Welcome to our “Chinese Language Practice” category, your go-to resource for mastering the four key pillars of learning Mandarin Chinese: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Designed for kids and beginning learners, our posts offer practical tips, engaging activities, and expert insights to help you develop these essential skills. Discover effective listening exercises, speaking drills, reading strategies, and writing techniques that make learning Mandarin enjoyable and accessible. Dive into our comprehensive guides and resources to enhance your language practice and achieve fluency in Mandarin Chinese.
When we talk about Spring, some happy songs come to my mind. Where Is Spring song, or “春天在哪里” (chūn tiān zài nǎ lǐ) is a great example. What is “Where is Spring” Song About It begins by asking the question “Where is spring? Where is spring? “ Then we explore the answers together: Spring is […]
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Now that the weather is getting warmer, the birds chirp, more greens come to earth and flowers begin to blossom… we can feel the buzz of Spring in the air. Children enjoy outdoor activities such as gardening, riding bikes and flying kites. What a beautiful time it is to learn some Chinese ! How to Say
We often say, if only we could transfer our experiences to our children… yes, indeed, so many things we can teach or show to our children but experience is something we cannot pass to them. They got to go through and gain the experience by themselves, either good or bad. However, we can teach our
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In our Chinese New Year series, we’ve talked about Chinese New Year Celebrations for kids, Chinese Zodiac animals. 2019 is the year of the pig, so we are going to talk about PIGS in Chinese. How to Say Pigs in Chinese Pig in Chinese is called 猪(Zhū). One pig is 一头猪 (yītóu zhū); two pigs
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At the end of the year, it is a good time to look back. 2018 has been a good year for Chinese4kids. We’ve published posts on Chinese learning and teaching nearly every week. We’ve grown our community on Facebook and Pinterest. What’s more, we’ve added quite some eBooks to our eBook collection. It was also
Abraham Lincoln says, “The better part of one’s life consists of his friendship.” Friends are so important to all of us. They bring support, love and excitement to our lives. Friendship is therefore an essential part a child needs to learn. As teachers and parents, what can we teach our kids the wisdom from our
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The word 会 basically can be used in two ways: 1. to express an ability (a skill or knowledge) that has been learned; 2. to express the possibility of an action which happens in the future. Here is the Chinese vocabulary study guide 会. EXPRESS AN ABILITY WITH 会 The sentence structure is Subj +
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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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Do you know which animals make these sounds: Meow, woof and chirp? Surely you know the answers. The animals are cats, dogs and birds. What sounds do these animals make in Chinese? Cats make 喵喵(miāo miāo)，dogs 汪汪(wāngwāng) and birds 叽叽(jī ji). Do Animals Sound Different in Chinese Sounds of animals are a form of onomatopoeia, the
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Mark Twain said, “Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.” In China, we have similar sayings. Let’s have a look at 12 Chinese sayings on books. HOW DO CHINESE PEOPLE VIEW BOOKS? There are many sayings on books in Chinese. Here we can have a look at the sayings which
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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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中国话，”Chinese Language”, an interesting title for a song. You are right. It is indeed quite puzzling if you only look at the title. However, if you listen to the Chinese Language song, you will understand why it has such a title. Chinese language song starts with a well-known Chinese tong twister biǎn dān kuān bǎn
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Tick tack, clock ticks and time flies by. To all of us, time is invisible but time is everywhere. We sometimes feel time does not move and most of the time we just don’t realise how fast it goes away! How do Chinese people view time? We can understand how important time is to Chinese people,
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You know the famous English tongue twister “She sells seashells on the seashore”, right? Try to read it several times, how do you feel? TONGUE TWISTER HELPS IN LANGUAGE LEARNING A very good way of learning a language is via tongue twisters. Tongue twisters can really train the tongues to twist to make the right
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Time for dinner! I am thirsty. I want to have a glass of milk. Sentences like these are easy, but extremely useful as they are used at meal almost everyday. Here let’s have a look at 30 Chinese sentences which are often used with children during meal time. [Tweet “30 Chinese sentences to be used
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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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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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Christmas is coming… After it, the new year of 2018 is following… Holiday season has already started. Aren’t you busy at preparing gifts and writing greeting cards? If you need some gift inspiration, check out Ideas of Gifts with Chinese Elements ; if you want to write greeting cards in Chinese, I have some phrases and
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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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