 tōngxué: class buddy, class colleague 同事 tōngshì: co-worker, work colleague 头发 tóufà: hair 头 tóu: head 兔 tù: rabbit 图书馆 tú shū guăn: library 西 xī: west                                                                                                 

下 xià: bellow, underneath, next 下班 xiā bān: to finish work, leave work 下次 xià cì: next time 下课 xià kè: to finish class 下星期xià xīngqī: next week 下午xià wŭ: afternoon 下雨 xià yŭ: to rain 下一个 xià yi ge: the next one, next 香港 xiāng găng: Hong Kong 想xiăng: to want                                                                                       

向东拐 xiàng dōng guăi: to turn east 现在 xiànzài: now, in this moment, currently 先生xiānsheng: sir, mister, husband (formal) 小姐xiăojie: miss, young lady 小区 xiăo qū: neighborhood, district, block                                               

小说 xiăo shuō: novel 小学xiăo xué: school, elementary school 西班牙 xī bān yá: Spain 谢谢xiè xie: thank you 喜欢 xĭhuan: to like 心 xīn: heart 新年 xīn nián: New Year 行 xíng: ok, alright 姓 xìng: last name 姓名xìng míng: full name 幸福 xìngfú: hapiness 星期 xīngqī: week 星期一xīngqī yī: monday 星期二xīngqī èr: tuesday 星期三xīngqī sān: wednesday 星期四xīngqī sì: thursday 星期五xīngqī wŭ: friday 星期六xīngqī liù: saturday 星期天 / 星期日xīngqī tiān/ rí: sunday 兄弟兄弟姐妹 xiōngdì jiěmèi: brothers and sisters 洗 xĭ: to wash 洗手间 xĭshŏujiān: bathroom 休息xīuxi: to rest 希望 xīwàng: to want, to wish 学xué: to study, to learn 学习xuéxi: to study, to learn 学生xuésheng: student 学校xuéxiào: school 学院xuéyuàn: college 雪鱼 xuě yú: codfish 训练 xùnliàn: to train 外wài: out of, foreign 外公 wàigōng: grandfather (mother’s side) 外婆 wàipó: grandmother (mother’s side) 外国 wàiguó: foreign country 外国人 wàiguórén: foreigner 晚会 wănhuì: a feast 晚 wăn: late 晚上 wăn shàng: night 晚饭 wăn fàn: dinner 玩游戏 wán yóu xì: to play  

喂  wèi: expression used when answering the phone     

 为什么wèi shénme: why?                      

文 wén: writing, culture                                                                             

问  wèn: to ask                                                                                          

我  wŏ: I, me                                                                                              

我们 women: We, us                       

五 wŭ: five                                                                                                  

 午饭 wŭ fàn: lunch                                                                      

宴会  yànhuì: feast                                                                                   

要  yào: to really want                                                                               

 也  yě: also, too, as well                                                                         

爷爷 yéye: grandfather (father’s side)                                          

一 yī: one                                         

一定 yídìng: to be sure                                                                            

一共 yígòng: altogether                                                                           

一会儿见yíhuìr jiàn: see you really soon                              

一起 yìqĭ: together     

一下儿 yīxiàr: a little                                                                         

衣服 yīfu: clothes                            

以后 yĭhòu: after                                                                       

以前 yĭqián: before     

医院  yīyuàn: hospital           

医生  yīsheng: doctor             

英国  yīngguó: Englang                                                                       

英语  yīngyŭ: english         

银行  yínháng: bank                                                                               

音乐  yīnyuè: music          

音乐家  yīnyuè jiā: musician                                                            

有yŏu: to have    

 有名 yŏu míng: famous                                                                             

有时候 yŏushíhou: sometimes    

有空yŏu kòng: to have free time  

有意思 yŏu yì sī: interesting     

邮局 yóu jú: post office            

邮箱yóu xiāng: e-mail        

鱼 yú: fish                                                                                   

雨yŭ: rain 

圆  yuán: round             

远  yuăn: far     

语言  yŭyán: language              

愿意 yuànyì: to agree                                                                            

月  yuè: moon    

一月 yi yuè: january          

二月èr yuè: february        

三月sān yuè: march   

 四月sì yuè: april                                                                                        

 五月wŭ yuè: may                                                                              

六月liù yuè: june   

七月qī yuè: july 

八月bā yuè: august            

九月jiŭ yuè: september

十月shí yuè: october

十一月shí yi yuè: november          

十二月shí èr yuè: december                                                                   

在  zài: to be, stay at 

再  zài: again, one more time                  

再见 zàijiàn: goodbye           

早上 zăo shàng: dawn                   

早饭zăo fàn: breakfast   

找zhăo: to look for           

 照片 zhàopiàn: photo         

这次zhè cì: this time    

这个zhè ge: this       

这人 zhèr: here                 

这么 zhème: so               

这样  zhèyàng: this way, this kind, similar      

 怎么样  zěnmeyàng: how?, in what way?     

