Tag: Vocabulary
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.
Lesson 042 Usages of "De" (1)
Yajie: 大家好. Let’s perfect Chinese your way in only 5 minutes a day. I’m Yajie.
Cam: 大家好. And I’m Cam. Yajie, we learned some useful sentence combinations last time, and we should continue with them.
Yajie: Good idea. We’ll learn the usage of the Chinese character “的”.
喜欢 – Daily Mandarin Vocabulary Lesson
The Mandarin verb for "like" is xǐhuan. It is made up of two characters: 喜 (xǐ) and 歡 (huān). Xǐ
Daily Mandarin Vocabulary Lesson 好朋友
The Mandarin word for "friend" or "friends" is péngyou. It is made up of two characters: 朋 (péng) and 友
差不多 – Daily Mandarin Vocabulary Lesson
The Mandarin word meaning "nearly" or "almost" is chàbuduō. It is made up of three characters: 差 (chà) means "differ
Lesson 119 Position Words (3)
M: Dàjiā hǎo. Huānyíng nǐmen dào Xiànzài Xué Hànyǔ. Wǒ shì ML. S: Wǒ shì Stuart. To warm up, everyone
Thoughts on Survey of Chinese City Single Women 中国城市单身女性排行榜
I randomly landed on an interesting survey conducted six years ago by a Chinese men’s magazine 男人装 [For Him Magazine].
Chinese words about very 非常
It is an extremely useful adverb meaning “very” or “extremely”, and can be used in a wide variety of circumstances.
姚明 Yáo Míng Yao Ming
You may never doubt the excellence of Yao Ming on the basketball court. In fact, his wisdom and humor off
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