What Are the Spring Festival Customs?
Which of the following is not associated with Spring Festival? A. 春联 (chūnlián) Spring Festival couplets
B. 鞭炮 (biānpào) firecrackers
C. 粽子 (zòngzi) rice dumplings
D. 红包 (hóngbāo) red packets
Answer to the Exercise on Chinese Grammar-Sentences with an Adjectival Predicate
Answer: B In Chinese, sentences with an adjectival predicate use an adjective to modify the subject. The structure is: Subject + Adjective. Here, adjectives can be used as predicates just like verbs. The one thing that must be kept in mind is that the to …
Tongue Twister For Kids: The Tiger And The Mouse
Lǎohǔ yù lǎoshǔ, 老虎 遇 老鼠， The tiger met the mouse, Lǎoshǔ yù lǎohǔ, 老鼠 遇 老虎， The mouse met the tiger, Lǎohǔ yǎo lǎoshǔ, 老虎 咬 老鼠， The tiger tried to bite the mouse, Lǎoshǔ duǒ lǎohǔ, 老鼠 躲 老虎， The mouse hid itself …
“贵(Guì)”- Show Your Respect (in Chinese Way)
In China, when people talk about price, “贵(guì)” is a word that you will often hear. The basic meaning of “贵(guì)” is “expensive,” and it has the antonym “便宜(piányi) cheap.”
Examples
Wǒ xiǎng mǎi yígè LV de bāo, dànshì tài guì le. 我 想 买 …
Should “是(shì)” Be Used in This Sentence?
Zhānɡ Wěi: Liú Lì, nǐ máng ma? 张 伟：刘 丽，你 忙 吗？ Zhang Wei: Are you busy, Liu Li? Liú Lì: ____ 刘 丽：____ Liu Li: I’m very busy. A. 我是很忙。(Wǒ shì hěn máng.)
B. 我很忙。(Wǒ hěn máng.)
C. 我是忙。(Wǒ shì máng.)
Tongue Twister – Tigers, Deer, Pigs, Rabbits And Rats
Shān shànɡ yìzhī hǔ, 山 上 一只 虎，
There is a tiger in the mountain, lín zhōng yìzhī lù, 林 中 一只 鹿，
there is a deer in the forest, lù biān yìzhī zhū, 路 边 一只 猪，
there is a pig by the roadside, …
Learn the Word Order of Time Words in the Chinese Language
Wáng Lì: Nǐ zuótiān zài jiā ma? 王 丽: 你 昨天 在 家 吗？ Wang Li: Were you at home yesterday? Zhāng Míng: Bú zài, ________ 张 明: 不 在，________ Zhang Ming: No, I went on a blind date yesterday. Which of the following sentences …
Answer to the Exercise on the Word Order of Time Words in Chinese Sentences
Answer: A In the Chinese language, time words like “昨天 (zuótiān), yesterday” “今天 (jīntiān), today” “这星期 (zhèi xīngqī), this week” “现在 (xiànzài),” now etc., are not usually positioned at the end of a sentence as commonly occurs in English. They are used in two places …
What does the Chinese idiom “big hands big feet” mean?
Generally the word “大(dà)” means big.
Example
Wǒ tīngshuō Zhāng Wěi xǐhuan nàgè dà yǎnjīng de nǚháir. 我 听说 张 伟 喜欢 那个 大 眼睛 的 女孩儿。
I heard that Zhang Wei likes that girl who has big eyes.
However, on some occasions when the …
Answer to the Question on Placement of Question Words in Chinese Sentences
Answer: B Questions words like “谁(shuí), who,” “什么(shénme), what,” “哪里(nǎlǐ), where,” and “哪个(nǎgè), which” are often used to form questions in Chinese. And the placement of question words is actually a little easier than it is in English, because in the Chinese language we don’t …
“热门(rèmén)” vs. “冷门(lěngmén)”-Who is More Popular?
In the Chinese language, the basic meaning of “门(mén)” is “door.”
Example
Qǐng guānmén! 请 关门！
Close the door, please!
But in some words although they contain the character “门(mén),” the meaning of the word has nothing to do with “door,” such as “热门(rèmén)” and …
How to Ask Questions in Chinese
Mike: ________ Who’s that? Liú Wěi: Nàshì xīn lái de tóngshì, Lǐ Míng. 刘 伟 ：那是 新 来 的 同事， 李 明。 Liu Wei: He is Li Ming, our new colleague. Please choose the correct answer to fill in the blank. A. 谁是那？(Shéi shì nà?)…
Nursery Rhyme–祝你新年好！(Zhù nǐ xīnnián hǎo!) Happy New Year To You!
Zhù nǐ xīnnián hǎo ya! 祝 你 新年 好 呀！
Happy New Year to you! Zhù nǐ xīnnián hǎo! 祝 你 新年 好！
Happy New Year to you! Zhù nǐ zài xīn de yì nián lǐ wànshìrúyì bùbù gāo! 祝 你 在 新 的 一 …