Who is Confucius(孔子kǒng zǐ)?子(zǐ) is respectful form of address in ancient China reserved for those with moral integrity and knowledge. Kong Zi, known as Confucius, was a Chinese educator and thinker who lived more than 2,000 years ago. His surname was Kong and his full name was Kong Qiu. He was born into a fallen noble family in the State of Lu(now Shandong province).He was intelligent and loved learning since childhood. He became a learned and accomplished man.
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The Four Books and Five Classics
ConfucianismThe Four Books (sì shū 四书) refer to The Analects of Confucius (lún yǔ 论语), The Mencius (mèng zǐ 孟子),
英国掀起中文热 UK to see 400,000 people learn Mandarin by 2020
A new feature article in the UK’s Financial Times newspaper is putting a spotlight on Chinese language learning in Britain.
Lesson 027 What’s Your Name?
M: Da jia hao, huanying dao xianzai xue hanyu, Learn Chinese Now! S: We’re in my hotel room. Meeting some
Lesson 072 Revision of Expressions of Duration
Cam: Welcome to Chinese Studio. Da4 jia1 hao3, Wo3 shi4 Cam.
YJ: Hi,everyone, wo3 shi4 YJ. It’s weekend again. Now it’s time for us to review, some useful expressions of duration we learned this past week. Let’s hear Sentences in the Week.
汉语在俄罗斯有多火? Chinese language use growing in Russia
Chinese language use(使用) is seeing growth(增长) in Russia with airports(机场) displaying flight information(信息) in Chinese and it also being included
Chinese Language Vocabulary 汉语词汇 Computer, Internet and Technology Vocabulary 2
Top English Phrases Borrowed from Chinese
Although a debate currently rages amongst Chinese academics, linguists and lexicographers over English’s place within the Chinese dictionary, English speakers all over the world continue to use bits and pieces of the Chinese language on a daily basis, through various phrases and loanwords previously “borrowed” from Chinese. Here are the top 10 Chinese phrases that made it over the Great Wall and into the vocabularies of English speakers everywher, with a few that might just surprise you.
2017汉语年度字词盘点揭晓啦!Key word and character for China in 2017
智 ‘intelligence’ and 人类命运共同体 ‘a shared destiny for mankind’ have been chosen as International Chinese Character(汉字) of the Year and
Chinese Language 中国的语言
The Han people have their own spoken and written languages, namely Chinese. It is the most commonly used language in