Before we dive into learning how to write in Chinese, let’s just take a second to be clear exactly what we’ll be talking about. First, you’ll be learning about Mandarin Chinese, the “standard” dialect. There are 5 main groups of Chinese dialects and perhaps 200 individual dialects ...
Q1: “Jing, do I really need to learn how to write in Chinese?” Because of technology, nowadays more and more people tend to just learn Pinyin and then type Chinese characters instead of writing them down. It indeed seems more convenient and easier. However, for a Chinese learner, writin...
What is your name? This is the first question when we meet someone for the first time. Learning tointroduce yourself in Chineseis an important first step tolearning Chinese. If you knowhow to write your namein Chinese, it would be even better. Many common foreign names have a corresponding...
You can say Happy Chinese New Year or Happy Lunar New Year in Mandarin and Cantonese to express your Chinese New Year wishes. It is interesting to write Happy New Year in Chinese characters for celebration and send a Chinese New Year card.
As a Chinese student, learning how to write an essay in this language is very important. Here are tips to help you get better at writing essays in Chinese.
How to Say and Write "I" in Chinese The Chinese symbol for "I" or "me" is 我 (wǒ). Easily remember how to write 我 by understanding the Chinese character's radicals and interesting etymology. "ME" VERSUS "I" While the English language has separate terms that differentiate between "me...
Apart from the standard translation of “I miss you” in Mandarin, many other phrases are used to say the same thing, each of which carries its particular nuance. Let’s learn how to say “I miss you” in Chinese and discover which Chinese phrase is most appropriate, whatever the situatio...
INITIAL /r/ IN AMERICAN ENGLISH AND MANDARIN CHINESE AND HOW TO TEACH ITFirst page of articledoi:10.1111/j.1467-1770.1949.tb01148.xYao ShenUniversity of MichiganJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd (10.1111)Language Learning
1. Some basic words for telling time in Chinese diǎn点o'clock bàn半half kè刻quarter(of an hour) fēn分minute miǎo秒second Here are some examples: 8: 05 bādiǎn línɡ wǔ fēn八点零五分(Five to Eight) 10:30 shí diǎn bàn十点半(half past ten / ten thirty) ...
An earlier form of "you" in Chinese was a pictograph of a balanced load. This symbol was later simplified to the character 尔. Eventually, the person radical was added. In its current form, 你 could be read as “someone who is balanced, or of equal stature,” meaning “you.” Mandar...