Answer to Video Lesson: Laba Festival
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Mandarin Essentials
Do You Have Backstage Support? Learn This Chinese Word “后台 (Hòutái)”
Do you feel like you have people to back you up on a daily basis, in daily life? In Mandarin Chinese we have a special word for such sentiment, and the word is: “后台 (hòutái)”
In reality the word “后台 (hòutái)” has two different meanings …
Answer to Do You Have Backstage Support? Learn This Chinese Word “后台 (Hòutái)”
Answer: B A: Nǐ gěi wǒ děngzhe, wǒ yídìng bú huì fàng guò nǐ. A：你 给 我 等着， 我 一定 不 会 放 过 你。 A: You wait! I won’t let you get away.
B: nǐ kě bié luàn lái, wǒ kě shì yǒu hòutái …
At the “Top of Your Game”? You Might be a “高手 (Gāoshǒu)”!
None of us like to start a new learning process just to end up being average in the end. We all wish to become “masters” at what we do. I began learning Mandarin Chinese nearly two years ago. While I’m still far from being a …
Answer to At the “Top of Your Game”? You Might be a “高手 (Gāoshǒu)”!
Answer: C
Answer Analysis:
Passing the HSK Level 1 in two years is a bit of a slow pace. Also, getting married doesn’t necessarily mean you are a “master” or “expert” in a field. However, Answer C, you won a championship in the world swimming …
Video Lesson: My Treat!
Chinese people are big on treating people to dinner. It is common for Chinese to go to dinner or lunch together and vie to be the one to pay the bill. This lesson helps you understand this aspect of Chinese culture.
Exercises in the Video:
… Answer to Video Lesson: My Treat!
Answers:
1. A 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. B <<Back to “Video Lesson: My Treat!” …
Which Chinese Character Would You Use to Sum Up 2017?
Each year we are seeing Chinese become more and more popular, all around the world, but especially in Asian countries. As 2017 is done, Asian countries have chosen a Chinese “Character of the Year” that best sums up their dominant life and cultural stories of …
Answer to Which Chinese Character Would You Use to Sum Up 2017?
Answers: B a. 北 (běi)；b. 路 (lù)
Common structure:
往 (wǎng) + position nouns (东 dōng, 西 xī, 南 nán, 北 běi) + 走 (zǒu). 往 (wǎng): toward; in the direction of.
走 (zǒu): to walk; to go.
Example:
Tā wǎng dōng zǒu qù. 他 …
What to Never Say to a Chinese Woman: Here Are the 10 Worst Expressions (Part II)!
In a previous article, I introduced a popular speaking topic that I explore in my Mandarin Chinese classes with curious students: 10 Expressions You Should Never Say to a Chinese Woman. In Part I, I introduced the first 5 expressions that Chinese women hate to …
Answer to What to Never Say to a Chinese Woman: Here Are the 10 Worst Expressions (Part II)!
Answer: A
Answer Analysis:
“晚上好！(Wǎnshàng hǎo!) = Good evening!” It is a polite greeting in the evening when many people are ready to talk or chat. Therefore, A is the correct answer. Answers B and C are insincere and impersonal, as you learned in the …
Video Lesson: You Should Pay Your Credit Card Before Next Monday!
Hurry up! The flower shop closes before 5 P.M.! You should pay your rent before next Sunday! I’ll arrive before 6:30! Learn how to express “before a certain time” in this lesson.
Exercises in the Video:
1. A: When should we arrive for the party? …
Video Lesson: The Holiday Was Too Short!
“矮 ǎi” vs. “短 duǎn.” Both of them mean “short” in English, but they are used quite differently in Chinese.
Exercises in the Video:
1. A: Mìyuè guò de zěnmeyàng a? B: Tǐng hǎo de, jiùshì … What would she say? Please choose the correct …
How Artificial Intelligence Is Proving To Be Smarter Than Us!
Have you heard about the recent discovery of two new planets? We are always discovering new things, including what NASA calls exoplanets, or planets outside of the earth’s solar system. Most recently, NASA and Google have discovered two new planets in a far-away “太阳系 (tài …
Answer to How Artificial Intelligence Is Proving To Be Smarter Than Us!
Answer: B A facial recognition system is a computer application capable of identifying or verifying a person from a digital image or a video frame from a video source. Google Translate is a multilingual machine translation service developed by Google, to translate text from one …
Learn to Write in Chinese – Basic Chinese Character Strokes
Basic Chinese Character Strokes:
1. 横 hénɡ The Horizontal Stroke
2. 竖 shù The Vertical Stroke
撇 piě The Left Descending Stroke
捺 nà The Right Descending Stroke
3. 撇 piě The Left Descending Stroke
4. 捺 nà The Right Descending Stroke
5. 点 diǎn …
Video Lesson: One More Beer! (Part I)
In life, we all have our moments of needing one more of something: “One more beer!” “One more bowl!” “One more time!” “One more gold medal!”
Exercises in the Video:
1. A: Fúwùyuán, zài yào yì wǎn miàn. B: Hǎo de! What does the customer …
Answer to Video Lesson: One More Beer! (Part I)
Answers:
1. A 2. B 3. B 4. A 5. B <<Back to “Video Lesson: One More Beer! (Part I)” …