{"id":10836,"date":"2019-11-20T13:13:43","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T13:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/spoken-chinese\/lesson-156-revision-of-expressions-for-the-new-year\/"},"modified":"2019-11-20T13:13:43","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T13:13:43","slug":"lesson-156-revision-of-expressions-for-the-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/lesson-156-revision-of-expressions-for-the-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 156 &#8211; Revision of Expressions for the New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p align=\"left\">YJ: xin1 nian2 kuai4 le4 (Cam) Happy New Year!&nbsp; <br \/>  YJ: Welcome to the first Chinese Studio in 2006, as always, wo3 shi4 Yajie, <br \/>  Cam: and wo shi Cam. <br \/>  YJ: I can&rsquo;t believe it&rsquo;s January again already!<br \/>  Cam: Yes, indeed, A year goes by so quickly! <br \/>  YJ: let&rsquo;s have a review of the past wo<em><\/em>nderful week. <br \/>  Cam: let&rsquo;s do it!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sentences in the week<\/strong> <br \/>  party\uff0c\u805a\u4f1a,  \u6d3e\u5bf9\uff0ccountdown\u5012\u6570\uff0cHappy New Year!\u65b0\u5e74\u5feb\u4e50, Fireworks\u70df\u82b1\uff0cWhat is your new year&rsquo;s  resolution? \u4f60\u6709\u4ec0\u4e48\u65b0\u5e74\u6253\u7b97\uff1fAll in today&rsquo;s Chinese Studio,<\/p>\n<p>YJ: Cam, did you go to a party as you planned? <br \/>  Cam: Yes, I went to a wo<em><\/em>nderful new year&rsquo;s party. ? <br \/>  YJ: Party is &ldquo;ju4 hui4&rdquo;<br \/>  Cam: ju4 hui4<br \/>  YJ: both ju4 and hui4 means to get together, <br \/>  Cam:&nbsp; ju4 hui4<br \/>  YJ: or you can say &ldquo;pai4 dui4&rdquo;,&nbsp; <br \/>  Cam: pai4 dui4, party&hellip;a similar of English and Chinese.&nbsp; <br \/>  YJ:&nbsp; ju4 hui4<br \/>  Cam:&nbsp; ju4 hui4, party.<\/p>\n<p>Conversation1:<br \/>  A: 31\u53f7\u665a\u4e0a\u4f60\u662f\u600e\u4e48\u8fc7\u7684\uff1f<br \/>  B: \u6211\u53bb\u53c2\u52a0\u4e86\u4e00\u4e2a\u65b0\u5e74\u805a\u4f1a\u3002<\/p>\n<p>YJ: Did you countdown to the New Year on Dec 31st? <br \/>  Cam: Of course, it&rsquo;s a lot fun. What&rsquo;s the Chinese for countdown again, Yajie?<br \/>  YJ: it&rsquo;s dao4 shu3. <br \/>  Cam: dao4 shu3. <br \/>  YJ: dao4 means backwards,<br \/>  Cam: dao4<br \/>  YJ: shu3 means to count, <br \/>  Cam: shu3&nbsp; <br \/>  YJ: dao4 shu3.<br \/>  Cam: dao4 shu3, countdown. Then after the countdown we also watched fantastic fireworks. How do you say fireworks in Chinese?<br \/>  YJ: We say yan1 hua1. <br \/>  Cam: yan1 hua1. <br \/>  YJ: yan1 means the smoke <br \/>  Cam: yan1.<br \/>  YJ: hua1 means flower. You know many fireworks take the shape of flowers on New Years.<br \/>  Cam: right, hua1<br \/>  YJ: yan1 hua1. <br \/>  Cam: yan1 hua1, fireworks.