Answer to Video Lesson: I Kind of Like Him
Answers:
1. B 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. B <<Back to Video Lesson: I Kind of Like Him!…
Answer to Is It Snowing Outside Right Now? Learn How to Talk about It in Chinese Now!
Answer: 1. B
Analysis:
Xiǎo Míng: Kuài kàn a, wàimiàn xiàxuě la! 小明：快看啊，外面下雪啦。 Xia Ming: Look! it’s snowing outside.
Xiǎo Yún: Wa, hǎo měi a, zhè shì jīnnián de dìyì chǎng xuě ne. 小云：哇，好美啊，这是今年的第一场雪呢。 Xiao Yun: Wow, how beautiful! This is the first snow this …
Is It Snowing Outside Right Now? Learn How to Talk about It in Chinese Now!
1. Read the dialogue and answer the question below.
Xiǎo Míng: Kuài kàn a, wàimiàn xiàxuě la! 小明：快看啊，外面下雪啦。
Xiǎo Yún: Wa, hǎo měi a, zhè shì jīnnián de dìyì chǎng xuě ne. 小云：哇，好美啊，这是今年的第一场雪呢。
What does Xiao Yun mean? Please choose the best answer.
A. Xiao …
Answer to West Meets East! Cultural Differences Shown Through Comics (Part Two)
Answer: 1. C
Analysis:
Jason: “Lì Li, zhōngguórén guònián de shíhou huì sòng shénme lǐwù a?” Jason: “丽丽，中国人过年的时候会送什么礼物啊？” Jason: “Li Li, what gifts will the Chinese send during the Chinese New year?”
Lì Li: “Wǒmen yìbān huì sòng hóngbāo.” 丽丽：“我们一般会送红包。” Li Li: “We usually send …
West Meets East! Cultural Differences Shown Through Comics (Part Two)
“看漫画，学中文” (Kàn mànhuà, xué zhōngwén) (Part Two)
Hi! Li Li, here again, to show you some comics about the differences between Western and Eastern cultures! If you read my previous blog, you already know I’ve been studying abroad for several months and I shared …
Answer to Why Did the Monkey King Wreak Havoc in Heaven?
Answer: 1. A
Analysis:
Sūnwùkōng dà nào tiāngōng. 孙悟空大闹天宫。 Sun Wukong makes a uproar in the heaven.
Xīyóujì hěn hǎokàn. 西游记很好看。 “Journey to the West” is fantastic.
Sūnwùkōng shì wǒ zuì xǐhuan de juésè. 孙悟空是我最喜欢的角色。 Sun Wukong is my favorite character.
Míng Ming: “Xiǎo Hóng, …
Why Did the Monkey King Wreak Havoc in Heaven? Find out in Today’s Chinese Tale
(The source: baijiahao.baidu.com)
Chinese stories are renown for their animal-based characters as well as their exciting fantasy elements. “西游记 (xīyóujì) Journey to the West” is one such classical magic Chinese novel. It is also one of the “Four Great Classical Novels 四大名著 (sì dà míngzhù)” …
Answer to Video Lesson: I Love Coffee
Answers:
1. C 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. C <<Back to Video Lesson: I Love Coffee!…
Video Lesson: I Love Coffee
How to order foods or drinks in a Chinese restaurant?
Exercises in the Video:
1. A: Xiǎojiě, nín hǎo, nín hē shénme? B: Yì bēi kāfēi, jiā nǎi, bù jiā táng. What did she order? Please choose the best answer. A. Yì bēi kāfēi jiā …
Quiz Time: How to Answer a “Whose Is This?” Question in Mandarin?
1. Please choose the best answer to make the dialogue complete.
Lì Li: Zhè shuāng shǒutào shì shuí de? 丽丽： 这双手套是谁的？
Xiǎo Fēng: _________________ . 小峰： _________________。
Wǒ bù xǐhuan zhège yánsè. A. 我不喜欢这个颜色。
Tā yǒu diǎnr guì. B. 它有点儿贵。
Answer to Quiz Time: How to Answer a “Whose Is This?” Question in Mandarin
Answer: 1. C
Analysis:
Lì Li: Zhè shuāng shǒutào shì shuí de? 丽丽： 这双手套是谁的？ Li Li: Whose pair of gloves is this?
