There is one short story made of words that used only one sound, shi (sounds like ‘sure’). We call it “The Story of Mr. Shi Eating Lions” which was written by Zhao Yuanren, a linguist in Chinese, the author of “A Grammar of Spoken Chinese”. This short story is composed of 91 words and all […]
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It is well known that children need “positive enforcement” (“正面激励”). By definition, “positive enforcement occurs when a desirable event or stimulus is presented as a consequence of a behavior and the behavior increases.” (Wikipedia). Praise is one of the strategies to provide positive verbal feedback. However, if we praise our child all the time with
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Every autumn, Chinese people celebrate a very special day, Mid-Autumn Festival. It is always the 15th day of August according to Chinese calendar. Usually it falls in September or October. Do you know how people have Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival celebration? On every 15th of each month based on the Chinese calendar, the moon is round.
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After a long relaxing summer vacation, it is back to school time! Just like students need supplies for school use, they will learn different subjects in school. By the end of the first day, most students will be familiar with the school objects, and have their timetable in their hands. The timetable lists all the subjects
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都 is one of the commonly used characters in Chinese. Literally it means “both” and “all”. This Chinese Vocabulary Study guide you 都 features the basic grammatical rules on how to use the word with many useful examples. 葡萄和苹果，我都喜欢。 This sentence can be translated into English as “Grapes and apples, I like both. “ As
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也 (yě) means “too” or “also”.Chinese vocabulary study guide Ye 也 explains the basic rules of how to use 也 in Chinese as well as some common mistakes and how to avoid them. Let’s have a look at a sentence first. My friend is going to the library. I am going there too. This is
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不 (bu) is a common word in Chinese. It literally means “no, not”. In this vocabulary study guide, I would like to list some rules of how to use it in Chinese. to Negate a VERB 不 is generally used to negate a verb in the present of future tense by simply putting it in front
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Some proverbs have the similar meanings in both Chinese and English, although the expressions are different. For example. “Burnt child dreads the fire. ” in Chinese, the corresponding proverb is “一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳 (literally means, “He who was once bitten by a snake is frightened at the sight of a coiled rope.” ) Can you make the
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When spring comes, working in the garden such as planting seeds , watering flowers and so on is a great fun, for both adults and children. It is also a good time to teach kids some gardening words in Chinese. Here is a gardening theme Chinese Learning pack for kids. The pack contains the following printable: · Gardening theme
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This song is a classical Chinese children’s song. It tells a story that an old lady taking a tricycle. She was asked to pay 50 cents, but she paid 1 dollar. Isn’t that strange? A little monkey is so hungry that it cannot jump. It was given a banana, but it refuses to take it.
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Safety and discipline are two big topics adults cannot talk about enough to our children. How to say them in Chinese? Here are a list of sentences you can use when it is necessary. SAFETY 1. 小心。 xiǎoxīn Be careful. | Watch out. 2. 小心路滑。 xiǎoxīn lù huá Be careful. It is slippery. 3. 小心楼梯。
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What are the important things for a child? Objects for the school! Here are some commonly used school objects in Chinese. It would be useful for the children to get to know them all! 铅笔盒 qiānbǐ hé pencil-case 钢笔 gāngbǐ pen 铅笔 qiānbǐ Pencil 记号笔 jìhào bǐ marker 尺子 chǐzi ruler 橡皮 xiàngpí eraser 固体胶棒
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Public signs are very important. Many signs in China look similar to the ones available in Europe, USA and other countries in the world. Familiar Public Area Signs For example, NO SMOKING is pretty much the same. 禁止吸烟 Jìnzhǐ xīyān No Mobile Phone looks similar too. 请勿使用手机 Qǐng wù shǐyòng shǒujī Although a person does
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Chinese numbers are fundamental for Chinese learning. To some extent, learning Chinese numbers serves a shortcut to learn many other Chinese topics such as year, month, date, weekdays, time and much more. MY CHINESE NUMBER BOOKLET However, many times these topics are taught separately at different time in different units. Because the knowledge is not
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汉字（hàn zì ), Chinese characters, are of thousands of years history. It is interesting, esp. for children, to find out the origin of them since they have changed over the years. Here is a video showing the evolution of some common Chinese characters.
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It is very important to know the basic Chinese sentences in order to conduct conversations in Chinese. Here are 30 sentences you can learn to start dialogues in Chinese. 能耽误你一点时间吗？ Néng dānwù nǐ yīdiǎn shíjiān ma? Have you got a minute? 有笔借我吗？Yǒu bǐ jiè wǒ ma Have you got a pen I could
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How is the weather? In Chinese, we say 天气怎么样？Tiānqì zěnme yàng? Is it sunny? Is it rainy? Is it little cloudy? Is it snowy? Is it windy? Is it foggy? 是晴天吗？ Shì qíng tiān ma? 是下雨吗？ Shì xià yǔ ma? 是多云吗？ Shì duōyún ma? 是下雪吗？ Shì xià xuě ma? 是刮风吗？ Shì guā fēng ma? 是多雾吗？
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When we introduce ourselves, the countries we come from and our nationalities are important. To say nationalities in Chinese, we get to learn the names of countries first. The Chinese word for nation/country/kingdom is 国家（guójiā).国(guó) is used many times to indicate a country. How to Say China in Chinese? China is called “中国”（Zhōngguó）in Chinese. It literally
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How to say Year, Month and Date in Mandarin Chinese? Are they very different from their equivalents in English? Are they difficult? These are common questions Chinese learners ask. First of all, year, month and date are easy in Mandarin Chinese If one knows the basic numbers in Chinese, she or he can easily conjugate
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Compared to English, weekdays or Counting weeks in Chinese are extremely easy. As long as the basic Chinese numbers are learned, it is as easy as a piece of cake. Weekdays in Chinese To learn the weekdays, we first need to know that a week in China starts with Monday instead of Sunday. So the
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