Chinese Language Learning

Let Children learn Chinese language quickly, easily & effectively

Andrew — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:41:02 +0000

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Watch The World Cup To Learn Chinese

Andrew — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 08:28:06 +0000

Liu Bang and Xiang Yu

Pippo — Sun, 23 May 2010 07:06:18 +0000

It’s said that both Liu Bang and Xiang Yu had been deeply struck by the grand sight of First Emperor out on an inspection tour. “This is the way a man should live,”admired Liu Bang. “I can replace him,”was how Xiang Yu expreeed his embition. Liu Bang’s words reveal him as a man of deep thought and purpose, whereas Xiang Yu’ words evince a man of straight valor. This difference in character was to affect the outcome of their rivalry.

The Best Chinese Universities for Mandarin Learning In China

Andrew — Thu, 13 May 2010 18:21:07 +0000

Determining that college and where to move to study Chinese in China could trigger a massive pain. A nation with a population of more than 1.3 billion people, is close to covering 20% of the globe’s population. China is also the 3rd biggest region with territory in the world. We are here to guide you to determine some leading universities
to study Chinese, throughout the three ideal cities in China.

Because Shanghai is one of the world’s busiest ports, it has turn out to be the greatest freight vent worldwide then. Shanghai’s up-to-date way of life has attracted a lot of expats to come and study Chinese, in addition to lots of international companies to possess a headquarter workplace in Shanghai. This westernised and modern city is one of China’s the majority of vital cultural, economic, business, industrial centers.

Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) was founded around 1896, now located as one of the earliest and most important college in China. SJTU has greater than one 1000 teachers, with over 100 of them being well-known researchers and specialists. SJTU has over 40 thousand full time signed up students, and a vast number of programs to select from. The Ministry of Education and the Shanghai Government collectively operates SJTU.

Beijing getting the cultural, political and educational heart, and the source of the ” formal language” -Mandarin of China, is the most advised location to study Mandarin. Following are the top 3 colleges in Beijing.

1. Beijing Language & Culture University (BLCU) was built in 1962, and has the longest background of specialising in instructing Mandarin and Chinese culture to foreigners. You will find foreigners based on over 150 countries studying Mandarin at BLCU, and nowadays it has greater than 900 full time training teachers.

2. Tsinghua University (THU), established since 1911, has a reputation of the most Chinese universities placing Tsinghua as the highest ranking university in China. Their promising motto “Self-discipline and Social Commitment” explains it all. The most common course taken here are their accounting courses, by reason of signed agreements with ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants).

3. Fudan University, established in 1905 “is one of the earliest primary, co-educational, and most selective universities in the People’s Republic of China.” Fudan University ranked highest in their physical and social sciences.

Guangzhou is the third most populous city in China. Because of manual work expenses growing in Hong Kong, this has opened doors for Guangzhou –a lot more producers have started out new factories here. This has driven Guangzhou to be one of China’s richest cities, but it also appeal to farmers entering the city searching for manufacture job. You can get 2 well-known universities in Guangzhou, the Sun Yat-sen University, and Jinan University (JNU).

Usually in universities, the teacher to student ratio for studying Chinese lessons is usually 1:20. There are short term and long term courses to choose from. The short term courses usually last for up to1 semester (around 4 months). The long term courses usually last for 1 year to 2 years (2 to 4 semesters). All short term and long term courses/programs usually start at the end of February (after Chinese New Year) till mid-July, and the fall semesters usually start in early September, and end in mid-January.

A book signing

Pippo — Sun, 02 May 2010 07:38:03 +0000

Jīntiān qù wángfǔjǐng shūdiàn ma?

Lucy 今天去王府井书店吗？

Are you going to the Wangfujing Book Store today?

Zěnme le? bùshì shàngzhōumò gāng qùguò ma?

Chen Hong 怎么了？不是上周末刚去过吗？

What’s up? Didn’t we just go there last weekend?

Jīntiān bùyīyàng. yì zhōngtiān jiàoshòu yào zài wángfǔjǐng shūdiàn qiānmíng shòushū.

Lucy 今天不一样。易中天教授要在王府井书店签名售书。

Yes, I know. But Professor Yi Zhongtian is going to sign books at the book store.

Zhè yǒu shénme dàbùliǎo de！wángfǔjǐng shūdiàn yòu bùshì dì-yī cì gǎo zhèzhǒng huódòng.

Chen Hong 这有什么大不了的！王府井书店又不是第一次搞这种活动。

What’s the big deal! It’s not the first time that someone has signed books at the store.

Nǐ bù zhīdào,yì jiàoshòu shì wǒ de ǒuxiàng. wǒ yīdìng yào nádào tā qīnbǐ qiānmíng de shū.

Lucy 你不知道，易教授是我的偶像。我一定要拿到他亲笔签名的书。

But it’s Professor Yi Zhongtian. He’s my idol. I’m going to get a book with his signature.

Hǎobā hǎobā,wǒ péi nǐ qù.

Chen Hong 好吧好吧，我陪你去。

Ok, I’ll go with you.

Address

Pippo — Sun, 02 May 2010 06:38:58 +0000

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

              Zěnme le?
Tom     怎么了？
              What’s the matter?

               Jì gěi wǒ āyí de xìn tuì huílái le.
David    寄给我阿姨的信退回来了。
               The letter to my aunt was sent back.

              Zěnme huì zhèyàng?
Tom     怎么会这样?
              What’s wrong?

               Shuí zhīdào!
David    谁知道！
               Who knows!

              Dìzhǐ shì ***, duì ma?
Tom      地址是***，对吗？
              The address is ***. Is that right?

               O, wǒ lòu le gè líng.
David     噢，我漏了个零。
               Oh, I forgot a "0".

