Category: Gesprochenes Chinesisch

Lesson 070 How Long Have You Been Studying Chinese?

YJ: Welcome to Chinese Studio. Wo shi Yajie.
Cam: Hello, everybody, Da4 jia1 hao3. Wo3 shi4 Cam. YJ, can you do me a favor?
YJ: Sure! What is it?
Cam: Well, you see, all my Chinese friends know I’m studying Chinese, so they often ask me the same question- ‘how long have you been studying Chinese’? But I don’t know how to answer that in Chinese!
YJ: well, you’ll figure it out in today’s Chinese Studio.

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Lesson 026 Money and Shopping

Cam: Perfect Chinese your way, in only five minutes a day. Welcome to Chinese Studio, I’m Cam. 早上好, Yajie.
Yajie: 早上好(zǎoshang hǎo), Cam. Last time we learned how to say some words related to time. Cam, do you remember how to say “what time is it now?” in Chinese?
Cam: I sure do. It’s现在几点?(xianzai ji dian?)
Yajie: Then how do you say half past six in Chinese?
Cam: It’s六点半(liu dian ban).
Yajie: Today I will teach you what to say when you are shopping.
Cam: I definitely need that.  I always want to buy some street food, but I never know what it is, or how to ask the price.  How do you say “how much is it” in Chinese?
Yajie: Let’s find out in today’s Key words of the day.

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Lesson 001 Greetings

Y: Perfect Chinese your way, in only five minutes a day. Welcome to Chinese Studio, a brand new Chinese learning program on China Radio International. I’m Yajie. 
Cam: Hi, everyone, I’m Cam. This daily show will teach Chinese at the elementary level, which is very appropriate, considering I’m just starting to learn myself! Hi Yajie, may I have the honour of suggesting our first topic?

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Lesson 169 Happy Spring Festival! (1)

Yajie:  It’s time to perfect Chinese your way in only five minutes a day.  Welcome to Chinese Studio everyone.  And Cam, this is a very special week.
Cam:  It sure is Yajie… it’s spring festival.. and I feel so bad…
Yajie:  Why?
Cam:  Because I want to wish you happy spring festival in Chinese, but that is one of the few things we haven’t learned yet!
Yajie:  Well, you are in luck… this is spring festival week, so we’ll learn all about it on Chinese Studio.

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如何形容身材瘦和胖

形容人瘦最常见的单词是 thin ;若是要表达人体重过轻则可用 underweight 。

若要表达人瘦的很好看很迷人,身材很苗条或很纤细的,可用 slim 、slender 或 svelte 。

若要形容人的身材修长苗条,如同杨柳 ( willow ) 一般, 可用willowy 这个字。

若要形容女子个子娇小纤细则可用 petite 。

若是要表达人瘦的很健康很迷人则用 lean。

若是瘦但很结实或肌肉发达的,即精瘦,则用 wiry 或sinewy 。

如果要形容人很瘦,瘦到很不好看,如同皮包骨般、骨瘦如柴或瘦骨嶙峋的,可用 skinny 、bony 、skin and bone、scrawny 、thin as a rake 、angular 或 skeletal 等。

若是因为饥饿、生病或焦虑而显得消瘦憔悴 则用 gaunt 或emaciated 来表达。

若是因厌食症 ( anorexia ) 而骨瘦如柴,则用 anorexic 这个单词。

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Lesson 153 Happy New Year ! (1)

Cam: Yajie, we are all finished with Christmas and the countdown begins for the New Year. 
YJ: Yes. Do you have any plans for New Year’s eve?
Cam: I plan to go to a party. What’s the Chinese for “party like it’s 1999” Yajie?
YJ: You’ll find out in Key Words of the Day.

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习大大拉美之行精彩话语集

习大大刚刚结束了对拉美四国巴西、阿根廷、委内瑞拉、古巴的国事访问,并出席了金砖国家领导人第六次会晤。在访问期间,大大就金砖国家合作、中国同四国双边关系、中拉关系等阐述了看法和主张。言谈之间,他引经据典,提到许多中国古语及拉美名言,个人魅力势不可挡,在拉美刮起了一阵“中国旋风”,下面小编就为大家梳理这些经典的语录。

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