Posts Tagged ‘Mandarin’
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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wo3 ai4 ni3 = I love you
You can see our learning video posted on Youtube
Learning to write Chinese helps you master the language faster and remember the character better when you see them.
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Pinyin or Hanyu Pinyin is the official Chinese romanized phonetic/pronunciation system. It’s been around for over 50 years and has been helping Chinese learners a lot. More Info Here
How do you type the Pinyin tone marks with your keyboard? It’s pretty tough without some tools.
You can do it easily with This One
(Try to type in this han4yu3 pin1yin1 and you will get hànǚ pīnyīn )
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
This song is about a classmate who shared the same desk.
Some think it is a love song.
Tong2 Zhuo1 de ni3 ( You who once shared my desk at the class)
by Lao3 Lang2 (old wolf), a famous singer.
It starts like this:
Ming2 tian1 ni3 shi4 fou3 hui4 xiang3 qi3
(Tomorrow will you remember …)
zuo2 tian1 ni3 xie3 de ri4 ji4
(yesterday you wrote diary : the diary you wrote yesterday)…
2-minute Mandarin Lesson One: Talking about food.
According to Shanghai Daily (2/11/2008) , HANYU Pinyin, the Chinese phonetic system, celebrated its 50th anniversary in Feb, 2008. About one billion Chinese have used it to learn Mandarin since the first edition of pinyin was issued in 1958.
“Pinyin is useful … it helps us to learn Chinese characters … thanks to pinyin, we learnt how to read,” said 92-year-old Chen Douxiang from Wanrong County, northern Shanxi Province, who still remembers the pinyin poem she learned 50 years ago.
The first edition of pinyin was adopted at the Fifth Session of the First National People’s Congress on February 11, 1958. It was then introduced to primary schools, and used to improve literacy among adults. By the end of 1959, two-thirds of residents in Wanrong County had learnt Mandarin by using pinyin. ( More )
