Fans of Chinese and Mandarin
Conversational scenarios, expression techniques, and pronunciation correction exercises—focused on practical Chinese speaking skills
Once upon a time, a Chinese girl learned Japanese language for 3 years in college. On summer vacation, she decided to do some part time job to practice Japanese and earn some money. Luckily a travel agency hired her as a guide and a translator who was supposed to guide Japanese tourists to popular attractions … Read more
Because China’s terrain is hilly, especially in South China, the transportation in ancient times was very inconvenient, and it was also inconvenient to communicate in person. We could only communicate by letter, which led to many dialects. Dialectologist Jerry Norman estimated that there are hundreds of mutually unintelligible varieties of Chinese. These varieties form a … Read more
Actualy, NO. Or more accurately: not intentionally to be complimentary at all. For example, USA is not intentionally meant to be called “beautiful”. We will tell this story by including the Hán Việt version (Sino Vietnamese). You will understand why shortly. Nowadays in Chinese, United States of America is called Mỹ Lợi Kiên hợp chúng … Read more
They are same word, same concept. Old Chinese pronounce it as Teni, directly means the Great Sky. This is Chinese Tian Altar in forbidden city. Emperor pray to Tian every year. We do this ceremony from at least 3500 years ago. Manchus, Mogolian,Han Chinese,and Xiongnu people all belived in Tian The true leader of China called Son of Tian.
Mary is usually written as 玛丽 in Chinese. Sometimes, it could be written as 玛莉 in Chinese. There are well-known people who share this name with you, such as, Mary Pickford, or 玛丽·碧克馥 in Chinese, a legendary figure in the cinema world. Mary-Louise Parker, or 玛丽-露易丝·帕克 in Chinese, another actress in the entertainment industry.
They are very similar and sometimes overlap. The most common pronunciation of English /r/ is as a labialized postalveolar approximant, [ɹ̠ʷ]. Some North American, Irish, and West Country varieties have a labialized retroflex approximant, [ɻʷ]. The syllable-initial Mandarin sound transcribed as <r> in Pinyin is most commonly somewhere between a retroflex approximant, [ɻ], and a … Read more
Dui Niu Tan Qin (对牛弹琴) is a well-known Chinese idiom/Chengyu. The idiom is very easy to understand, provided you know the corresponding 4 simple Chinese characters. 对 (duì): Face to face; opposite; opposing 牛 (niú): Cattle; ox 弹 (tán): Play; pluck 琴 (qín): Qin, a seven-stringed plucked instrument 弹琴 (tán qín): play the Qin instrument … Read more
Is Chinese arguably the toughest language in the world for a westerner to master? To speak, read & write in it as good as a native Chinese, would it take the best part of a lifetime? Apart from having official UN status, is it also a world language? Haha. Half yes half no. If you … Read more
In Chinese language, if Japanese have original name or brand written in kanji/Chinese characters, usually Chinese no need to change their name based on Chinese pronunciation. Unless if it’s very hard or weird to pronounce by many Chinese people or Japanese themselves allowed Chinese to make their name to pronounce and written based on Chinese … Read more
1 in 5 Chinese school kids in Malaysia aren’t even Chinese Non-Chinese students comprised 18% of Chinese-language primary schools in 2016, according to Malaysia Education Ministry Statistics, or almost 1 in 5 students. The enrolment of non-Chinese students particularly Malays and Indians actually rose by over 20% between 2010 and 2014. Compared to more than … Read more