My one student(boy) was always curious as to how to tell someone(girl) that she looks  pretty or beautiful in Chinese.Here is the useful expression :1.you are pretty. 你很漂亮 ni hen piao liang.2.you are so cute 你很可爱 ni hen ke ai3.you are beautiful ...

Some students asked me about the Japanese and Chinese language . Both them looks so curious and hard to learn, If it has any relationship. Actually,Japanese writing evolved from Chinese writing.Long time ago, Japan used the Chinese writing system, but after time they developed their own writing...

Remember when I was studying in secondary school, always harry to do something. So my parents tell me : 千里之行，始于足下（qianli zhi xing,shiyu zuxia）。It means a journey of a sound miles begin with a single step. So I share  this point to guys when learning Chinese.  Don't think...

Going with the development of  society in China, there are always generated some new words or phrases. I will list and explain some latest fashionable Chinese vocabulary in the following.1.粉丝: Means fans2.快女: Happy voice girl3.80后: The person born in 1980s4.90后: The...

There are 4 tones in Mandarin Chinese and a "toneless" sound. The reason for these notes is likely that the Chinese language has very few possible syllables about 400 compares to English has about 12000. Therefore can homophonic words, words with the same sound, different meanings in Chinese...

Most Chinese learners always be asked to find out what is the difference in "别（bié）","不要(bú yào)","没有(méi yǒu)". And the responses is extremely similar:"It is no difference, the all meaning is NO". Generally, the answer is right, but some time the usage of words in the sentence...

Students always confused "第" and "弟" because of the same pronunciation. But the meaning of those two Chinese words is totally different. "第" is often used for "1st","2nd",etc. For instance ："第十" means 10th number . "弟" or "弟弟" means younger brother...

In Chinese number counts , you should pay attention to the lines on top of the vowels in the Romanisation. They made lots of tones of Chinese words are different from each other. Thought about your voice has to follow the line from left to right, so with "yī", your voice would stay up quite high,...

Hello, how are you?嗨，你好吗?( Nǐhǎoma?)My name is Andrew. What is yours?我叫Jason. 你叫什么名字?(wo jiào Andrew. Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi ne?)You look very pretty today.你今天看起來很漂亮。(Nǐ jīntiān kànqilai hěn piàoliang.)What is that you are...

Mandarin Chinese spoken in China and Taiwan. However, there are differences in emphasis, and that Taiwan is likely to depart from China, there are differences in language. Another important point is the use of dialect Fookienese. Most Chinese who migrated to Taiwan in the same province. So...