<\/p>\n<p>Conversation2 <br \/>  A\uff1a31\u53f7\u665a\u4e0a\u4f60\u770b\u70df\u82b1\u4e86\u5417\uff1f<br \/>  B\uff1a\u770b\u4e86\uff0c\u70df\u82b1\u771f\u6f02\u4eae\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Cam: Yajie, we learned how to ask others what their new years resolutions are.<br \/>  YJ: Yes, &ldquo;\u4f60\u6709\u4ec0\u4e48\u65b0\u5e74\u6253\u7b97\uff1f&rdquo;<br \/>  Cam: ni2 you3 shen2me xin1 nian2 da3 suan4? <br \/>  YJ: ni3 means you,<br \/>  Cam: ni3,<br \/>  YJ: you3 means to have,<br \/>  Cam: you3,<br \/>  YJ: shen2me, what,<br \/>  Cam: shen2me , <br \/>  YJ: xin1 nian2, new year,<br \/>  Cam: xin1 nian2,<br \/>  YJ: da3 suan4, resolution, plan,<br \/>  Cam: dan2 suan4. <br \/>  YJ: ni2 you3 shen2me xin1 nian2 da3 suan4?<br \/>  Cam: ni2 you3 shen2me xin1 nian2 da3 suan4? What is your new year&rsquo;s resolution?<\/p>\n<p>Co<em><\/em>nversation 3 <br \/>  A: \u4f60\u6709\u4ec0\u4e48\u65b0\u5e74\u6253\u7b97\u5462\uff1f<br \/>  B: \u6211\u6253\u7b97\u5b66\u505a\u996d\u3002<br \/>  A\uff1a\u6211\u6253\u7b97\u6212\u70df\u3002<\/p>\n<p>YJ: Cam, what&rsquo;s the Chinese for &ldquo;Happy New Year&rdquo;? <br \/>  Cam: it&rsquo;s &ldquo;xin1 nian2 kuai4 le4&rdquo;<br \/>  YJ: Very good. xin1 means new ,<br \/>  Cam: xin1 <br \/>  YJ: nian2 means year,<br \/>  Cam: nian2,<br \/>  YJ: kuai4 le4 means happy, <br \/>  Cam: kuai4 le4,<br \/>  YJ: xin1 nian2 kuai4 le4<br \/>  Cam: xin1 nian2 kuai4 le4, Happy New Year! Everyone.<\/p>\n<p>Conversation4 <br \/>  A: \u795d\u4f60\u65b0\u5e74\u5feb\u4e50\uff01<br \/>  B: \u4e5f\u795d\u4f60\u65b0\u5e74\u5feb\u4e50\uff01<\/p>\n<p>Sentences in the week <br \/>  party\uff0c\u805a\u4f1a, \u6d3e\u5bf9\uff0ccountdown\u5012\u6570\uff0cHappy New Year!\u65b0\u5e74\u5feb\u4e50, Fireworks\u70df\u82b1\uff0c<br \/>  What is your new year&rsquo;s resolution? \u4f60\u6709\u4ec0\u4e48\u65b0\u5e74\u6253\u7b97\uff1fAll in today&rsquo;s Chinese Studio,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"chine-tie-zi-nei-rong-zhi-hou\" id=\"chine-623456972\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1889418300638825\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1889418300638825\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"7273022922\" \ndata-ad-layout-key=\"-gw-3+1f-3d+2z\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YJ: xin1 nian2 kuai4 le4 (Cam) Happy New Year!&nbsp;<br \/>\n  YJ: Welcome to the first Chinese Studio in 2006, as always, wo3 shi4 Yajie,<br \/>\n  Cam: and wo shi Cam.<br \/>\n  YJ: I can&rsquo;t believe it&rsquo;s January again already!<br \/>\n  Cam: Yes, indeed, A year goes by so quickly!<br \/>\n  YJ: let&rsquo;s have a review of the past wonderful week.<br \/>\n  Cam: let&rsquo;s do it!&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2853],"tags":[370,98],"class_list":["post-10836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spoken-chinese","tag-chinese-for","tag-chinese-studio"],"views":191,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10836\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}