{"id":10834,"date":"2019-11-20T11:02:18","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T11:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/spoken-chinese\/lesson-154-happy-new-year-2\/"},"modified":"2019-11-20T11:02:18","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T11:02:18","slug":"lesson-154-happy-new-year-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/lesson-154-happy-new-year-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 154 Happy New Year ! (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p align=\"left\">Cam: It&rsquo;s time to perfect Chinese your way in o<em><\/em>nly five minutes a day.&nbsp; Welcome to Chinese Studio, wo shi Cam.<br \/>  YJ:&nbsp; And wo shi Yajie.&nbsp; We are learning all a<em><\/em>bout New Years this week&hellip; so Cam, how will you celebrate it?<br \/>  Cam:&nbsp; Well, back at home I used to head down to the inner harbour and watch the fireworks.&nbsp; How do I say that in Chinese?<br \/>  Yajie:&nbsp; Listen up!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Words of the Day<\/strong> <br \/>  countdown\u5012\u6570\uff0cFireworks\u70df\u82b1\uff0cAuld Lang Syne\u53cb\u8c0a\u5730\u4e45\u5929\u957f, New Year&rsquo;s Day\u5143\u65e6Happy New Year!\u65b0\u5e74\u5feb\u4e50 All in today&rsquo;s Chinese Studio.<\/p>\n<p>Cam:&nbsp; When you are at a party on New Year&rsquo;s Eve, you will countdown to the New Year.&nbsp; Countdown in Chinese is what, 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 will watch some fireworks. How do you say fireworks in Chinese, Yajie?<br \/>  YJ: You can say yan1 hua1. <br \/>  Cam: yan1 hua1. <br \/>  YJ: yan1 means the smoke.<br \/>  Cam: yan1.<br \/>  YJ: hua1 means flower, since fireworks usually shape like flowers,<br \/>  Cam: right, hua1<br \/>  YJ: yan1 hua1. <br \/>  Cam: yan1 hua1, fireworks. <br \/>  YJ: then watch the fireworks would be &ldquo;kan4 yan1 hua1&rdquo;<br \/>  Cam: kan4 yan1 hua1. kan4 means to watch, right?<br \/>  YJ: yes, kan4 yan1 hua1<br \/>  Cam: kan4 yan1 hua1, watch fireworks.<\/p>\n<p>Conversation1:<br \/>  A\uff1a\u51c6\u5907\u597d\uff0c\u5feb\u8981\u5012\u6570\u4e86\u3002<br \/>  B\uff1a\u597d\u7684\u597d\u7684\u3002<br \/>  A\uff1a\u65b0\u5e74\u7684\u65f6\u5019\u4f1a\u653e\u70df\u82b1\u5417\uff1f<br \/>  B\uff1a\u4f1a\u653e\u70df\u82b1\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Cam: You know Yajie, to mark the New Year, sometimes people sing Auld Lang Syne&hellip; I know it&rsquo;s very popular in China.<br \/>  YJ: You bet. We have the Chinese name for the song. We call it &ldquo;\u53cb\u8c0a\u5730\u4e45\u5929\u957f&rdquo;<br \/>  Cam: what does it mean? <br \/>  YJ: It means &ldquo;everlasting friendship&rdquo;. You3yi4 means friendship,<br \/>  Cam: you3yi4, right, like the Friendship Hotel wher foreigners used to live. <br \/>  YJ: di4 jiu3 tian1 chang2, means as long and enduring as heaven and earth, <br \/>  Cam: it is everlasting. di4 jiu3 tian1 chang2, <br \/>  YJ: di4 means earth,<br \/>  Cam: di4,<br \/>  YJ:&nbsp; tian1 means heaven, <br \/>  Cam: tian1 <br \/>  YJ:&nbsp; jiu3 and chang2 both means everlasting, <br \/>  Cam: jiu3, chang2. <br \/>  YJ: di4 jiu3 tian1 chang2, <br \/>  Cam: di4 jiu3 tian1 chang2, as long and enduring as heaven and earth, <br \/>  YJ: so the Chinese name for Auld Lang Syne is you3 yi4 di4 jiu3 tian1 chang2. <br \/>  Cam: you3 yi4 di4 jiu3 tian1 chang2\uff0ceverlasting friendship.<\/p>\n<p>Conversation2:<br \/>  \uff081\uff09A:\u4f60\u77e5\u9053\u300a\u53cb\u8c0a\u5730\u4e45\u5929\u957f\u300b\u8fd9\u9996\u6b4c\u5417\uff1f <br \/>  B: \u77e5\u9053\u554a\u3002\u65b0\u5e74\u7684\u65f6\u5019\u7ecf\u5e38\u4f1a\u5531\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Cam: And finally, after all the festivities, we reach New Year&rsquo;s Day, <br \/>  YJ: Get ready to say goodbye to the old and hello to the new! <br \/>  Cam: Alrighty, Yajie, the first new Chinese word I want to learn is how to say &ldquo;New Year&rsquo;s Day&rdquo; <br \/>  YJ: it&rsquo;s yuan2 dan4. \u5143\u65e6\u3002<br \/>  Cam: yuan2 dan4. <br \/>  YJ: yuan2 means the first, <br \/>  Cam: yuan2<br \/>  YJ: dan4 means the day, <br \/>  Cam: dan4,<br \/>  YJ: yuan2 dan4.<br \/>  Cam: yuan2 dan4. New Year&rsquo;s day. Then how do you say Happy New Year? <br \/>  YJ: it&rsquo;s &ldquo;xin1 nian2 kuai4 le4&rdquo;<br \/>  Cam: xin1 nian2 kuai4 le4<br \/>  YJ: 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!<\/p>\n<p>Conversation3:<br \/>  A: \u4eca\u5929\u662f\u5143\u65e6\uff0c\u795d\u4f60\u65b0\u5e74\u5feb\u4e50\uff01<br \/>  B: \u4e5f\u795d\u4f60\u65b0\u5e74\u5feb\u4e50\uff01<\/p>\n<p>Key Words Reminder <br \/>  countdown\u5012\u6570\uff0cFireworks\u70df\u82b1\uff0cAuld Lang Syne\u53cb\u8c0a\u5730\u4e45\u5929\u957f, New Year&rsquo;s Day\u5143\u65e6Happy New Year!\u65b0\u5e74\u5feb\u4e50 All in today&rsquo;s Chinese Studio.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"chine-tie-zi-nei-rong-zhi-hou\" id=\"chine-631801786\"><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>Cam: It&rsquo;s time to perfect Chinese your way in only five minutes a day.&nbsp; Welcome to Chinese Studio, wo shi Cam.<br \/>\n  YJ:&nbsp; And wo shi Yajie.&nbsp; We are learning all about New Years this week&hellip; so Cam, how will you celebrate it?<br \/>\n  Cam:&nbsp; Well, back at home I used to head down to the inner harbour and watch the fireworks.&nbsp; How do I say that in Chinese?<br \/>\n  Yajie:&nbsp; Listen up!<\/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":[98],"class_list":["post-10834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spoken-chinese","tag-chinese-studio"],"views":145,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10834\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}