Meaning go on vacation; have a holiday Pronunciation Tone marks: ► fàng jià Tone numbers: fang4 jia4
Tag: mandarin
Special Effects 特效
A video parody adapted from a shampoo commercial featuring kungfu star Jackie Chan went viral online, leading Internet users to coin a word "Duang", an onomatopoetic word which doesn’t correlate with any particular Chinese character and refers to special effects.
一段恶搞功夫明星成龙代言的洗发水广告视频在网络上走红,并由此诞生了一个热门词语duang. Duang 是一个拟声词,不对应任何汉字,指的是“特效”。
Different ways to talk about people’s intelligence in Chinese
You probably already know one high frequency word to express “smart” in Chinese – 聪明 cōngming. I agree that if
Modal Particles
In linguistics, modal particles are always uninflected words, and are a type of grammatical particle. Mandarin Chinese depends highly on
Fang Bian – Daily Mandarin Lesson 方便
Meaning convenient Pronunciation Tone marks: ► fāng biàn Tone numbers: fang1 bian4 Chinese Characters Traditional: 方便
Lesson 108 – Revision of Sightseeing
Cam: Welcome to Chinese Studio. Wo shi Cam.
YJ: Wo shi Yajie. This week we mainly focused on sightseeing.
Cam: And I benefit a lot from those lessons. Thank you very much.
YJ: My pleasure. Now comes to our Sentences in the Week:
Dan Shi – Daily Mandarin Lesson 但是
Meaning but; however Pronunciation Tone marks: ► dàn shì Tone numbers: dan4 shi4 Chinese Characters Traditional:
Chinese Tea Culture 功夫茶 14 Why the Name TEA
Is it Chinese? Or from other Language?"CHA", "TAY", "TEA"The Chinese character "TEA" written with Chinese calligraphic brush.
Da Suan – Daily Mandarin Lesson 打算
Meaning to plan; to intend Pronunciation Tone marks: ► dǎ suàn Tone numbers: da3 suan4 Chinese Characters
Chu Ming – Daily Mandarin Lesson 出名
chū míng Meaning well-known; famous Pronunciation Tone marks: ► chū míng Tone numbers: chu1 ming2 Chinese Characters