Category: Spoken Chinese

对外汉语考研的几大误区

      随着“汉语热”的新闻频繁出现在主流媒体中,孔子学院在全球的遍地开花,很多人通过新闻媒体了解到了对外汉语这个专业,以及这个专业意味着的光荣与梦想。于是,对外汉语这个专业也多了很多让人心动的理由,在近几年的硕士研究生考试中报考者也越来越多,这其中还包括很多跨专业考生。虽然对外汉语专业的知名度很高,但人们对它的了解还不是很多,灿烂的阳光周围,还有着重重迷雾,现在让我们拨开迷雾,一起探寻“对外汉语”的本来面目。

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Tips of China: U.S. and China Customs Information

Upon Entering China Each visitor to China is required to complete a customs declaration form and health declaration form; these forms are distributed by the cabin crew during the flight to China. The customs form must be filled out in duplicate and include a listing of items of value you are declaring–i.e., all currencies (including cash and traveler's checks), jewelry, watches, cassette players, radios, cameras, and calculators. Caution: When in doubt about an item, declare it!

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The way on how to learn Chinese(tones)

Many things have changed since that distant 1988, and the number of foreign students coming to terms with the Chinese language and living in China has grown dramatically over the last 20 years. It is no longer unusual to come across a “wairen” (foreigner) in Mainland China. Yet, many students keep having problems when it comes to speaking Chinese, and this is mainly due to an aspect often considered “dramatic” from a Westerner’s perspective: Chinese tones.

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Chinese Language

Mandarin As one of the six official languages used by UN (United Nations), Chinese now has earned itself greater status in the World. The official language of China is the Mandarin (Standard Chinese), which is the very name of 'Hanyu' or 'Putonghua', belonging to Sino-Tibetan.
Putonghua, standard form of modern Chinese, is a parlance in mainland China. It is the common language of all modern Han nationality people. In Taiwan Province and Hong Kong, it is called 'Guoyu' while in Singapore and Malaysia, it is often called 'Huayu'.

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Tips of China: China Overview

China has 1.2 billion people, representing 56 nationalities. However, 96% of the population is Han, whose written language is the same wherever you are, but whose spoken dialects can be more different than the languages of Portuguese and French are from each other. Putonghua–or Mandarin–can be understood in most parts of the country. Each United States dollar equals about 7.66 Chinese yuan (as of Oct. 2010). The Hong Kong dollar is pegged to the U.S. dollar at about US$1 = HK$7.8.

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