What is the 20 hours free Chinese/Mandarin Course?
We can offer you 36 lessons(20 hours) free online lessons online. The 8-hour Pronunciation Course helps you master Pinyin easily. And the 12-hour Survial Chinese Course helps you learn real Chinese for real life. It is a basic Chinese course for beginners which contains 20 units with practical topics and expressions. In addition of learning Chinese language, you will also have some basic exposure to Chinese culture and traditions which will help you a lot if you plan to travel in China. Textbook is not required in Survival Chinese.
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Verb Tenses in Chinese
Western languages such as English have several ways to express tense. The most common are verb conjunctions which change the form of the verb depending on the time frame. For example, the English verb "eat" can be changed to "ate" for past actions and "eating" for current actions.
Country Description of China
Viewing the world map, you will find that China is a vast country situated at the eastern part of Eurasia and the western coast of the Pacific Ocean. Covering a land area of 3,706,581 square miles (9,600,000 square kilometers), China is the third largest of the world, inferior to Russia and Canada. It is 3,231 miles long from east to west and 3,417.5 miles long from north to south. With the entire territory shaping like a rooster, China's northernmost end reaches Mohe in Heilongjiang Province; the southernmost is at Zengmu Ansha in Nansha Islands, the easternmost at conjunction of Heilongjiang River and the Wusuli River, while the western at the Pamirs.
Tips of China: Packing
Luggage Allowance Even though each passenger is allowed two pieces of checked luggage on international flights, flights within China limit each passenger to one piece of luggage not weighing more than 44 pounds. Therefore, you are advised to bring only one piece of luggage to China. You can purchase another piece of luggage when you reach your last stop in China and then you will be able to check two pieces of luggage home. If you have extra luggage when traveling within China, you may have to pay an excess baggage charge at each airport.
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Peng you – Friend
The Mandarin word for "friend" or "friends" is péngyou. It is made up of two characters: 朋 (péng) and 友 (yǒu), both of which mean “friend” and can be combined with other characters to express the many aspects of friendship.
Chinese language
Chinese (汉语 / 漢語; Hànyǔ or 中文; Zhōngwén) is a group of related but in many cases mutually unintelligible language varieties, forming a branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. Chinese is spoken by the Han majority and many other ethnic groups in China. Nearly 1.2 billion people (around 16% of the world's population) speak some form of Chinese as their first language.
Chinese myth-the moon goddess Chang’e中国神话——月神嫦娥
颜丹晨版嫦娥 As we all know,the moon goddess(月神嫦娥yuèshén Cháng’é)is one of the Chinese popular folk tale which stems from the Tang Dynasty(A.D.618-906).The version varies on different provinces.People always connect her to the Mid-autumn Festival(中秋节zhōngqiūjié),a harvest celebration that occurs in mid-September.Thus,her story is engraved in every Chinese memory.
Mandarin General Prepositions
Mandarin prepositions are used to link nouns, pronouns, and noun phrases within a sentence. Mandarin prepositions can refer to movement within time or space, or function as general prepositions such as the English prepositions with, to, or for.
Christmas Day in China
Christmas Day is a holiday in many, but not all, countries. Many homes have Christmas trees and other decorations in the weeks leading to Christmas Day. Some workplaces hold Christmas parties prior to December 25. Festive activities include exchanging presents, singing Christmas songs, going to parties.