Now I know, this is a tough rule for some people. Because, most of your life, learning Chinese, you have been told to learn grammar rules. In middle school, In high school, In university, In language school, everywhere in the world; grammar, grammar, grammar. So, my first question to you is: Did...

服务员: Would you like to order now?   kě yǐ diǎn cài le ma ？ 可 以点 菜了 吗 ？  客人: I think I’m having some trouble here.   wǒ yù shàng diǎn má fán le 。 我 遇 上 点 麻 烦 了 。  服务员: How...

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...

有点yǒudiǎn and一点 yìdiǎn both mean a little, but how to tell the difference? Well, the grammar function is different. 有点yǒudiǎn +adj./v. adj./v.+ 一点 yìdiǎn For example: 我有点冷。 wǒ yǒudiǎn lěng. I’m a little cold. 我有点感冒。 wǒ yǒudiǎn gǎnmào....

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                          In Chinese, adjectives are used to describe people and situations directly as predicate. For example: 我很好。 wǒ hěn hǎo. I’m fine. 你很漂亮。 nǐ hěn piàoliang. You are...

二（èr）is used for counting. 一 二 三……(numeral) yī èr sān 第一，第二，第三……(ordinal number) dìyī, dìèr dìsān 两（liǎng），as an initial number for 2,has to be used if a measure word follows it. 2 people 两个人 liǎnggè rén 2 o’clock 两点...

               Jīntiān qù wángfǔjǐng shūdiàn ma? Lucy      今天去王府井书店吗？                 Are you...

               O, tiān na. David     哦，天哪。                    Oh, Gosh.    ...

Qǐng wèn nín duōdà niánjì le?Li Lei请问您多大年纪了？Excuse me, but could I ask you how old you are?Wǒ jīnnián bāshíjiǔ le.Old man我今年八十九了。I'm turning 89 this...