Poem: Yǒng Liǔ 唐诗《咏柳 》
Yǒng liǔ 咏柳 Hè Zhī zhāng (Táng ) 贺知章(唐) Bì yù zhuāng chéng yī shù gāo , 碧玉妆成一树高, Wàn tiáo
Chinese language vocabulary 汉语词汇 打盹儿(dǎdǔnr)doze off
打盹儿(dǎdǔnr) nap; doze off
Lesson 015 May I Borrow Your Mobile Phone?
S: 大家好,欢迎 to Learn Chinese Now, 现在学汉语. 我是Stuart.
M: And wo shi ML.
S: And we’re in the taxi going to my bin’guan.
M: Which is a good place to learn things like, ‘use your mobile phone’. And to ‘have’, ‘use’ and ‘give’.
S: Hao, xianzai women kaishi!
M: Don’t forget. Repeat everything we say. And always try to guess the meaning of new words, before we explain them.
S: But here’s a little help. 手shou SHOU shǒu, we know is ‘hand’.
M: And ji JI JI jī can mean ‘machine’. Can you guess what a shǒujī is?
S: let’s find out.
M: S wants to make a phone call. 他要打个电话. Ta yao da ge dianhua.
S: ML, 你有手机吗?nǐ yǒu shǒuji ma?
M: 有,我有手机. Yǒu, wǒ yǒu shǒujī. 你要用吗?ni yao yong ma?
S: 是的,我要用你的手机。可以吗? Wo yao yong ni de xhou ji. Kěyǐ ma.
M: 可以。Keyi. 给你。Gei ni.
S: Xiexie.
声声中国语:说来话长。It cannot explain all that in just a few words; It's a long story.
说来话长。(Shuō lái huà cháng.)It cannot explain all that in just a few words; It’s a long story. Explanation “说来话长”表示事情很复杂,不是几句话就能说清楚。 “说来话长”
Words & Phrases 词汇与词组 – 停泊 Mooring
停泊
Pinyin: tíng bó
Meaning:Mooring (of a ship); anchorage
Sentence:我们靠码头停泊。We moored alongside the quay.
Daily Figurative Slangs Food
汤 tāng soup 沙拉 shā là salad 主菜 zhǔ cài main dish 甜点 tián diǎn dessert 面条 miàn tiáo noodle
Never make these mistakes in Chinese 31
Nǐ děnɡ shuí rén?
False: 你等谁人?
Nǐ děnɡ shuí?
True: 你等谁?
Song Ci in China 宋词
Song Ci 词 lyric in China is very different from the older shi 诗 type. Today we will introduce some
Chinese language vocabulary 汉语词汇 心虚(xīnxū)with a guilty conscience
心虚(xīnxū)with a guilty conscience; lacking in self-confidence
Daily Sentences Translation-181 What's the good word?
Yǒu shá hǎo xiāoxi? 有啥好消息? What’s the good word? Notes: 有(yǒu): have 啥(shá): what (often used in Northern China, not