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Want to learn how to speak Chinese well in a comparatively short time? This is an article you cannot miss! 1. Start with Chinese pinyin. This may sound cliche, but we do know that pinyin is the first step to learn Mandarin Chinese that we cannot ignore. By using the Roman alphabet, pinyin is a system to write standard Mandarin Chinese. Over the years we have witnessed the wide spread popularity of pinyin in the international community, especially for teaching school children to read and for teaching materials designed for foreigners to learn Mandarin. However, it is worth noticing that although pinyin uses the same letters as European languages, the sounds those letters represent are totally different. Therefore some letters may not make the sounds you expect, which means you cannot read pinyin as if it were English and should pay close attention to how each letter of pinyin is pronounced. 2. Stick with the tones. The elementary difference between Mandarin language and western ...

1. Keep learning Chinese as a hobby “Interest is the best teacher,” so, foster an interest in learning Mandarin, like you would a hobby, and you will study with half the effort. Find some activities that you can take part in, such as singing Chinese songs, playing Chinese games, reading humorous texts -- all the while you are practicing conversation. Over time, as your interests grow, so will your motivation for learning the language. 2.Choose a suitable learning book There are a variety of Chinese language-learning books, and it can be a challenge to decide which is best for you. Here is one that I particularly recommend. An excellent choice for beginners, this series of three primary learning books include 30 topics for survival Chinese. The daily-life topics are well planned and include lots of exercises for learning pinyin along with basic characters. 3. Choose a good Chinese tutor: A good book will set you on a path and a good teacher will be your best guide. Personal i...

There are various Chinese textbooks on the market, so choosing some good books can be challenging for beginning Mandarin learners. Below are five popular books that we can recommend. 1. Two oral course books. New Concept Chinese is published by Beijing University Press. The content of this textbook is practical and interesting. Materials include the textbook, workbook for Chinese characters, pictures and cards for teaching, and a CD-ROM. Conversational Chinese 301 is published by Beijing Language and Culture University Press. There are 40 lessons and 8 review lessons in total. This book aims at developing beginners' ability to communicate in Chinese . Each lesson contains six parts: Sentences, conversation, substitution and extension, new words, grammar, and practice. Further, the book is annotated in different languages. 2. Textbook Recommended if you are interested in Chinese culture. Chinese Traditional Culture and Modern Life would be a nice choice. This textboo...

Poetry deeply embodies the basic spirit of Chinese culture. Poetry is the art of language and is China’s national spirit; Chinese literature has been active for more than 3,000 years, and is the most important and brilliant part of Chinese culture . Today we will see the top 5 Chinese poems about the moon, spring, friendship and snow... Jìnɡ yè sī 1. 静 夜 思 chuánɡ qián mínɡ yuè ɡuānɡ， 床 前 明 月 光 ， yí shì dì shànɡ shuānɡ。 疑 是 地 上 霜 。 jǔ tóu wànɡ mínɡ yuè， 举 头 望 明 月， dī tóu sī ɡù xiānɡ。 低 头 思 故 乡 。 English version: A Silent Night Before my bed, I see the silver light, I wonder that if there were frost around here. I looked up, I find that light comes from the moon; I bowed my head, and felt homesick. This is a poem about peoples’ home sickness. There is no noise outdoors and indoors, only the bright moonlight shining on the bed. It looks like frost on the floor. The lone wanderer looked up at the moon and bowed his heads to think of his home. This poem refle...

As a Mandarin teacher, students frequently ask me: “If I want to learn Chinese characters to be able to live conveniently in China, how many characters is enough?” Unfortunately, there is no accurate way to count how many Chinese characters one should know. However, depending on how one counts variants, 50,000+ is a good approximation for the current total number. It is generally accepted that one needs to know between 2,000 to 3,500 characters for basic literacy in Chinese (for example, to read a Chinese newspaper), while a well-educated person should know well in excess of 4,000 to 5,000 characters. Don’t be scared by the numbers; if you know a few thousand, you’ll be just fine. Here, I list the most frequently used Chinese characters that can help you survive in China. 1. Verbs to know: 是 shì to be 开 kāi open/hold 在 zài to be in/at/on 用 yòng use 有 yǒu have/there is 会 huì can/to meet; meeting 要 yào want/will/need 见 jiàn to meet 来 lái come 出 chū go out/come out...

Chinese pinyin is divided into initial and final, it is a set of signals for pronunciation system, should not be regarded as separate letters. Initial shēng mǔ 声母 In total 21 Financial yùn mǔ 韵母 If you have trouble with characters, you can use some free tool and make it into pinyin. 1. You can use online tool , such as: http://pinyin.supfree.net/ Input any Chinese characters, and click change. It will be Chinese pinyin accordingly. 2. You can also download some tools . Even you don’t have internet, you can change Chinese characters to pinyin if you download the tool. To read the story with Chinese pinyin. 老(lǎo) 师(shī) 说(shuō): 在(zài) 这(zhè) 有(yǒu) 两(liǎnɡ) 只(zhī) 鸟(niǎo) 一(yì) 只(zhī) 是(shì) 麻(má) 雀(què) 一(yì) 只(zhī) 是(shì) 燕(yàn) 子(zi) 谁(shuí) 能(nénɡ) 告(ɡào) 诉(su) 我(wǒ) 那(nà) 只(zhǐ) 是(shì) 燕(yàn) 子(zi) 那(nà) 只(zhǐ) 是(shì) 麻(má) 雀(què) 学(xué) 生(shenɡ) 说(shuō): 我(wǒ) 不(bù) 能(nénɡ) 直(zhí) 接(jiē) 指(zhǐ) 出(chū) 他(tā) 们(men) 但(dàn) 是(shì) 我(wǒ) 知(zhī) 道(dào) 答(dá) ...

 

 

冰冻三尺非一日之寒 b ī n ɡ d ò n ɡ s ā n ch ǐ f ē i y í r ì zh ī h á n Rome is not build in one day For example: 冰冻三尺非一日之寒。更加努力的学习，更加勤奋地操练，你所付出的一切将会得到上帝的回报，上帝是公平的。 b ī n ɡ d ò n ɡ s ā n ch ǐ f ē i y í r ì zh ī h á n 。 ɡè n ɡ ji ā n ǔ l ì de xu é x í ， ɡè n ɡ ji ā q í n f è n d ì c ā o li à n ， n ǐ su ǒ f ù ch ū de y ì qi è ji ā n ɡ hu ì d é d à o sh à n ɡ d ì de hu í b à o ， sh à n ɡ d ì sh ì ɡō n ɡ p í n ɡ de 。 Rome wasn't built in a way, work harder and practice more, your hard work will be reworded by god one day. God is equal to everyone!

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