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It never feels good to fall ill in a foreign country. But what if this really happens? How to see a doctor in China? What’s the procedure of seeing a doctor in China? How can you describe your condition or your feelings to the doctor in Chinese? Procedure of seeing a doctor in China hospitals bìng rén 病人: Patient lí yuàn 离院: Leave the hospital Tip - xiǎo fèi 小费 Wallet - qián bāo 钱包 yī yuàn 医院: Hospital huà yàn 化验: Chemical examination guà hào 挂号: Register jiǎn chá 检查: Check yī shēng 医生: Doctor jí zhěn 急诊: Emergency treatment jiù zhěn 就诊: Diagnosis zhù yuàn 住院: Be in hospital fù fèi 付费: Pay qǔ yào 取药: Get the medicine Normally, a standard procedure for slight illness is: Patient-Hospital-Register- Check -Diagnosis-Pay-Get the medicine-Leave the hospital. Chinese words about illness: If any part of your body hurts, you can use this structure: wǒ　　　　　　　　　　　　tòng 我 + (any body parts ) + 痛 (My....hurts. / I have ...ache) Eg: wǒ tóu tòng ...

The Chinese Zodiac System is represented by twelve different animals, known as 十二生肖 。Beginning 28th January 2017 till 15th February 2018 is the year of the Rooster (jī – 鸡)。 The sequential order of the twelve animals are: - Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and finally Pig . Each animal is supposed to possess certain attributes or characteristics, and if you are born in the year of the animal you are supposed to possess those attributes or characteristics. Without going into too many details, reproduced below are some of the general attributes or characteristics associated with the animals. 1) Rat(鼠 – shǔ) The Rat is the first animal of the Chinese Zodiac.Rats are quick-witted, resourceful, kind and smart. 2) Ox (牛 – niú) Following the Rat is the Ox. People born in the year of the Ox are supposed to be diligent, dependable, honest and family oriented. 3) Tiger(虎 – hǔ) The Tiger, also known as the king of the forest, symbolizes justic...

Tmall(TaoBao) began to hold the commodity promotion or coupon on 11, Nov., 2009 for making people remember Taobao and trying to appeal consumers to consume from it. But now the double 11 becomes the e-commerce festival, even influence offline stores, which we called Online Shopping Spree . Double 11 is also called the Single's Day . That day is said from a fun talk at a male dormitory on campus. At that time, they were discussing an activity but had no ideas. Suddenly, they found “1111” were like four single sticks. They had an idea from there and organized an activity themed “single”, which achieved a big success. Most Chinese people are attracted the promotion which discounts 50 or even more percent. The vast majority of consumers are used to shopping online, and who prefer to purchase cheaper goods in the online shopping spree. 1. Let’s learn the top three Chinese online shopping platforms. Tmall (TaoBao) is the first advanced personal e-commerce platform, financed by t...

Halloween is short for “All Hallow’s Eve”, which is popular in English speaking countries. With global economics and cultures developing increasing in recent years, Halloween is also welcomed in China as well. And lots of people show their enthusiasm to participate in various events or activities held for Halloween. Meanwhile, Halloween is a traditional festival similar to Chinese ghost Festival. On the night of October 31st, people celebrated such a festival, when it was believed that ghosts of the dead returned to Earth cause mischief and trouble. Celebrations include costuming, trick or treat, bombing for apples, pumpkin carving, and lighting bonfires. How do Chinese people express celebrations and items about Halloween in Chinese? Firstly, let’s see some basic words of Halloween translated in Chinese. wàn shènɡ jié 万圣节 ：Halloween nǚ wū 女巫 ：witch xī xuè ɡuǐ 吸血鬼 ：Vampire biān fú 蝙蝠 ：bat yōu línɡ/ɡuǐ hún 幽灵/鬼魂 ：ghost jiānɡ shī 僵尸 ：zombie kū lóu 骷髅 ：skeleton ...

