Category: Spoken Chinese

Lesson 191 -Haircut III

Cam: Dajia hao.  Welcome to Chinese Studio.  I am one of your hosts, Cam.
YJ: And I’m Yajie.
Cam: Yajie, you have beautiful hair… we’ve been talking about hair cuts all this week… you have straight hair with great volume, shall we say.
YJ:  Thank you Cam…
Cam:  We’ve been focusing on how men can ask for haircuts, so let’s learn a few words women can use when getting their hair styled.

Continue Reading →

Mandarin Chinese Listening Practice: Recommended Films

It’s a simple language learning principle, but many people overlook it for some reason: If you want to learn to speak a language, you must  hear  it a great deal to become fluent. Babies and toddlers spend quite awhile listening and absorbing sounds before they become natural to them. Why shouldn’t we—especially since we may not have any choice in the matter. To wit: During my first year living in China, I couldn’t get a decent Chinese sentence to come out fluently for nearly six months…and I was trying  hard. And then one day my brain seemed to say, "OK, that’s enough input; let’s start  talking, Baby!" (My brain is kind of weird that way.)

Continue Reading →

A Stubborn Man

Two or more sentences may be joined together by conjunctions. They are commonly used, but the usages often confuse beginners. Below is a dialogue containing a conjunction in each sentence. Check if you can use them correctly, and afterward we give you a list of useful conjunctions.

Continue Reading →