Hanbridge Mandarin Chinese Online Learning

Do you have trouble understanding your Chinese friends' speech? Does your Chinese reading ability outpace your ability to understand spoken Chinese? Improve Chinese listening seems like really urgent. Don't worry! Here are some effective methods to improve your Mandarin listening . 1. Expand your Chinese Vocabulary The lack of vocabulary will directly affect your listening, and accumulating abundant vocabulary is the foundation of listening as well as learning Chinese. You will understand most of meaning of conversations among you and your friends if you can comprehend more than half words in them. 2. Practice the Correct Chinese Pronunciation Having correct pronunciation is an excellent method to practice Mandarin listening. It is easy to understand a meaning when what you listen to is the same as what you say. For most Chinese learners, the most difficult part in Chinese pronunciation is the four tones. You can get some tips about how to practice four tones here: H...

Mandarin Chinese is quite a complex language to learn, especially for English speakers. However, with commitment and daily practice it is certainly possible to successfully master this language. With gains in technology online courses have become increasingly comparative to traditional in-person classes and are certainly more effective than self-study with a textbook. Learning to speak Mandarin online means that you take a class wherever and wheneveryou want. A Chinese tutor recommended for you by our professional student services representativewill suit your learning style and will help you improve your speaking skill. Our online learning platform includes a feature that will help you monitor your progress with instant feedback. Your learning process can be tracked over time. Online analytics make it easy for you to track progress, identify weaknesses and view lesson notes and feedback from your teacher. Experts agree that live conversation is the key to learning a for...

Language learners, without doubt, always wish to make conversations with and receive advice from native speakers of the target language. This is the same for learners who chose online learning. Those who searches "learn Chinese via Skype" are more willing to find a native teacher to spot every problem in the learner's language production, and give tailor-made advice to them face-to-face. The instantaneity of learning with a real human teacher is much better than learning after a video or audio program online. Studying Chinese on Skype can greatly involve both teacher and learner into conversation effectively, and the learner may receive correction and feedback right away. However, over the internet learners are still not faced with real-time communication. Detailed gestures are missing, and the pressure of speaking in turn is sometimes lowered. In some extreme cases, the student may lose the teacher when the difficulty is not expected by the student – and the student c...

Listening to Chinese songs can be a valuable and entertaining way to learn the Chinese language. Today we’d like to recommend a very famous female singer, Dèng Lì Jūn to you, she was one of the most popular and influential Chinese pop singer. It is often said, "Wherever there are Chinese people, the songs of Deng Lijun can be heard. "Deng’s voice and songs are instantly recognized throughout areas with large Asian populations. Besides China, her songs also received a welcome from huge popularity among east Asian, such as Korean, Japanese, Malaysian and Indonesian listeners. She was known for her folk songs and romantic ballads. Many of her songs became classics not only in her lifetime but remain the same nowadays. "The Moon Represents My Heart" is one of her representatives. Here are the beautiful lyrics. Enjoy the music. yuè liɑnɡ dài biǎo wǒ de xīn 月 亮 代 表 我 的 心 The moon represents my heart nǐ wèn wǒ ài nǐ yǒu duō shēn 你 问 我 爱 你 有 多 深 You ask me ...

Chinese characters are the main writing symbols of the Chinese language. Pinyin is the phonetic notation for Chinese characters. Each character has a specific syllable. Each syllable is composed of three parts: initial, final, and tone. The pinyin system has 21 initials, 36 finals, and 4 tones. It also has 2 semi-vowels and a neutral tone. Tones are very important. Many characters have the same spelling in pinyin but have different tones, and therefore have different meanings. This pinyin table is a complete listing of all Hanyu Pinyin （汉语拼音）syllables used in Standard Mandarin. Click on the cell for pronunciation. * An empty cell indicates that the corresponding syllable does not exist in Standard Mandarin. 此页面上的内容需要较新版本的 Adobe Flash Player。 Illustration of Tones The first tone, marked by -, is a high and flat sound, naturally prolonged. Example: tāng（soup）汤 The second tone, mar...

Grammar grammar grammar grammar. Probably everyone's least favorite word from grade school and no doubt the one thing most do not look forward to when learning a new language. Unless you're me, in which case you oddly love grammar. Something about how it makes the sentence flow together naturally and makes one much more competent and adept at speaking. I honestly couldn't tell you why. What I do know though is that grammar is one of the most essential things to know when it comes to learning Chinese. How do I know this? Let me give you my story. What It's Like Not Knowing Grammar So there I was, studying the same beginner's sentence for about the 100th time in a row and I knew every single word in the sentence. The only problem was: I had no idea what it was saying!!!!! Thoughts of "are you kidding me?!?" and "$200 dollars for lessons to know nothing?!?!" flashed through my mind. I was about 8 months into learning Chinese and I have no ...

