Never make these mistakes in Chinese 75
Foreigners often make some strange mistakes in Chinese when they study the most difficult language— —Chinese. We try to analyze typical sentences to correct these errors.
Chinese Characters and Radicals – Chinese Pinyin Finals 4
Chinese Pronunciation 发音要领Essentials of Pronunciation ang:是鼻韵母。[-ng]是舌根鼻音韵尾,也叫后鼻音韵尾。发完元音,紧接着将舌后缩,舌根抵向软腭,使气流从鼻腔出来。 Nasal finals. [-ng] is a velar nasal consonant, or a back nasal consonant. These
Chinese Conversation 汉语对话 起点qǐdiǎn
a starting point
起点
(qǐdiǎn)A: I worked really hard to get a promotion at work, but failed.
为了升职我努力工作,结果失败了。
(wèile shēnɡzhí wǒ nǔlì ɡōnɡzuò, jiéɡuǒ shībài le.)
声声中国语:不对呀。(Búduìyā.)It is not right.
不对呀。(Búduìyā.)It is not right. Explanation “不对呀”这个短句一般用作插入语,位于句首。当事实与说话人所发现的不同或者是情况不正常时,常用这个短句来否定和质疑别人的话。说话时往往带有怀疑的语气。 “不对呀” is usually used as parenthesis at the beginning of a sentence. It is
Words & Phrases 词汇与词组 – 跑步 To run
跑步
Pinyin: pǎo bù
Meaning:To run
Sentence: 她不用学跑步技巧,她天生就擅跑。She didn’t have to learn how to run: she’s a natural.
Lesson 064 Revision of Some Expressions for Time (
M: Péngyǒumen, nǐmen hǎo! Huānyíng nǐmen dào Xiànzài Xué Hànyǔ. Wǒ shì ML.
S: Dàjiā hǎo, wǒ shì Stuart. Today it’s a revision lesson. 今天是复习课 jīntiān shì fùxí kè. Don’t forget to repeat everything with us, the louder the better.
M: Remember how to say ‘we were too full’? Dui le. 我们吃得太饱了.
S: Wǒmen chīde tài bǎole.
M: You ate so much food. 你吃了那么多菜 nǐ chīle nème duō cài.
S: 对, 太多了, tài duōle. I’m a bit tired. 我有点累.
M: What do you want to do now? 现在你想干什么? xiànzài ní xiǎng gàn shénme?
S:我想睡觉 wó xiǎng shuìjiào.
M: Hao, you go sleep, 你去睡觉 nǐ qù shuìjiào. I’ll return home, 我回家wǒ huí jiā.
S: After that nice break, everybody say, ‘I’ll go and sleep’.
M: Hén hǎo. Wó qù shuìjiào, wó qù shuìjiào.
S: Now say, ‘I’ll return home’.
M: Duìle! 我回家wǒ huí jiā.
S: And can you say. ‘I’ll go back’?
M: Méicuò! 我回去, wǒ huí qù.
S: What’s the time now? 现在是几点? xiànzài shì jídiǎn?
M: Half-past ten. 十点半 shí diǎn bàn.
S: What time will you come tomorrow? 你明天几点钟来, nǐ míngtiān jídiǎnzhōng lái?
M: Tomorrow morning明天早晨,míngtiān zǎochén, 六点钟liù diǎn zhōng.
S: liù diǎn, 你开玩笑! liù diǎn, nǐ kāiwánxiào!
M: Ok. 六点半,six thirty, liù diǎn bàn.
S: Liù diǎn bàn. kāiwánxiào!
M: 八点半,行不行 bā diǎn bàn, xíng bù xíng?
S: 8:30. bā diǎn bàn, bā diǎn bàn. Ok.
S: wǒ hěn lèi. xiànzài shì jí diǎn? Quarter past eleven! 十一点一刻shí yī diǎn yī kè. 现在,我睡觉 xiànzài, wǒ shuìjiào.
S: jí diǎn le? 7:45, in the early morning! 早晨,七点三刻,zǎochen, 七 diǎn sān kè. ML’s coming at half-past eight! ML 要八点半来, ML yào bā diǎn bàn lái. I still have 45 minutes! 我还有四十五分钟 wǒ hái yǒu sì shí wǔ fēnzhōng.
M: No he doesn’t!
S: wéi. 您好?nínhǎo?
M: 我是曼丽.
S: 曼丽,你说你八点半来,nǐ shuō nǐ bā diǎn bàn lái. 现在是七点三刻, xiànzài shì qī diǎn sānkè.
M: bú dui. Now it’s 8:25. 现在是八点二十五分. xiànzài shìbā diǎn èr shí wǔ fēn.
S: 8:25?! bā diǎn èr shí wǔ fēn?
M: No, it’s 8:26 now. xiànzài shì bā diǎn èr shí liù fēn. bā diǎn èr shí liù fēn.
S: bā diǎn èr shí wǔ fēn, bā diǎn èr shí liù6 fēn . So fussy!
M: Get most of it? Hén hǎo. Now it’s time to xiàkè.
S: One more thing. ML, this time will you lend me ten thousand dollars?
M: 你开玩笑, kāiwánxiào!
S: ML is so mean! Zàijiàn.
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Chinese Characters and Radicals – Chinese Pinyin Finals 3
Chinese Pronunciation 发音要领Essentials of Pronunciation ie:是复韵母。前一个元音开口度小,发音短而轻,很快滑向后一个元音后一个元音开口度大,发音长而响亮。 Compound finals. The first vowel is pronounced by making the mouth opening narrow and
Never make these mistakes in Chinese 74
Jīntiān xiǎo xiàyǔ.
False: 今天小下雨。
Jīntiān xià xiáoyǔ.
True: 今天下小雨。