Basic Chinese vocabulary are simple Chinese words perfect for young and/or beginning Chinese learners. You can find easy-to-learn vocabulary flashcards with fun visuals to make learning engaging; Chinese words around one theme; phrases and sentences, etc. to make Chinese vocabulary learning engaging.
If we translate 很 （hěn）into English, 很 literally means “very, quite”. However, it is often used before adjectives and its meaning is simply “to be”. Here is the Chinese vocabulary study guide 很. 很 （hěn）vs 是 （Shì ) Both 很 and 是 can be translated into “to be”. The difference is that 是 is used in front […]
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Like all the other languages, Chinese language can be broken down to units. The smallest uint in Chinese is characters. Characters form Chinese words or phrases. Combinations of Chinese words and/or phrases make sentences. From there we can compose paragraphs and articles. So the logical solution to learn Chinese is to learn Chinese characters, the
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In this Chinese vocabulary study guide, we are about to talk about 要 (yào), which basically means “want”. As an auxiliary verb, it often comes before main verbs to help express a tone . 要 has several meanings which sometimes can only be determined by the context in which it is used. Expressing “Want” with 要
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It is interesting to visit farms, especially for children. Farm animals such as chicken, cows and dogs are great fun for children to watch and sometimes even to play with. Because children love farm animals and farm animals can be found in any farm, kids usually find it easy to learn the animal words in
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We use Smiley Emoji in our conversations all the time. Do you know about their meanings? If yes, do you know the meaning of these commonly used smiley emojis in Chinese? Let’s have a look! Grin 开心 Kāixīn Laughing with tears 笑到哭 Xiào dào kū Yum yum 口水流下来了 Kǒushuǐ liú xiàláile Cool 酷毙了 Kù bìle
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We are all familiar with the preposition words in English such as “in, at, after, beside etc”. In Chinese there are a group of special words that are put after the location. Instead of being called “preposition” words, they are called “nouns of locality” (方位词 , fāngwèi cí）. 方位词 (fāngwèi cí)are nouns showing direction and
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For languages, the history of writing systems progress from pictorial representations, to logograms and eventually to the alphabets. Chinese characters (汉字Hànzì）are all logograms. Based on how they are formed or derived, Chinese characters are traditionally classified into 6 types. In detail, they are pictographs, simple ideographs, compound ideographs, phono-semantic compounds, rebus characters and derivative cognates.
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How do you go to school? On foot, by car, by bike, or by bus? 你怎么去学校？步行，坐小汽车，自行车，还是公共汽车？Bus, car, bike, ship, airplane and more… we use different means of transportation every day. Common means of transportation are relevant, easy, and interesting for young learners. Here is a list of the common transports in Chinese. Transports in Chinese
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在 is a common word in Chinese used to express existence in a place, a location and actions in progress. Expressing Existence in a Place When used to express existence in a place, 在 can be translated into “to be at” or ” to be in” in English. The sentence structure is Subj. + 在
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有 is one of the commonly used characters in Chinese. Literally it means “to have” and “there be”. It can be used to express existence or possession. This Chinese Vocabulary Study guide you 有 features the basic grammatical rules on how to use the word with many useful examples. Expressing existence The verb 有 (yǒu) when
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As we all know, Chinese characters are an essential part of Chinese language. Should children learn to write Chinese characters? As the basic units of the language, Chinese characters are necessary to learn, even for kids at young age. Here are seven tips on teaching kids to write Chinese characters. First, let’s have a look
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太 is a common word in Chinese. It literally means “too” or “so” in the sense of “excessively”. Usually 了 needs to be added after the adjective to make it sound natural in Chinese. This Chinese Vocabulary Study guide tai 太 features the basic grammatical rules on how to use the word with many useful examples. Here
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There are several ways of learning Chinese vocabulary. We can use visual aids, demonstration or explanation and other methods. Mind maps, or spider grams, as visual forms of note taking, are very effective in learning Chinese vocabulary. Using mind maps to learn Chinese has been proven to be very effective. What Are Mind Maps Usually
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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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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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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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