Tag: in mandarin

Zhou Xinfang 周信芳(1895-1975), was Beijing Opera’s renaissance man of the twentieth century. A personal vision to advocated justice, patriotism and

Lesson 171 Happy Spring Festival! (3)

Yajie: Thanks for spending your spring festival with us, and welcome to Chinese Studio. Wo shi Yajie.
Cam: And wo shi Cam. Yajie, tell me more about China’s biggest celebration…
YJ: Well, New Years day is often spent visiting neighbours, family and friends. And we are going to learn more about that today.

Pinyin

Pinyin is essential and most fundamental knowledge for all serious Chinese learners. If you are learning Chinese, no matter if

Jingdong Dagu (‘Big Drum’ Recitative) 京东大鼓

时间：2006年 Time: 2006 类别：曲艺 Category: Recitative, story-telling 地区：天津 Region: Tianjin City 编号：Ⅴ—10 Ref. No.: V-10 申报地区或单位：天津市宝坻区 Nominating unit[s]: Baodi District,

Learn Chinese Pinyin in 21 Days – Day 1: Tones

In English, tones are used to indicate whether a sentence is a statement or a question. Changing the tone in English will change the mood or the emphasis of the sentence, but not the meaning of the sentence. Chinese sentences apply the same rules.

Harmony in Chinese Culture 关系与面子

和为贵。 hé wéi guì. Harmony is prized. Here is the general introduction to concepts at the core of

The Language of an Ancient Instrument

If you thought learning Chinese was hard, then pop over to the musical instrument vocabulary list for a break. All you have to remember is the suffix 琴 (qín), and you’ll have the names of most instruments half memorized—violin is 小提琴 (xiǎotíqín), keyboard is 电子琴 (diànzǐqín) and the harmonica is 口琴 (kǒuqín). You can even use 琴 as a shortened way of saying these instruments (我在练琴, I’m practicing qin), which works out great until you realize that people have no idea whether you’re playing a piano, a guitar or an erhu.

Tone System of pinyin

Tone system of pinyin is a part of the mandarin pronunciation system, which we also call it mandarin tone system. let’s learn its rules.

Dialect of Yue 粤语

Today what I want to show you is the dialect of Yue (粤语 yuèyǔ). Yue is a variety of Chinese spoken mostly in Guangdong (广东 Guǎngdōng), Guangxi (广西 Guǎngxī),Hong Kong (香港 Xiānggǎng) and Macau (澳门 Aomén). You can also find significant Yue-speaking communities overseas in Southeast Asia, Canada, Australia, the United kingdom and USA. There are also considerable Yue-speaking communities overseas in Southeast Asia, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom and USA.