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.
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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Picture books is a great way to introduce reading to children. There are many excellent English picture books now available in Chinese. Rosie’s Walk is one of them. This is a very simple (yet surprisingly sophisticated, from a humorous point of view) story. A chick named Rosie decides to take a walk one day.
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In addition to Tuttle Chinese For Kids Flash Cards Kit, I received “My First Book of Chinese Words: An ABC Rhyming Book” from Tuttle Publishing. I was first impressed by the quality of printing and the illustration which is in a traditional way. When I skimmed through the book, I did not see many Chinese
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It is a good idea to do some morning exercise in summer! Let’s move following this video.
I am a big fan of Jimi’s work. I just love his books and illustrations. This book is no exception. This is a love story. Two young people live in the same apartment building in the same city. However, she is used to turning left and he is used to turning right whenever they leave
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This is a lovely picture book. The teddy bear was a sweet companion of the little girl. It is time to go to bed, however teddy bear does not feel sleepy at all. The little girl said several times “Good night”, but teddy bear still did not fall asleep…
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This is a very beautiful picture books written and illustrated by Jimmy Liao. On the preface of the book, it reads “Wherever there is shade, there is light.” The story is about a young girl who felt she was not understood by adults and therefore she closed her heart to outside world. She was lonely
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Today is Halloween, is your child ready to go for “Trick or Treat”? It would be cool to know how to say “trick or treat” in Chinese, right? OK, I am going to tell you: Trick can be translated as “捣蛋” (dǎo dàn) Treat can be translated as “招待”（zhāo dài） So, put them together, we
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机不可失，时不再来 jī bù kě shī, shí bú zài lái Opportunity knocks at the door only once.
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The story between the 3 pigs and the bad wolf is well known. Probably your child has already heard the story. Well, here is the Disney animation of this story in Chinese. It would be a great addition to tell the story again.
学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆 xué ér bù sī zé wǎng, sī ér bù xué zé dài Learning without thought means labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
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Chinese proverb 路遥知马力，日久见人心 lù yáo zhī mǎ lì, rì jiǔ jiàn rén xīn As distance tests a horse’s strength, so does time reveal a person’s real character.
Happy Birthday Song must be one of the most sung songs in the world. It exists in various languages too. It is always a good idea to teach children this song because they can impress others at birthday parties by simply singing this to the birthday child. For children, this song is extremely easy to
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As we all know, songs are great for language learning. When we select Chinese songs for the purpose of Chinese learning, we need to consider some factors such as simple lyrics, easy melody, and the language used. The song – Lemon Tree 柠檬树 – meets all the criteria we look for. Let’s listen to the
Amy from Hutong School sent me their newly made video “Chinese Tones”. I watched it and found it a real good introduction to Chinese Tones. Chinese tones were introduced clearly. I believe it is definitely worth spreading. It is one of the 4 part series of “Chinese is Easy”. The other 3 will cover Chinese
How can we live a life without books?! Books are mentioned in lots of proverbs, in all languages. Here I would like to list some in Chinese. 好书如挚友 hǎo shū rú zhì yǒu A good book is a good friend. 一本好书，相伴一生 yī běn hǎo shū, xiāng bàn yī shēng A good book is the best
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This song has many versions in many languages. The Chinese version has different lyrics, telling a funny story that 2 tigers run fast. One of them has no ears and the other no tail. How strange, how strange, the song sings. It is an easy song for children to learn. Since it exists in other
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Shel Silverstein’s masterpiece “the Giving Tree” has moved thousands of children and adults since its publication in 1964. It is a story between a tree and a boy. The tree loves a boy and gives everything to the boy. Giving brings happiness to the tree…In Chinese, this book is titled as 爱心树(ài xīn shù). Watch
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This is a story about a girl named Marilyn. She is afraid to take swimming lessons because she would make huge splash and other children would laugh at her as a whale. The coach noticed it and had a talk with her. He told her, sometimes what we think can determine who we become. If
There is mini game featured on BBC language center. Two games are included: tones and characters. Both are very important for students to master. The tones game has two parts: “Learn the Tones” and “Straight to Play”. In the “Learn the Tones” section, one can learn to pronounce symbols in 5 tones (4 basic tones
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