Learning Mandarin Chinese might seem like climbing a mountain— don’t worry, once you get the hang of it, teaching Chinese vocabulary can be a fun, creative process, especially for kids. Whether you’re a parent, teacher, or just helping out a young learner, I’m going to break down how to approach it from the ground up, […]
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Learning Chinese characters might seem like a daunting task, but for kids, it’s like discovering a treasure trove of magic symbols that hold the key to a whole new world. In this article, we’ll explore why learning Chinese characters is important for kids, how to tackle the first hundred characters, and which basic characters every
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Chinese characters with the same radical many times have something in common. Chinese characters containing “口” (mouth) are often grouped together in the “口” section in Chinese dictionaries and usually involves “mouth”. What is a radical? A Chinese radical is so called 部首 bùshǒu, literally meaning, “section header”. It is sometimes translated as an indexing
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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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I often hear people say, “I am learning Chinese. Is it OK to learn only how to speak? Chinese characters are too hard. ” Indeed, given the fact that there are more than 10,000 characters in Chinese, it seems to be a huge task to master them all. Plus, with the aid of Pinyin, a
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Chinese zodiac animals are Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig. The Chinese characters somehow show how the animals look like. Have a look at this video and have a guess what characters represent the animals!
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