怎么走 zěnmezŏu: how to get to?         

真zhēn: really, truly                  

政客zhēng kè: politician        

只 zhī: just, only           

只有 zhī yŏu: the only one     

 知道 zhīdào: to know            

职员zhíyuán: worker      

中国 Zhōngguó: China              

中国人 zhōngguórén: chinese            

中文  zhōng wèn: Chinese culture           

中间  zhōng jiān: in the middle of            

中学  zhōng xué: highschool        

中午  zhōng wŭ: noon          

重要  zhòng yào: important        

周 zhōu: cicle, week   

周末zhōu mò: weekend     

住zhù : to live in   

祝 zhù: to wish                                                                                             

 走 zŏu: to walk                                                                                          

最 zuì: the most (comparison)                                                                     

 最近 zuìjìn: recently, lately                                                                           

坐  zuò: to sit                                                                                              

做  zuò : to do, to make                                                                             

做饭zuò fàn: to cook                                                                                 

做生意 zuò shēng yì: to do business                                                     

作家 zuò jiā: writer

昨天 zuótiān: yesterday  

作业 zuò yè: homework            

左右 zuŏyòu: roughly, approximately

足  zú: feet, foot

足球 zú qiu: football

END OF PART 3 This vocabulary list is the result from my Level 1 Chinese Mandarin Classes at the University. The books used are: New Practical Chinese Reader Volume 1 Textbook/ Workbook; Great Wall Chinese Essentials in Communication Volume 1 Textbook/ Workbook.

The audio for (most of) this vocabulary is available at the New Practical Chinese Reader Volume 1 Video Lessons. [Lessons 1-14 Playlist: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB1B262B05A6992FD] [Lesson 2 not available on the playlist: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2BEgmTa-BE]

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“Dying” to Sound More Casually Chinese

Modern Chinese have developed the habit of using the character 死 sǐ (die) to spice up their colloquial expressions. Let’s take a closer look to see what we can learn from these colorful language extremes. Often these “dying” expressions are used to express negative feelings with lighthearted charm…

饿死了è sǐ le  – extremely hungry 渴死了 kě sǐ le – extremely thirsty 吓死我了 xià sǐ wǒ le – frightened me to death 疼死了 téng sǐ le – to really hurt 热死了 rè sǐ le – unbearably hot 冷死了 lěng sǐ le – unbearably cold 累死了 lèi sǐ le – dying from overwork 堵死了 dǔ sǐ le – blocked road; plugged hole 烦死了 fán sǐ le – annoyed to death 困死了 kùn sǐ le – incredibly sleepy 气死我了 qì sǐ wǒ le – infuriating me 无聊死了 wúliáo sǐle – bored to death

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[zenmezhongwen]

Formal introduction

1. 您好！(Nín hǎo!)

2. 您好！(Nín hǎo)

3. 您贵姓？(Nín guìxìng?)

4. 我姓王。 您呢？(Wǒ xìng Wáng. Nín ne?)

5. 我姓李。 您是哪里人？(Wǒ xìng Lǐ. Nín shì nǎlǐ rén?)

6. 我是北京人， 您呢？(Wǒ shì Běijīng rén, nín ne?)

7. 我是四川人。 (Wǒ shì Sìchuān rén.)

Translation

1. Hello! 2. Hello! 3. What is your family name? 4. My family name is Wang, and yours? 5. My family name is Li. Where are you from? 6. I’m from Beijing, and you? 7. I’m from Sichuan.

