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.
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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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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Summer has come! For my kids, Summer vacation officially starts today! The kids are busy at end-of-year parties. Soon families will go on vacation — the sun, the beach and lots of fun! Isn’t it a good idea to get to know all the summer vocabulary in Chinese so to spice the season up with some hot Chinese summer
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Over time, Chinese characters are developed based on several strategies. Some basic Chinese characters were originally pictograms, or pictographs (象形, literally meaning “form imitation). They symbolize objects or express meanings iconically. Pictogram Chinese characters are easy to recognize as the objects represented in the symbols can be seen as soon as the meaning is revealed.
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Recently I have posted a short survey, “What is the most struggle for your child to learn Chinese?“. From all the responses I have received, Hanzi, Chinese writing and Chinese reading are the major areas which require more guidance and support. Chinese characters are indeed the bottleneck for Chinese learning. Consistent work has to be
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The falling leaves, abundance in food, richness in colors and the beautiful but a bit chilly weather all tell us that Autumn has arrived. Autumn Theme Chinese Word Wall words are a collection of key Fall vocabulary in Chinese. They are useful for kids to learn about the fascinating season of Autumn. What are the
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This song tells relationship among Chinese family members. The words are very simple, but direct enough for children to master the terms easily. 爸爸的爸爸叫什么？ bàbà de bàbà jiào shénmé? What to call Daddy’s Dad? 爸爸的爸爸叫爷爷。 bàbà de bàbà jiào yéye Daddy’s Dad is called Yeye. 爸爸的妈妈叫什么？ bàbà de māma jiào shénmé? What to call Daddy’s
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