Let’s face it: Chinese is hard to learn. Why is Chinese so hard to learn for foreigners? The reasons are as follows: 1. Tones. Tones are a vastly important and difficult aspect of Chinese that foreigners must study and master to truly learn Chinese. There are four tones and one neutral tone in Chinese. Many characters have the same spelling in pinyin but different tones – and therefore have different meanings. Because Western languages don’t have formal tones, this concept can be confusing. (See: The best way to learn Chinese tones ) 2. Characters. Characters are the most difficult hurdle for foreigners learning Chinese. With no alphabet, a student must learn at least 400-500 characters to read a newspaper. As we all know, some characters are composed of numerous strokes, and the way of their composition is also different this is completely strange for foreigners, thus is also very hard to remember and master. (See: how to learn Chinese character fast ) 3. Pronunciation. Th...

Has your house in China already been decorated? Is it well-content for you? Or do you plan to do some decorations? If you do so, it's a goood choice to know some Chinese expressions about interior decoration because good communications are really necessary when dealing with the interior decoration. If you couldn’t communicate well with the designers, your house may become the last place you want to stay. But please don’t worry. I’m right here preparing to help you. In this article, we will learn some expressions about interior decoration. And I will tell you something interesting about when Chinese decorate their house. First, let’s learn some basic words. 室内shìnèi : interior 装修zhuāngxiū : to decorate, decoration 平面图píngmiàn tú : ground plan 层céng : floor, storey Here we often use “第dì” , a word used before the numbers . “第dì+ number” is ordinal number. For exmaple, “第一dìyī” means “the first”. So“第一层dìyīcéng” means “ground floor”. 墙qiáng : wall 窗chuāng : window...

Chinese language learning couldn't just rely on books, it rely more on the demonstration of action and word. Unfortunately, not everyone has a chance to learn Chinese in China or has the time to attend class in school. But luckily, the YouTube can fill most part of the gap. However, you can find thousands of videos on YouTube yet the quality of teaching is uneven that you don't know which you should watch. If you want to learn Chinese on YouTube but you find it hard to find them out on your own, please read on! Below are the top 10 YouTube channels for Chinese learners may want to check out regularly: 1. Hanbridge Mandarin on YouTube Hanbridge Mandarin YouTube channel was created by the Hanbridge Mandarin's teacher team. This channel provides you with great content for learning Mandarin Chinese. You can find the video lessons cover a wide range of subjects and they are totally free. Like I was saying above, the quality of videos on YouTube vary greatly that it mixed w...

Some of us have terrible Spoken Chinese. Some of us think our Chinese is pretty good. Regardless of how good you "think" your Spoken Chinese is, you aren't a native speaker, so you have room to improve. In this article we will look at some strategies for how to improve your spoken Chinese . 1. Take the initiative Talking with others in Chinese, developing good language habits. When you talking with Chinese, pay attention to the speaking tones and grasp some popular expressions. 2. Watching Chinese TV Often watching Chinese TV and listening to Chinese broadcast, you can improve your spoken Chinese quickly, and these are also the most effective means to improve your Chinese listening skills . Get Chinese TV recommendation here: Top 5 TV Shows For Learning Chinese . 3. Dialogue training Through the dialogue training, we can grasp some practical Chinese. 4. Replace exercise Replace some of the ingredients of the original sentence to practice, through this way ...

Read the Chinese writing below and tell me how you think when you finish the reading. 大家好。我中文的名字是顾思。我二十年龄了。我工作在一所中学校，各个的目的。有时候一个替代老师， 平时当一个“学校后照顾”员。 Do you find it pleasant to read? If your answer is yes and you would also write a Chinese article like that, well, it means that your Chinese writing needs to improve! The writing above is a counter example, then how to improve your Chinese writing effectively? This article lists seven practical tips for all the Chinese learners, learn it now. Tip 1: Expand Your Chinese Vocabulary You can’t express yourself well if your vocabulary is limited. There is no accurate number to tell how many words the Chinese language has, and don’t ask me how many vocabularies should you learn, a good writer should expand vocabulary as much as possible. Except for vocabulary in the dictionary, you also need to learn the new buzzwords which could make your content fresh and interesting. If you have to write a large number of articles on the same topic, ...

