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Mandarin Jokes — Chinese reading order
This Mandarin Chinese joke will be presented in Chinese characters, followed by Pinyin Romanization, an English translation, and an explanation.
Vocabulary of Money
Conversation concerning money is used in daily life everyday.Here you will find some business Mandarin Chinese vocabulary related to money.
Tones in Chinese
Chinese is a tonal language. All Chinese languages (or “dialects”) have tones. Although tonal languages may sound exotic, there is
Let's learn Resultative Verb Endings 我们一起学习汉语中的结果动词
Resultative Verb Endings is a class of verb suffixes in Mandarin Chinese. They are used with Functive Verbs (Action Verbs) to show the outcome of that action.There are two basic types of Resultative Verb Endings (RVE) – those that show the actual result of an action, and those that show the possible result of an action.
Asking Yes / No Questions in Mandarin Chinese
There are two ways to ask yes / no questions in Mandarin: with the “ma” particle, or by using a positive / negative sentence structure.
How to use the particles 吗 (ma) and 呢 (ne) in Chinese grammar
The particles 呢 (ne) and 吗 (ma) are extremely common in Chinese. This article explains the two particles for beginners.
Asking Mandarin Questions
There are several ways to form questions in Mandarin Chinese. For simple yes/no questions, either the ma question particle or
Mandarin Chinese Grammar
Mandarin adjectives are placed after the noun they describe. All Mandarin adjectives implicitly include “to be,” so instead of saying,
Mandarin Chinese Sentence Structure
Mandarin Chinese sentence structure is quite different than English or other European languages. Since the word order doesn’t match, sentences
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