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![Daily Mandarin Lesson: "What" in Chinese]()
Learninghowtosay"what"inChineseisaveryhelpfulvocabularywordthatwillenableyoutoaskandunderstandquestions.TheChinesetermfor“what”is甚麼,writtentraditionally,or什麼,writteninsimplifiedform.InMandarin......
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![Why Mandarin Chinese is harder than you think]()
MandarinChineseisoftendescribedasadifficultlanguage,sometimesoneofthemostdifficultones.Thisisnothardtounderstand.Therearethousandsofcharactersandstrangetones!Itmustsurelybeimpossibletolearnforanadultf......
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!["hello" in Mandarin Chinese]()
Inthepreviouslessonwelearnedhowtosay"hello"inMandarinChinese.Herearesomeothercommongreetings.Audiolinksaremarkedwith►."GOODMORNING"INMANDARINCHINESETherearethreewaystosay"goodmorning"inMandarin......
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![The 10 best free resources for learning Mandarin Chinese]()
I’vegatheredherewhatIconsiderthebestfreeresourcesforlearningMandarinandrankedtheminorderofusefulness.IreckonyoucouldlearnMandarinveryeffectively,forfree,usingonlytheseresources.1.AnkiSRSsoftwareletsy......
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![The Mandarin Tone System]()
TheMandarinlanguagehasafundamentaldifferencefromWesternlanguages:itistonal.TonesareoneofthebiggestchallengesforMandarinlearners,buttheirmasteryisessential.IncorrecttonescanmakeyourspokenMandarindiffic......
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![Mandarin General Prepositions]()
Mandarinprepositionsareusedtolinknouns,pronouns,andnounphraseswithinasentence.Mandarinprepositionscanrefertomovementwithintimeorspace,orfunctionasgeneralprepositionssuchastheEnglishprepositionswith,to......
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![Mama Huhu, Saying "So so; Mediocre" in Mandarin Chinese]()
TherulesofetiquetteinChineseculturestatethatcomplimentsmustberejected.Therefore,ifsomeonetellsyouthatyouspeakMandarinwell,agoodwayofrespondingwouldbe,“Notatall,myMandarinisverypoor.”Onewayofsayingth......
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![Mandarin Chinese Greetings]()
TheproperuseofMandarinChinesegreetingscanpavethewayforestablishinggoodrelationships.MandaringreetingsfollowtherulesofconductforChinesesociety,andshouldalwaysbeobservedwhenmeetingsomeoneforthefirsttime......
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![Mandarin Colors]()
Learningthenamesofcolorsisessentialinanylanguage,butMandarincolorsgiveyoumorethanjustatoolfordescriptions:theyalsohavestrongculturalmeanings.Red,forexample,isaluckycolor,representingprosperity,goodnes......
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![Mandarin Future Using Yao and Hui]()
Thetwoauxiliaryverbs,yàoandhuì,canbeusedfortalkingaboutthefutureinthesenseof"goingtodosomething"or"intendingtodosomething."Considerthesetwosentences:WǒyàoqùBěijīng.我要去北京｡WǒhuìqùBěij......
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![Why Mandarin Chinese is easier than you think]()
MandarinChineseisoftendescribedasadifficultlanguage,sometimesoneofthemostdifficultones.Thisisnothardtounderstand.Therearethousandsofcharactersandstrangetones!Itmustsurelybeimpossibletolearnforanadultf......
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![The neutral tone in Mandarin Chinese]()
MandarinChineseisatonallanguage,meaningthatthepitchcontourofasyllableinfluencesthemeaningofthatword.Thisisintroducedinallbasictextbooks,oftenevenbeforethefirstchapterbegins.MandarinChinesehasfourtones......
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![漢語備受追捧The Popularity of Mandarin]()
InChina,thereisnodoubtthatEnglishisveryimportant,becauseithasbeentheindispensablesubjectforstudentstolearnsincetheygotoschool.Asoureconomydevelopssofastandourcountryplaysthemoreandmoreimportantroleint......
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![Mandarin Numbers]()
MandarinChinesenumbersareoneofthefirstthingsastudentshouldlearn.Besidesbeingusedforcountingandmoneytheyarealsousedfortimeexpressionssuchasweekdaysandmonths.TheMandarinnumberingsystemisabitdifferentfro......
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![The Four Mandarin Chinese Tones]()
Tonesareanessentialpartofproperpronunciation.InMandarinChinese,manycharactershavethesamesound.ThereforetonesarenecessarywhenspeakingChineseinordertodifferentiatewordsfromeachother.FOURTONESTherearefou......
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![Pinyin Romanization to Learn Mandarin]()
PinyinisaRomanizationsystemusedtolearnMandarin.IttranscribesthesoundsofMandarinusingthewestern(Roman)alphabet.PinyinismostcommonlyusedinMainlandChinaforteachingschoolchildrentoreadanditisalsowidelyuse......
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![Mandarin Chinese Sentence Structure]()
MandarinChinesesentencestructureisquitedifferentthanEnglishorotherEuropeanlanguages.Sincethewordorderdoesn'tmatch,sentenceswhicharetranslatedword-for-wordtoMandarinwillbedifficulttounderstand.Youmust......
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![Piao Liang, Saying "Beautiful" in Mandarin Chinese]()
Theappreciationofbeautyisauniversaltrait,andprovidesanengagingtopicofconversation.TheMandarinChinesephrasefor“beautiful”or“pretty”is►piàoliang,andcanbeusedtodescribepeople,places,orobjects.Piào......
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![Daily Mandarin Lesson: "Because" in Chinese]()
Learninghowtosay"because"inChinesewillexpandyourvocabularybyenablingyoutoanswerquestions.TheChinesephrasefor"because"is因為,intraditionalform,or因爲insimplifiedform.ItsMandarinChinesepinyinis"yī......
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![Mandarin Chinese Love Vocabulary]()
Islovetheuniversallanguage?Maybe–butdeepgazesandlongsighsonlygosofar.Eventuallytheneedforpracticalcommunicationkicksin.ThislistofMandarinChineselovevocabularywillhelp.Butlovevocabularyonlycoversparto......
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![History of Mandarin Chinese]()
MandarinChineseistheofficiallanguageofMainlandChinaandTaiwan,andit'soneoftheofficiallanguagesofSingaporeandtheUnitedNations.Itisthemostwidely-spokenlanguageintheworld.DIALECTSMandarinChineseissometim......
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![關於學習普通話 About Learning Mandarin]()
InChina,everykidhastolearnEnglish,whichisthecompulsorysubject.What’smore,asitistheinternationallanguage,sotheparentspayspecialattentiontoit.TheysparenoefforttohelpthekidstoimproveEnglish.Mandarinasou......
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![Laoban Daily Mandarin Lesson]()
TitlesareimportantinChineseculture,andtheyareusedmorefrequentlythaninmostWesterncountries.Onegoodexampleofthisisthattitlescanbeusedtoaddresspeople,whichyoumightbefamiliarwithfromyourMandarinclasswhere......
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![Mandarin Vocabulary]()
Mandarindoesnothavespecificwordsforsaying“yes”and“no.”Instead,theverbwhichisusedintheMandarinquestionisusedtomakeapositiveornegativereply.Forexample,ifthequestionwas:Doyoulikerice?Theanswercouldbe......
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![普通話遍地講 Mandarin Goes Around the World]()
Recently,theworldwaswatchingAmerica,becausethenewpresidenthadcomeout.DonaldTrumpwasthewinnerandhisfirstdaughterIvankaTrumpbecamethehotissue,becauseshewassuchexcellentandhelpedalotintheelection.Peoplef......