One of the easiest ways to meet people and have them feel comfortable quickly is to speak Chinese jokes. However, humor is hard enough if it's not one's native language. How can you learn popular jokes or pop culture in Chinese? Here are some suggestions to help you become funny in Chinese : After you improve your Chinese, you can read Chinese books, magazines, and newspapers. Many feature jokes, newly fashionable words and sentences on. If you don't know the meaning, you can ask a Chinese friend to explain. Reading is a great way to really learn the language. 1. Chinese Movies Movies are a great way to improve your Chinese . There are many funny Chinese movies included. ROB-B-HOOD 宝贝计划 If you are the one 非诚勿扰 The Eagle Shooting Heroes 东成西就 The Happy Ghost 开心鬼 Aces Go Places 最佳拍档 You can learn many funny lines and words from these movies. 2. Searching on the Internet There are also many fashionable words on the social network sites like Weibo, WeChat a...

Reading Pinyin is not really so difficult as the alphabet only has 63 letters. If you pay close attention, you can memorize the sounds in less than a couple days. Introduction to Pinyin Pinyin is the romanized spelling of Chinese character sounds. They have both initial and final sounds. The finals sound loud while the initials are a bit quieter. The finals are divided into two groups: single finals and compound finals. The single finals contain only one vowel. The compound finals contain several vowels or a combination of vowel sounds. Once you learn the sounds of the individual letters and the combinations in pinyin, you can really speed up your Chinese learning pace. Contact us at Hanbridge to jumpstart your Chinese learning with a free trial class . Pinyin table with tones ā á ǎ à āng áng ǎng àng iū iú iǔ iù ē é ě è ēng éng ěng èng iē ié iě iè ī í ǐ ì īng íng ǐng ìng üē üé üě üè ō ó ǒ ò ōng óng ǒng òng er ē é ě è ...

The Chinese pinyin system includes three parts: shengmu (initial), yunmu (final), and shenɡdiào (tones), and the tones in Mandarin are very important. Even if the initial and final are the same but have a different tone, the meaning will be different. So if you really want to master this language, you must learn to make each tone very clearly, otherwise you may not be understood by Chinese speakers. There are four different tones and one “natural” tone in Mandarin. So pronouncing each distinctly is important. The first tone should be high and flat without any change. The mark is “-” . The second tone should go up, as when asking a question. The mark is “/”. The third tone goes down first then up. The mark is “√”. The forth tone goes from top to bottom. The mark is “\”. The natural tone should be very light and short; there is no mark for it. When you practice the tones, here are some tips to help you: 1. Practice the four tones one by one. Read all the same tones togethe...

Everyone knows that learning to read Chinese is not a simple task, but is it possible to learn to read Chinese quickly? Given the sheer number of characters, it is improbable that a foreign speaker will learn to read characters quickly. However, learning to read pinyin does offer the Chinese language student an opportunity to begin reading and communicating quickly. It is important to know the sounds and blended sounds of pinyin syllables. For example: yao and you. Many beginners are confused by this and often make mistakes with this. Obviously, when we read yao, the mouth is bigger than when you read you. Another example, si and shi, which a flat tongue, another one is retroflex. When we read these two syllables, the tongue is at a different place. If you can not distinguish well when you reading them, it is likely you will make a lot of mistakes. Chinese has four tones, and neutral tone. Each character has its own tone, some even have two or three. Of course, for many l...

If you ask the mandarin learners what is the most difficult part of learning mandarin Chinese? The majority of them will tell you it is the pronunciation. Actually, the elementary difference between Mandarin language and western languages is that mandarin is a tonal language and its mastery is essential. Moreover the tone determines the meaning of the word or syllable. Mispronounced tones can make your spoken mandarin difficult or even impossible to understand, that’s the reason why so many mandarin learners found it hard to follow other people’s talking as well as made themselves understood. But using the correct tones will allow you to express yourself clearly. For example: 练习 liàn xí (4th tone and 2nd tone), means “to practice,” but 联系 lián xì (2nd tone and 4th tone), means "to contact" Tones in English are using for inflection, which is a completely different usage from Mandarin. Rising tones in English often imply a question or sarcasm. Falling tones may be us...

Chinese Alphabet, known as ‘Pīnyīn’ in Chinese, is the very essential step to start Chinese learning. Although it’s as same as English letters in writing, the pronunciation between them are quite different. This article lists the tips to help you learn it! When we start to learn a language, we usually begin with an alphabet. However, given that Chinese is written in characters, which are pictographs and not individual letters that make up words, pinyin is the system that transposes characters into words. One of the main differences between Chinese and English, for example, is that Chinese is a tonal language, with “initials,” “finals” and “tones” that form words. In the word ”pīnyīn,” for example, pīn begin with the initial “p,” and the final “in” and uses the level tone “-.” There are 23 initials, 24 finals and 5 tones in Chinese. An initial followed by a final can make up a complete syllable – spoken with a tone . For most Mandarin learners, the challenge is learning the diffe...