Jacky Cheung – If I could

Andrew — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:02:09 +0000

Pinyin of Chinese song “祝福” lyric

zhù fú

祝福

péng yǒu wǒ yǒng yuǎn zhù fú nǐ

朋友我永远祝福你

péng yǒu wǒ yǒng yuǎn zhù fú nǐ

朋友我永远祝福你

啊

péng yǒu wǒ yǒng yuǎn zhù fú nǐ

朋友我永远祝福你

bú yào wèn

不要问

bú yào shuō

不要说

yī qiē jìn zài bú yán zhōng

一切尽在不言中

zhè yī kè

这一刻

wēi zhe zhú guāng

偎着烛光

ràng wǒ men jìng jìng dì dù guò

让我们静静地度过

mò huī shǒu

莫挥手

mò huí tóu

莫回头

dāng wǒ chàng qǐ zhè shǒu gē

当我唱起这首歌

pà zhī pà

怕只怕

lèi shuǐ qīng qīng dì huá luò

泪水轻轻地滑落

yuàn xīn zhōng

愿心中

yǒng yuǎn liú zhe wǒ de xiào róng

永远留着我的笑容

bàn nǐ zǒu guò měi yī gè chūn xià qiū dōng

伴你走过每一个春夏秋冬

jǐ xǔ chóu

几许愁

jǐ xǔ yōu

几许忧

rén shēng nán miǎn kǔ yǔ tòng

人生难免苦与痛

shī qù guò

失去过

cái néng zhēn zhèng dǒng dé qù zhēn xī hé yōng yǒu

才能真正懂得去珍惜和拥有

qíng nán shě

情难舍

rén nán liú

人难留

jīn cháo yī bié gè xī dōng

今朝一别各西东

lěng hé rè

冷和热

diǎn diǎn dī dī zài xīn tóu

点点滴滴在心头

yuàn xīn zhōng

愿心中

yǒng yuǎn liú zhe wǒ de xiào róng

永远留着我的笑容

bàn nǐ zǒu guò měi yī gè chūn xià qiū dōng

伴你走过每一个春夏秋冬

shāng lí bié

伤离别

lí bié suī rán zài yǎn qián

离别虽然在眼前

shuō zài jiàn

说再见

zài jiàn bú huì tài yáo yuǎn

再见不会太遥远

ruò yǒu yuán

若有缘

yǒu yuán jiù néng qī dài míng tiān

有缘就能期待明天

nǐ hé wǒ zhòng féng zài càn làn de jì jiē

你和我重逢在灿烂的季节

Jacky Cheung – If I could – English

Translation of Chinese song “祝福” lyric

If I could

My love, you’re always in my heart

my love you’re always in my heart

Ah, my love you’re always in my heart

if I could have it all

I would choose to have your love

Don’t you know how my heart stars jumping when I see you smile

No matter where you go

I’ll be there right by your side

holding you in my arms so tightly

Take my hand

and look right into my eyes,dear

You will see that you will meant to be my love

If I could live my life the way I would like to be

I know how I like to spend my whole life just holding you with me

I won’t change any day

I won’t change a single day

My love will always be waiting right here

Take my hand

and look right in to my eyes, dear.

You will see that you will meant to be my love

I’ll be there, I’ll be there when you need me

I’ll be there, I’ll be there my love you’ll see

Don’t you know, my love for you lasts forever

You will always be there in my heart for me

I’ll be there, I’ll be there when you need me

I’ll be there, I’ll be there my love you’ll see

Don’t you know, my love for you lasts forever

You will always be there in my heart for me

Don’t you know, my love for you lasts forever

You will always be there in my heart for me

If I could live my life the way I would like to be

I know how I like to spend my whole life just holding you with me

I won’t change any way, I won’t change a single day

Take my hand,

look in my eyes

you will see that you are only my love

How young are you?

Pippo — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:50:40 +0000

	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 year.

	Nín kànqǐlái hěn niánqīng ā!
Li Lei	您看起来很年轻啊！
	You still look so young!
	Wǒ měitiān dōu dǎ Tàijíquán.
Old man	我每天都打太极拳。
	Well, I practice Tai chi every day.

Traffic accident

Pippo — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:33:16 +0000

	Kàn, zhuàngchē le. zěnme bàn?
Alice	看，撞车了。怎么办？
	Look, there’s an accident. What should we do?
	Bàojǐng!
Tom	报警！
	Call the police！

	Hǎo de, bùguò hàomǎ duōshǎo?
Alice	好的，不过号码多少？
	Yes, but what’s the number?
	Yāo yāo líng
Tom	一一零！
	110!

	Yǒurén liúxiě le.
Alice	有人流血了。
	Somebody is bleeding.
	Gǎnjǐn jiào jiùhùchē！
Tom	赶紧叫救护车！
	Call an ambulance, quick!

A plane Crash

Pippo — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:22:40 +0000

	Zuótiān yǒu jià fēijī chūshìle.
Chen Hong	昨天有架飞机出事了。
	A plane crashed yesterday.
	Shì ma? zài nǎr?
Kate	是吗？在哪儿？

	Zài Dàlián fùjìnde hǎiyù zhuìhuǐle.
Chen Hong	在大连附近的海域坠毁了。
	It happened off the coast near Dalian.
	Nà jī shàngde chéngkè zěnmeyàng?
Kate	那机上的乘客怎么样？
	Are the passengers alright?

	Fēijī shàng gòng yǒu yībǎi èrshí míng chéngkè. Yǒu bāshí duō rén yùnànle.
Chen Hong	飞机上共有一百二十名乘客，有八十多人遇难了。
	There were 120 passengers in total. More than 80 people were killed.
	Zhēn shì tài cǎn le.
Kate	真是太惨了。
	What a terrible disaster.