Archive for January, 2012

Ancient Chinese philosophy has influence in Chinese food culture

Posted under Uncategory on Monday, 16 January 2012 by
This is the traditional symbol for the forces of yin and yang, sometimes described as two fish swimming head to tail. The left half is yin and the right half is yang. Taken literally, yin and yang mean the dark side and sunny side of a hill. People commonly think of yin and yang as opposing...
Ancient Chinese philosophy has influence in Chinese food culture

Is the Year of the Dragon your birth year?

Posted under Chinese Culture on Monday, 16 January 2012 by
龙年 (lóngnián): n. the Year of the Dragon 本命年 (běnmìngnián): n. one’s year of birth in relation to the Chinese Zodiac China’s celebration of the lunar New Year, the renowned Spring Festival, is less than a month away. As the zodiac’s limelight shifts to a different...
Is the Year of the Dragon your birth year?

Vocabulary about The Spring Festival

Posted under Uncategory on Monday, 9 January 2012 by
  春节       chūnjié       The Spring Festival 农历       nónglì         lunar calendar 正月      ...
Vocabulary about The Spring Festival

Learn Mandarin grammar –Modal particle

Posted under Chinese Grammar on Friday, 6 January 2012 by
In linguistics, modal particles are always uninflected words, and are a type of grammatical particle. Mandarin Chinese depends highly on the use of modal particles. Changing the pitch of the sentence or phrase would make the meaning of the sentence different. a 啊: placed at the end of a...
Learn Mandarin grammar –Modal particle

Imformation about HSK —Learn Mandarin

Posted under Uncategory on Thursday, 5 January 2012 by
  Many chinese learners take hsk tests,.HSK can not only test your chinese level, and also can benefit you a lot. The HSK Certificate serves 1) to certify that the holder has obtained the required Chinese Proficiency to enter a college or university as an undergraduate or graduate student. ...
Imformation about HSK —Learn Mandarin