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Although we say this is good for advanced Chinese learners, this is great for Chinese beginners and up as well as English learners.

In this video, 白洁 taught you how to say sneakers in British English (i.e. trainers), and in Chinese ( 运动鞋 yun4 dong4 xie2 )

Shopping = 逛街
honk = 按喇叭
to get lost = 迷路了
really interesting/fun = 真是有意思
market (selling vegetables and meat) = 菜市場
egg plant = 茄子
egg = 鸡蛋
Chinese idiom 一个头两个大 it means “to be in trouble or difficulty”
zucchini / courgette = 小胡瓜; 意大利黄瓜 or 西葫芦
handsome boy/man = 帅哥
pants /trousers = 长裤
panties or Underpants /pants or snickers = 内裤 ( inner pants = underwear)
embarrassing = 羞死人了
I don’t want to live = 不想活了。
When Americans say “My God!”, we Chinese would say “妈呀”

Youtube Video for Advanced Chinese
白洁不仅说英文，也说中文。 Talking About American English & British English in Chinese. Wow!

白洁的中文好棒！
Learn how to say “Delicious” in Chinese from 白洁。

Here’s a great youtube video to teach you how to say “Happy Birthday!”, “Happy Holiday!”, “Wish you Merry Christmas”, “Wish you Happy New Year!” in Mandarin.

It’s a short Mandarin lesson to say nice things in holiday season. A great way to learn in a good mood.

This is alos a wish from ChineseBay.com to all of you, my dear visitors, ChineseBay fans!

We will learn much more in year 2010!

How to say “Merry Christmas” in Mandarin & Cantonese?
聖誕快樂 （圣诞快乐)
Mandarin:sheng4 dan4 kuai4 le4 (all 4th tones)
Cantonese: sing3 daan3 faai3 lok6 (all 3rd tone but the last one 6th tone) Read the rest of this entry »

Here’s how to say Happy Mother’s Day!

mŭ qīn jié kuài lè
母亲节快乐！

kuài lè 快乐 = happy
mŭ qīn 母亲 = mother (formal)
jié 节 = festival

zhù nĭ shēng rì kuài lè
祝你生日快乐!  ( This is how to say ‘wish you happy birthday’ in Mandarin Chinese )

shēng rì 生日 = birthday

zhù nĭ 祝你 = wish you

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Learn to say these colors in Mandarin: blue, red, yellow, green, orange, black, white, purple, pink, golden. (蓝色,红色, 黄色,绿色, 橙色, 黑色,白色, 紫色, 粉红色, 金色,)

To start, just go to our Flashcards – Colors

Now the 2nd way to say “Will you marry me?”

This is used by a lady to ask a man:

nǐ     yuànyì        qúwǒ     ma
ni3  yuan4yi4 qu2wo3 ma?
你   愿意      娶我     吗？
you be willing  marry  me question?  (= Are you willing to marry me?)

yuan4yi4 愿意= to be willing
qu3 娶 = to marry a girl/lady   (in this sentence, changed to 2nd tone because of wo3 is 3rd tone)
ma 吗 = a question that changes a statement to a question.

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In Mandarin, there are two ways to say “Will you marry me?”

The first one is for a man to say it to a lady:

jia4 gei2 wo3 ba, hao3 ma?
嫁 给 我 吧，好 吗？
Marry to me question, good question? (Marry to me, will you?)

Want to know the 2nd way? See you next time.

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