Answer to Video Lesson: This Perfume Smells Great!
Answers:
1. A 2.B 3. A 4.B 5.A <<Back to “Video Lesson: This Perfume Smells Great! ” …
Answer to A Hilarious Chinese Lesson About Your Body Parts
Answer: A
Answer Analysis:
巴掌脸 (bāzhǎng liǎn) can be used to describe that someone has a small face. In China, a small face is regarded as a symbol of classical beauty.
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A Hilarious Chinese Lesson About Your Body Parts
Are you a person who is concerned about the body shapes of yourself and others? Sometimes on the street, we can’t take our eyes away when we see some nice body types, or some “辣眼睛 (làyǎnjīng) eyes feeling spicy” types. In Chinese, we …
Cheers for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
Although volunteers of the Beijing Olympic Games are mainly Chinese people from Beijing and other Chinese provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, as well as from Hong Kong, Macao and Chinese Taipei. There are also a number of foreign volunteers that have been recruited from China …
HSK Quiz: Which Characters Don’t Belong?
Find the wrong Chinese characters in the sentences and correct them.
1. 丽丽是一个很票亮的女孩。 2. 在一次白助餐晚会上，我吃了好多美味的实物。 3. 杰克母次学习都想偷懒。
…Answer to HSK Quiz: Which Characters Don’t Belong?
Answers:
1. 票→漂
票 (piào): ticket.
漂 (piào): fail; end in failure.
漂亮 (piàoliang): smart; beautiful.
“票 (piào)” and “漂 (piào)” are homophones having the same spelling but different meanings and origins. Lìli shì yí gè hěn piàoliang de nǚhái. 丽丽是 一 个 很 漂亮 …
Video Lesson: Do You Want to Eat Ice-cream Or Not?
Stella and I are going to a bar tonight, do you want to come or not? Do you want to eat ice cream or not? Does Jill like Lady Gaga or not?
Exercises in the Video:
1. A: Becky, I saw a person in a …
Answer to The 3 Most Common Mistakes by Chinese Language Students
“明天见你 (Míng tiān jiàn nǐ)” means “See you tomorrow.” 见你明天 (Jiàn nǐ míng tiān) and 明天你见 (Míng tiān nǐ jiàn) are wrong expressions.
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The 3 Most Common Mistakes by Chinese Language Students
I have been teaching Chinese for over 12 years. And I have seen my Chinese language-learning students every Chinese language mistake in the book! But I have noticed over the years that there are some mistakes almost everyone makes. Chances are you are making them, …
Video Lesson: Valentine’s Day
Things you must know about Valentine’s Day!
Exercises in the Video:
1. A: Ellie, qíngrén jié nǐmen zuò shénme? B: Wǒmen qù chī zhúguāng wǎncān, ránhòu qù kàn diànyǐng. What is Ellie NOT going to do on the Valentine’s Day? Please choose the best answer. …
Video Lesson: The Heat…I Need An Air Conditioner.
A computer, an air conditioner and a washing machine…did you know that you need to use measure words to say these words in Chinese?
Exercises in the Video:
1. A: Jessica, what do you want to sing? I’ll help you choose. B: I only know …
Answer to Video Lesson: The Heat…I Need An Air Conditioner.
Answer:
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HSK Quiz: Adverbs of Chance and Frequency
Please choose the correct word to fill in the blank.
Wǒ bú dà xǐhuān zài yóuyǒngchí yóuyǒng, zhǐ ______ qù yí cì. 1. 我 不 大 喜欢 在 游泳池 游泳， 只 ______ 去 一 次。 A. 偶然 (ǒurán)
B. 偶尔 (ǒu’ěr)
C. 偶遇 (ǒuyù)
Answer to HSK Quiz: Adverbs of Chance and Frequency
Answer: B
Answer analysis:
1. 偶然 (ǒurán): accidental; occasionally, or happened to.
“偶然 (ǒurán)” often takes the place of “It just happened that …” in English.
Example:
Tā ǒurán fāxiàn le zhè fú huà. 他 偶然 发现 了 这 幅 画。 He discovered the painting …
Answer to Video Lesson: I Like Autumn in Beijing the Best.
Answers:
1.A 2.A 3.B 4.B 5.B <<Back to “Video Lesson: I Like Autumn in Beijing the Best” …
What You Need to Know Before Working in China
Often on the first day of class, I like to discuss with my students why they chose to learn Mandarin Chinese in China. Some students are young and interested in the appeal of something mysterious. Some of my students are a few decades older and …
Answer to What You Need to Know Before Working in China
Answer: B
Answer Analysis:
语言 (Yǔyán), language skills, and 专业学位 (Zhuānyè xuéwèi), a professional college degree, are necessary to get professional jobs in China and a valid working visa to live in the country. 微信 (Wēixìn), or known by its more-commonly used name “WeChat” is …
干杯! (Gānbēi)! Know What to Do When Drinking in China
Drinking culture in China, compared drinking culture in Western societies is quite different. And, by “drinking” I don’t mean tea or juice! Just as most other societies like to “put one back” and have one (or many!) alcoholic beverages in an evening, so too do …