Xiǎo Fēng: Shì wǒ māma de. 小峰：是我妈妈的。 Xiao Feng: It’s my mom’s.
Wǒ bù xǐhuan zhège yánsè. 我不喜欢这个颜色。 I don’t like that color.…
What Else Can the Chinese Word for “Flower” Mean? Take This Quiz And Find Out!
Some students often ask what in the world “花 (huā)” really means! “花 (huā)” is one of those words used in all sorts of different contexts with many different meanings.
Of course, there’s the basic meaning of “一束花 (yí shù huā) a bouquet of flowers.”…
Answer to What Else Can the Chinese Word for “Flower” Mean? Take This Quiz And Find Out!
Answers: 1. C 2. A
Analysis:
For Question 1:
when “花 (huā)” is used as a noun, it refers to flowers, while when “花 (huā)” is used as a verb, it means to spend. Therefore, the correct answer is C.
For Question 2:
Wǒ jīntiān …
Answer to How Do You Say a “Mischievous Child” in Chinese
Answer: 1. A
Analysis:
Mom: Nǐ zhège xióng háizi, bǎ wǒ zuì xǐhuan de kǒuhóng gěi nòng duàn le. Mom: 你这个熊孩子，把我最喜欢的口红给弄断了。 Mom: Naughty boy! You broke my favorite lipstick.
Xiǎo míng: Māma, duìbùqǐ, wǒ búshì gùyì de. 小明：妈妈，对不起，我不是故意的。 Xiao Ming: mom, sorry, I didn’t mean …
How Do You Say a “Mischievous Child” in Chinese?
The word for mischievous or naughty child in Chinese is composed of “熊 (xióng)” which means bear and “孩子 (háizi)” which means kid, or child. Put those together and you get “熊孩子 (xióng háizi).”
Let’s break down the word.
熊 (Xióng) bear (Nursery Rhyme – …
Video Lesson: The Difference Between 次 (cì) And 遍 (biàn)
Do you know the differnces between 次 (cì) and 遍 (biàn)?
Exercises in the Video:
1. A: Manager Wang, here is the contract you wanted. B: Chén Wěi, nǐ jiǎnchá le ma? Zhè yídìng bù néng yǒu cuò a. B: 陈伟,你检查了吗? 这一定不能有错啊! A: Nín fàngxīn, …
Answer to Video Lesson: The Difference Between 次 (cì) And 遍 (biàn)
Answers:
1. B 2. A 3. C 4. C 5. A <<Back to Video Lesson: The Difference Between 次 (cì) And 遍 (biàn)…
Answer to Exercise Your Brain With This Chinese Quiz
Answers: 1. A 2. C
Analysis:
Tā bǎ shǒujī nòng diū le. 她把手机弄丢了。 She lost her cell phone.
Shǒujī bèi tā nòng diū le. 手机被她弄丢了。 The cell phone was lost by her.
Note:
How to use “把 (bǎ)” and “被 (bèi)” in a sentence with
… Exercise Your Brain With This Chinese Quiz
Please make a complete sentence by putting the Chinese words below in the correct order.
Question 1:
1. 弄丢 (Nòng diū)
2. 她 (Tā)
3. 了 (Le)
4. 把 (Bǎ)
5. 手机 (Shǒujī)
(Tricky But Essential Grammar: “把 (Bǎ)”)
Which of the following order arrangements
… Answer to How Are East And West Cultures Different? Learning Chinese Through Comics (Part One)
Answer: A
Analysis:
Xiǎo Xīn: Lì Li, nǐ hái yào zuò shénme ya? Wǒ děng nǐ hǎo jiǔ la. 小新：丽丽，你还要做什么呀？我等你好久啦。 Xiao Xin: Li Li, what are you still doing? I’ve been waiting for you for a long time.
Lì Li: Zài děng yíxià ma, wǒ …