[zenmezhongwen]

Theme Vocabulary: School

学生 (xuésheng) student

同学 (tóng​xué) classmate

老师 (lǎo​shī) teacher

学校 (xué​xiào) school

学院 (xué​yuàn) college

小学 (xiǎo​xué) elementary / primary school

中学 (zhōng​xué) middle school

大学 (dà​xué) university

学习 (xué​xí) to study

系 (xì) faculty

学科 (xué​kē) subject

课 (kè) class

功课 (gōng​kè) homework

学士 (xué​shì) bachelor’s degree

硕士 (shuò​shì) master’s degree

上学 (shàng ​xué) to go to school

上课 (shàng kè) start class

学年 (xué​nián) academic year

[zenmezhongwen]

Theme Vocabulary Special: Loanwords?

Can you guess the loanwords? Four groups of loanwords, first three groups are themed. If you can figure one word, you might be able to smart your way through the rest of the group. Last group is more difficult, the words are not connected to each other in any way.

Try not use a dictionary, that’ll spoil all the fun! I’ll edit in the answers in a day or two. No prize, just fun ｡◕‿◕｡ Group I: Food 哈尼 (hā​ní) honey

窝夫 (wō​fū) waffle

雪葩 (xuě​pā) sorbet

可颂 (kě​sòng) croissant

玛芬 (mǎ​fēn) muffin

多拿滋 (duō​ná​zī) doughnut

巧克力 (qiǎo​kè​lì) chokolate

三明治 (sān​míng​zhì) sandwich

优格 (yōu​gé) youghurt

马苏里拉 (mǎ​sū​lǐ​lā) mozzarella Group II: Internet 迷因 (mí​yīn) meme

晒 (shài) share

部落格 (bù​luò​gé) blog

黑客 (hēi​kè) hacker

极客 (jí​kè) geek

挨踢 (Āi​ Tī) IT

伊妹儿 (yī​mèir) e-mail

兔爸 (tù​bà) toolbar

推特 (Tuī​tè) Twitter Group III: Music 弗拉明戈 (fú​lā​míng​gē) flamenco

朋克 (péng​kè) punk

布鲁斯 (bù​lǔ​sī) blues

华尔兹 (huá​’ěr​zī) waltz

安可 (ān​kě) encore

爵士 (jué​shì​) jazz

迪斯科 (dí​sī​kē) disco

波尔卡 (bō​’ěr​kǎ) polka

萨克斯风 (sà​kè​sī​fēng) saxophone

Group IV 苦迭打 (kǔ​dié​dǎ) coup d'état

罗曼带克 (luō​màn​dài​kè) romantic

逻辑 (luó​ji) logic

亚克力 (yà​kè​lì) acrylic

桑拿 (sāng​ná) sauna

罗曼史 (luó​màn​shǐ) romance

蒙太奇 (méng​tài​qí) montage

香波 (xiāng​bō) shampoo

德谟克拉西 (dé​mó​kè​lā​xī) democracy

布尔乔亚 (bù​’ěr​qiáo​yà) bourgeois

[zenmezhongwen]

Theme Vocabulary: Pronouns

我 (wǒ) I, me

您，你 (nín, nǐ) You (formal), you (informal)

他， 她 (tā) he, she

我们 (wǒmen) we

你们 (nǐmen) you (plural)

他们， 她们 (tāmen) they (generally), they (if only females)

这 (zhè) this

那 (nà) that

这些 (zhèxiē) these

那些 (nàxiē) those

一些 (yīxiē) some (things)

有的 (yǒude) some (people)

所有 (suǒyǒu) all (people)

大家 (dàjiā) Everyone

[rascalgats]

CHINESE GRAMMAR

10 basic Chinese grammar points for beginners

Chinese Grammar Guide

How to use the particles 吗 (ma) and 呢 (ne) in Chinese grammar

Key Chinese grammar structure: modifier + de + noun (的)

The sentence particles 吧 (ba) and 吗 (ma) in Chinese grammar

Chinese grammar 把 structure: a basic introduction

Source

Past events in Mandarin Chinese grammar (there’s no past tense!)

[feral-thoughts]

An example of why tones are so important in Chinese:

麵條 / miàntiáo = noodles

棉條/ miántiáo = tampons

You’re welcome. 

[taiwanesefanatic]

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SONG OF THE DAY #333

G.E.M. 鄧紫棋《紅薔薇白玫瑰》(Eyes, Nose, Lips Cover)

My princess is back to steal my heart, cause I’m getting distracted by Erika these days. But she’s back to tell me she’s queen! Now I can sing along to this song without guessing what I’m saying!!! Although I’ve been mixing Taeyang’s version with this and I don’t even know what I’m singing anymore lol.  

She definitely aced this cover!!