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How to Say and Write “I love you” in Chinese (2)?
How to Say and Write “I Love You” in Mandarin 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. Flash Animation On this Site (open in New Window) Related…
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How to Write “Love” in Chinese — Video
A Great Video to Show You How to Write ‘Love’ in Chinese Simplified and Traditional It is a great video to learn how to write this ‘difficult’ but meaningful Chinese character ‘love’. In simplified Chinese 爱, there is another word inside the word ‘Love’ . It means ‘friend’. In traditional Chinese 愛, there is another…
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Qingming Festival 清明节（清明節）
“The Qingming Festival (traditional Chinese: 清明節; simplified Chinese: 清明节; pinyin: Qīngmíngjié, or Ching Ming Festival in Hong Kong, Vietnamese language: Tết Thanh Minh), meaning Clear and Bright Festival, is a traditional Chinese festival on the 104th day after the winter solstice (or the 15th day from the Spring Equinox), usually occurring around April 5 of…
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Flashcards to Learn Chinese Mandarin
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
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Learn Mandarin with Youtube(1)
It is great that you can find lots of video to learn Chinese on Youtube. But searching could be time consuming and only some video clips are of good quality and whith while. Here’s a list of good ones you may find worth your time: 1. Learn Mandarin Chinese Lesson 1 – Introduce yourself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX9fFh5O_Lw…
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Great Cantonese Courses for Mandarin speakers
Just found a good link for Mandarin speakers to learn Cantonese: 轻松学粤语 http://hemanhong.inetradio.cn/program/3361.aspx 11 FREE LESSONS! You may find some good comparison between Mandarin and Cantonese too, but you need to know how to read Mandarin first. Enjoy!
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Cantonese vs Mandarin:(3)
We have learned some major differences in Cantonese and Mandarin pronunciation. You can also find this in Wikipedia: However, Mandarin’s vowel system is somewhat more conservative than Cantonese’s, in that many diphthongs preserved in Mandarin have merged or been lost in Cantonese. Also, Mandarin makes a three-way distinction among alveolar, alveopalatal, and retroflex fricatives, distinctions…
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Cantonese vs Mandarin:(2)
1)Let’s continue to compare Cantonese and Mandarin pronunciation B)There are some Cantonese sounds that do not exist in Mandarin. e.g. Sounds with the ending ‘m’: saam1 三(three)/衫(clothes) caam3 杉(fir) sim4禅（Zen) In Mandarin, they are pronounced as: san1三 shan1衫(clothes)/杉(fir) chan2禅(Zen) From the above, you know that the different characters with the same pronunciation with the same…
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How Do You Write: Love in Mandarin & Cantonese?
How do you write “Love” in Mandarin & Cantonese? The good news is it will be the same in both. There are two forms to write “Love” in Chinese: 1) Simplified ( Official form used in Mainland China and Singapore) 爱 2)Traditional (used in Hong Kong, Taiwan, etc.) 愛 Here’s how we write I love…