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[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

[chinasimplified]

“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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[chinesephrasebook-blog]

Seen at a cafe in Taiwan.  Here are the characters, typed out just for you. :) 如何獲得男朋友

1. 來本店買一份蛋糕。 2. 送給喜歡的男生。告訴他如果好吃，我們就在一起。  3. 本店蛋糕很好吃所以你一定會成功。

＊如果倍拒絕,請再光臨，我們提供一杯熱咖啡，妳帶回去潑他臉上。 

[studyquill]

i am a certified Chinese Person™ here to help you with conversational Chinese because people in China are less likely to try to rip you off if you can speak the language. If anyone more fluent in Chinese than I am wants to make corrections or add on, feel free to do so!

咖啡店 -  kā fēi , diàn

茶店 - chá diàn - tea shop

咖啡 - kā fēi - coffee

茶 - chá - tea

冰茶 - bīng chá - iced tea

绿茶 - lü chá  - green tea 

tip: use v to type ü when using pinyin on an american keyboard

黑茶 - hēi chá - black tea

珍珠奶茶 - zhēn zhū nǎi chá - pearl milk tea/boba tea/bubble tea

水 - shuǐ - water

可乐 - kě lè - (not really cafe related) coca cola

大/中/小 dà/zhōng/xiǎo- large/medium/small

(牛) 奶 - (níu) nǎi - milk

the word  牛 is not always necessary unless you want to specify that it is cow’s milk, not a different dairy product

(蜂) 蜜 - fēng mì - honey 

the word  蜂 is not always necessary unless you want to specify that it is honey from a bee

糖 - táng - sugar

杯子 - bēi zi - cup

勺子 - sháo zi - spoon

餐巾纸 - cān jīn zhǐ - napkin

桌子 - zhuō zi - table

椅子 - yǐ zi - chair

热 or 烫 - rè or tàng - both mean hot

凉 - liáng - cold

冷 (lěng) also means cold but is usually not used when referring to food unless it’s frozen

喝 - hē - drink

渴 - kě - thirsty

those two characters look really similar right? you can remember it because you drink with your mouth and  喝 has a 口 (mouth) in it, and when you’re thirsty you want water so  渴 has the water side thing (sorry I don’t know the English word for it)

请 - qǐng - please

对不起 - duì bu qǐ - excuse me, sorry

if all else fails…

我不会说中文 - wǒ bu huì shuō zhōng wén - I don’t know how to speak Chinese

我不懂中文 - wǒ bu dǒng zhōng wén - I don’t understand Chinese

我不会中文 - wǒ bu huì zhōng wén - I don’t know Chinese

[linguistika]

So I recently found out about a new language-learning interface called Mango Languages. It’s an app and a website that allows you access course materials on 64 languages. All you need is a library card!

Most of the resources are conversations with subtitles, so you’ll be learning to read/write as if you were in an immersion setting, which is arguably one of the best methods for fluency. Vocabulary is divided up into normal conversational topics as well as little specialty lessons that focus on an aspect of the target language’s culture, eg Chinese zodiac or Irish St. Patrick’s day.

The variety available is amazing; you can learn anything from Pirate to Cherokee to Mandarin Chinese, including some languages I’ve never seen lessons on (Tuvan, Dari, Pashto, Kazakh, Latin… You’re in luck, kids).

Overall, it’s not perfect (you need to learn the writing systems of your language before attempting this) but it’s how I’m going to be “procrastinating” before and after finals, that’s for sure.

[thatwasnotverysassyofyou-deacti]

Well. Thanksgiving break is over.

[nourepinephrine]

Best of luck during exam season 👍🏾

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I'm having passive panic attack

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[adventuresofyifen]

Chinese Learning Resources: Part 1

Chinese is my life, so for those of you who are also interested in learning it, I wanted to share my recommendations for resources! This list sticks to online resources. Enjoy! Click HERE for Part 2!

Language Learning and Practice

BBC Languages: http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/guide/

Chinese Grammar Wiki: http://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Main_Page

Chinese Pod: http://chinesepod.com/

Confucius Institute Online Theme Words: http://cop.yes-chinese.com/cnpic/index_en.html

Digital Dialects: http://www.digitaldialects.com/

FluentU: http://www.fluentu.com/

“Growing Up With Chinese” TV Show: http://cctv.cntv.cn/lm/learningchinese/program/index.shtml

Lang-8: http://lang-8.com/

LingQ: http://www.lingq.com/

Livemocha: http://livemocha.com/

Mandarin Strokes: http://www.mandarinstrokes.com/

Memrise: http://www.memrise.com/

Read Chinese: http://readchinese.nflc.org/

R-World: https://rworld.com/sign_in

Speak Chinese: http://www.china.org.cn/learning_chinese/index.htm

Dictionaries

MDBG: http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php

Nciku: http://www.nciku.com/

Blogs

Chinese Hacks: http://chinesehacks.com/

Hacking Chinese: http://www.hackingchinese.com/

Laowai Chinese: http://laowaichinese.net/

Other Websites

China Sprout: http://www.chinasprout.com/shop

East-West Connect: http://www.east-west-connect.com/5-chinese-learning-tips

International Collection of Tongue Twisters: http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/index.htm

Omniglot: http://www.omniglot.com/chinese/mandarin.htm

[chinesephrasebook-blog]

Cāi cāi kàn 猜猜看 Have a guess Chī chī kàn 吃吃看 Have a taste Shì shì kàn 試試看 Have a try Qù qù kàn 去去看 Have a look

看起來 Kàn qǐ lái  Looks like… 吃起來 Chī qǐ lái Tastes like… 聽起來  Tīng qǐ lái Sounds like…

[programmermeetspoet]

Easy Chinese

[izmia]

Creative Art:  This Artist Takes Photographs of People On the Street, Then Doodles Over Them - Yaratıcı Sanat: Sanatçı sokakta insanların fotoğraflarını çeker ve onların üzerilerini boyalar. by Geeohsnap

[hotladypants]

This is unreal

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[miryam1981]

[facings]

Since most of y'all haven’t seen the video

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[misehry]

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