Each country has colloquialism. After learning Chinese for quite some time and knowing a lot of characters, however, once immersed among local Chinese, you’ll still find yourself totally lost. Because you don’t understand the Chinese idioms and colloquialisms. This series of articles will help you learn these. Today we will learned five of them.
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Chinese Idioms and Colloquialisms (2)
Each country has colloquialism. After learning Chinese for quite some time and knowing a lot of characters, however, once immersed among local Chinese, you’ll still find yourself totally lost. Because you don’t understand the Chinese idioms and colloquialisms. This series of articles will help you learn these. Today we will learned five of them.
Chinese Idioms and Colloquialisms (1)
Each country has colloquialism. After learning Chinese for quite some time and knowing a lot of characters, however, once immersed among local Chinese, you'll still find yourself totally lost. Because you don't understand the Chinese idioms and colloquialisms. This series of articles will help you learn these. Today we will learned five of them.
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.
Lesson 189 – Haircut I
YJ: It’s time to perfect Chinese your way in only five minutes a day. Welcome to Chinese Studio on CRI. Wo shi Yajie.
Cam: And wo shi Cam. Yajie, one of the hardest things for a foreigner to do in China is get a haircut… especially if he or she doesn’t speak Chinese!
YJ: Well, consider this a valuable lesson.
Cam: I can’t wait.
Lesson 187– Post Office III
C: And wo shi Cam. Yaj, this week we are talking about all things post office. C: Yajie, when
Lesson 186 – Post Office II
C: A lot of people email these days Yajie… myself included, of course, but we still need to go to the post office for all kinds of things!
Y: Right, and that’s what we’re learning about this week on Chinese Studio. So what do you go to the post office for?
C: Well, sometimes I need to cash a money order, or pick up a package.
Key words of the day
Money order. 汇款单. I’d like to cash this money order. 我要取汇款。 I’d like to pick up a package. 我要取包裹。 identification card, 身份证 passport, 护照 All in today’s Chinese studio.
Everyday Chinese: Lesson 1 Greetings
Everyday Chinese is the online Chinese course which designed for language learners who would like to acquire practical communication skills.
Lesson 182-Valentine II
Cam: We are talking about love this week Yajie, because Valentine’s happens this week. And because Valentine’s Day is all about love, I need to know how to say “I love you” in Chinese!
YJ: Well, after I teach you that, you have to promise to use it very carefully.
Cam: I will!
Lesson 180 – Revision of Asking for Help
Cam: It’s time to perfect Chinese your way in only five minutes a day. Welcome to huan le han yu on CRI. Wo shi Cam.
YJ: And wo shi Yajie… it’s time for a review of everything we’ve learned this week.
Cam: Right, it’s been all about how to ask for help. So let’s get started.
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