In recent years, more and more Chinese young people are addicted in online games. However, such a negative thing in the elder’s mind produced a new commercial opportunity for the young age. Many big enterprises or groups realize that the online game will be a newborn industry in current Chinese commercial area. Accompanying to this mind, various subsidiary industries like live-broadcasting platforms are springing up as mushrooms. So, do you like to play online games? Do you know something about online games in China? Today we’re going to share top 5 online games welcomed in China. Come on! Let’s taste online games culture of Chinese young people! 1.wánɡ zhě rónɡ yào 1.王者荣耀 “王者荣耀”, named Strike of Kings in English , which is the most popular MOBA online game nowadays in China, which is researched and developed from TianMei Studio funded by Tencent Group. In this game, the story background is set as a content collecting hundreds of heroes from China or overseas.Most of the heroes...

chónɡ yánɡ jié 重阳节： Double Ninth Festival Double Ninth Festival is just like its name, which will be held on the ninth of September in Chinese Lunar Calendar. And this year in 2017, Double Ninth Festival will be celebrated on 28th October in golden autumn . Dating from Chinese Warring States Times, Double Ninth Festival became a Chinese traditional Festival with hosting the grand weight of Chinese tradition and Chinese culture . Chinese people usually hold lots of activities or events to celebrate such a nice day. There is a Chinese masterpiece named The Book of Changes , which mentioned that “阳”(yáng) refer to the sun, the brightness and the positivity. And it mentioned that “九(jiǔ)” is a “阳数”(positive number) so that the ninth day of September will be the double ninth, which will spread double positivity and brightness to people. Thus Double Ninth Day has been celebrated and welcomed among Chinese people from old days till now. It’s a festival for Chinese people to express the...

If you are a Chinese Language Learner or a Chinese Music lover, I would say you got the right place here. This article the top 5 Chinese Music App in China will be just fit for you. Here is the latest top list of hottest music apps in China. 　　　　　　　　　 1. Kugou Music(酷狗音乐) Founded in 2004, Kugou Music is the largest online music service in China, boasting over 450 million monthly active users. In a recent Quest Mobile report, it has over 228 million monthly active users in March 2017. 　　　　　　　　　 Meanwhile, it merged 5SING, which was a platform that Chinese original producer uploaded their original music masterpieces before. 2. QQ Music (QQ音乐) It is the most complete music platform protecting the music copyright of musicians. Launched in 2004, QQ Music is a music streaming app owned by Tencent company, and it claims to have 400 million-monthly active users. However, according to Quest Mobile's report, QQ Music has over 211 million monthly active users in March 2017. 　　　　...

I can say almost envy smart phone in China, has an App, named Wechat. As the latest report of Wechat said, the user now is up to 889 million, and 50% of them have been used wechat for more than 90 minutes every day. The Total Voice/Video call is up to 100million times. Almost 80% of Wechat users will take of look at the “Moments”. So what is this app? Over 877 million people use WeChat, the free messaging & calling app that allows you to easily connect with family & friends across countries. It’s the all-in-one communications app for free text (SMS/MMS), voice & video calls, moments, photo sharing, games and more. More You Need to Know: As the Upgrade of wechat, there are more and more important little programs comes like: 　　　　　　　　 Money: It’s a Payment QR Code. When you are going to pay a bill in a shop or in a supermarket, you can use this, the shop owner use the Product Scanner to scan your money QR Code, then your bill will be paid by your credit card or yo...

Before we plan to make an appointment with clients , the first thing we should do is to determine the time to meet with each other. How to express that in Business Chinese ? Today, we are going to talk about scheduling an appointment time with phone-calls or e-mails. When we are talking on the phone, we usually ask for one’s free time by using the question “您什么时候有空儿？<nín shénme shíhou yǒu kònɡr？>” , which means “When will you be free?.” “有空儿<yǒu kònɡr>” means “have free time.” There is also another formal way to ask through “您什么时候方便？<nín shénme shíhou fānɡbiàn？>”. Here “方便<fānɡbiàn>” means “When would it be convenient for you?” If you tend to propose a detailed time and to wait for other’s opinions, the sentence pattern “……可以吗？<......kéyǐ mɑ?>” will be a good choice. For example, given that your will is to know whether he or she will be free on tomorrow, you could enquire by “明天上午可以吗？<mínɡtiān shànɡwǔ kéyǐ mɑ？> ”. You could also change the...

