Archive for August, 2009

Pro. Tianwei Xie teaching Chinese
Dr. Tianwei Xie is a professor of Chinese Califronia State University Long Beach. You can find free learning materials from his web site. Here I would like to share with you some free Mandarin lessons from him: 15 lessons in all.
- Unit One: Let’s Get to Know Each Other
- Unit Two: My Family
- Unit 3: Where Do You Work?
- Unit 4: This Is My Address
- Unit 5: Where are you from?
- Unit 6: I Am Learning Chinese
- Unit 7: Is Chinese Difficult?
- Unit 8: I Understand Chinese
- Unit 9: Where Do You Study (Work)?
- Unit 10: What Time Is It Now?
- Unit 11: What Day and What Date Is It Today?
- Unit 12: What’s the Weather Like Here?
- Unit 13: Do You Like to Eat Chinese Food?
- Unit 14: What Game Do You Like?
- Unit 15: Are You Going to China?
You can download the mp3 for the lessons or play online too:
Standard Podcast [1:54m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1031)
Standard Podcast [3:05m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (395)
Standard Podcast [2:33m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (369)
Standard Podcast [4:08m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (334)
Standard Podcast [4:20m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (630)(First 5 lessons. For other mp3 of other lessons, you can go to his site at:
http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/ccol/mp3/
Simple Mandarin:I Cannot Speak English
Pinyin w/Tone Marks wŏ bù huì shuō yīng wén
Traditional 繁(正)體 我不會說英文。
Simplified 简体 我不会说英文
Simple Mandarin(1)
Learn some basic Mandarin with our Simple Mandarin Series.
Let’s learn some simple Putonghua 普通话 or Guoyu 国语 (Mandarin) here.
Just one simple Mandarin sentence a day, your Chinese learning is on its way!
Today’s sentence: Can you speak English?
Pinyin w/Tone Marks nĭ huì shuō yīng wén ma5 ?
Traditional 繁(正)體 你會說英文嗎?
Simplified 简体 你会说英文吗?
Cantonese Phrase Book in PDF format with sound
Finally, upon requests from many users, we publish a beta version of Cantonese Phrasebook.
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New Articles On Chinese Words
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