“十五的月亮圆又圆<shí wǔ de yuè liɑnɡ yuán yòu yuán>” , as a Chinese traditional festival spreading for thousands of year, Chinese Mid-autumn Festival is usually celebrating at 15th August in Chinese lunar year, and it comes here on 4th October this year. The Mid-Autumn Festival is addressed as “中秋节” because of the mid-date of August and autumn as well. There are so many ancient legends of Mid-autumn Festival. The most famous one is “嫦娥奔月”, which was introduced last year with some Chinese phrases about it. So, today this article is aimed to introduce some events on Mid-autumn day to you. 观潮：guān cháo (Tidal Bore Watching) With the observation of Chinese ancients, they believed in there will be grand and spectacular tide surfing to the beach between days of mid-autumn. Thus, people who lived near huge rivers joints to the sea would like to appreciate the scene of tidal bore. Until nowadays, lots of people tend to have a look of such grand scene in Qiantang River on these days. 树...

Yesterday, I got a message from my friend about Chinese Learning, about" Where are you from?" Well, this question always happens on the first meet between you and Chinese people in China, it is a question about your nationality. According to this case, I make the same kind of questions together, and the examples below: Question 1 nǐ shì nǎ lǐ rén？ ◆你是哪里人？ (What's your nationality?/Where do you come from?) Answer 1 wǒ shì+Country+rén ◆我是+Country+人 (I am American. I am Chinese....and so on) Eg: wǒ shì zhōnɡ ɡuó rén。 ◆我是中国人。 (I am Chinese.) Question 2 nǐ lái zì nǎ gè guó jiā？ ◆你来自哪个国家？ (Which country do you come from?) Answer 2 wǒ lái zì+Country ◆我来自+Country (I come from......) Eg: wǒ lái zì zhōnɡ ɡuó。 ◆我来自中国。 (I come from China.) The next two questions are the Yes/No Question Sentences. And the answers of this kind of questions always have a rule: Put the "yes or no" in front of the sentences to tell the people ...

As the study progressed, foreign students will begin to encounter some words left from ancient Chinese. Most of these words are monosyllabic, meaning complicated because of historical precipitation. Today we are going to learn two words, "fēi 非" and "wú 无". Because these two words are similar in meaning, they are easily confused by foreign students. The words left over from ancient Chinese have two important characteristics:they are mostly monosyllabic and have complex meanings. The complexity of meaning is manifested in the inclusion of multiple parts of speech. Because the part of speech is different,the usage is different. Therefore to distinguish "fē i非" and "wú 无", we need to start from here. First of all, we should distinguish the meaning of “fēi 非”and “wú 无”. 1.the basic meaning of “fēi 非”: 1)  no,not:  bù 不, bú shì 不是。eg."非法<Fēifǎ>"(illegal; unlawful) 2)  fault, mistake:  eg. "痛改前非<Tòng gǎi qián fēi...

Accompanied with long history from ancient times, Chinese culture , especially Chinese festivals have experienced various momentous changes and have been influenced by foreign cultures as well. The Ghost Festival , which we address it in “中元节(zhōng yuán jié)” in Chinese, is a traditional day that came into being from native Taoism but influenced by Buddhism. It is also regarded as Chinese Halloween as before because Chinese people usually hold a memorial ceremony for dead spirits in this day, and they believe that their deceased families and friends will come back home. However, Chinese Ghost festival is almost different from Halloween, which will be presented in the following words. The Ghost Festival is celebrated at 15th July in Chinese lunar calendar, which will be 5th September this year. You may observe its another name, the Hungry Ghost Festival. Why was it named after by that? In the Taoist legends, there was Earth God who was in charge of the netherworld. At mid-July,...

Chinese proverbs are common and often have stories behind them. The proverb ‘Fate brings people even they are thousands of miles away’ (有缘千里来相会: yǒu yuán qiān lǐ lái xiāng huì) is about a couple who live thousands of miles away met each other despite all difficulties. As we all know, in ancient times, people’s mobility was limited, and young couples met each other only after the approval of their parents. So this proverb points out that human relationships are decreed by Fate. Today, I chose some interesting Chinese proverbs and sayings, and let’s have a look at the stories behind them! Luóbo báicài, gè yǒu suǒ ài 1. 萝卜白菜，各有所爱 (‘some people like carrot, but others like cabbage’. This proverb indicates that everyone has his own hobbies.) 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 ài wū jí wū 2. 爱屋及乌 (‘when you love a house, you will love the crow under the roof’, means ‘Love me, love my dog’ in English. ) 　　　　　　　　 3. rén xīn qí, Tài shān yí 人心齐，泰山移 (Tài shān is one of the five great mou...