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!["hello" in Mandarin Chinese]()
Inthepreviouslessonwelearnedhowtosay"hello"inMandarinChinese.Herearesomeothercommongreetings.Audiolinksaremarkedwith►."GOODMORNING"INMANDARINCHINESETherearethreewaystosay"goodmorning"inMandarin......
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![Piao Liang, Saying "Beautiful" in Mandarin Chinese]()
Theappreciationofbeautyisauniversaltrait,andprovidesanengagingtopicofconversation.TheMandarinChinesephrasefor“beautiful”or“pretty”is►piàoliang,andcanbeusedtodescribepeople,places,orobjects.Piào......
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![Pinyin Romanization to Learn Mandarin]()
PinyinisaRomanizationsystemusedtolearnMandarin.IttranscribesthesoundsofMandarinusingthewestern(Roman)alphabet.PinyinismostcommonlyusedinMainlandChinaforteachingschoolchildrentoreadanditisalsowidelyuse......
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![關於學習普通話 About Learning Mandarin]()
InChina,everykidhastolearnEnglish,whichisthecompulsorysubject.What’smore,asitistheinternationallanguage,sotheparentspayspecialattentiontoit.TheysparenoefforttohelpthekidstoimproveEnglish.Mandarinasou......
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![The neutral tone in Mandarin Chinese]()
MandarinChineseisatonallanguage,meaningthatthepitchcontourofasyllableinfluencesthemeaningofthatword.Thisisintroducedinallbasictextbooks,oftenevenbeforethefirstchapterbegins.MandarinChinesehasfourtones......
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![Why Learn Mandarin?]()
Mandarinis“toohard”tolearn,right?Despitethiswidely-heldbelief,millionsofpeoplearestudyingMandarinChineseasasecondlanguage.Butifit’ssohard,whybothertolearnMandarin?ISMANDARINDIFFICULT?Thereisnodoubt......
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![The 10 best free resources for learning Mandarin Chinese]()
I’vegatheredherewhatIconsiderthebestfreeresourcesforlearningMandarinandrankedtheminorderofusefulness.IreckonyoucouldlearnMandarinveryeffectively,forfree,usingonlytheseresources.1.AnkiSRSsoftwareletsy......
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![Mandarin Vocabulary]()
Mandarindoesnothavespecificwordsforsaying“yes”and“no.”Instead,theverbwhichisusedintheMandarinquestionisusedtomakeapositiveornegativereply.Forexample,ifthequestionwas:Doyoulikerice?Theanswercouldbe......
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![Laoban Daily Mandarin Lesson]()
TitlesareimportantinChineseculture,andtheyareusedmorefrequentlythaninmostWesterncountries.Onegoodexampleofthisisthattitlescanbeusedtoaddresspeople,whichyoumightbefamiliarwithfromyourMandarinclasswhere......
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![Daily Mandarin Lesson: "Because" in Chinese]()
Learninghowtosay"because"inChinesewillexpandyourvocabularybyenablingyoutoanswerquestions.TheChinesephrasefor"because"is因為,intraditionalform,or因爲insimplifiedform.ItsMandarinChinesepinyinis"yī......
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![Mandarin Chinese Greetings]()
TheproperuseofMandarinChinesegreetingscanpavethewayforestablishinggoodrelationships.MandaringreetingsfollowtherulesofconductforChinesesociety,andshouldalwaysbeobservedwhenmeetingsomeoneforthefirsttime......
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![Mandarin Future Using Yao and Hui]()
Thetwoauxiliaryverbs,yàoandhuì,canbeusedfortalkingaboutthefutureinthesenseof"goingtodosomething"or"intendingtodosomething."Considerthesetwosentences:WǒyàoqùBěijīng.我要去北京｡WǒhuìqùBěij......
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![Mama Huhu, Saying "So so; Mediocre" in Mandarin Chinese]()
TherulesofetiquetteinChineseculturestatethatcomplimentsmustberejected.Therefore,ifsomeonetellsyouthatyouspeakMandarinwell,agoodwayofrespondingwouldbe,“Notatall,myMandarinisverypoor.”Onewayofsayingth......
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![History of Mandarin Chinese]()
MandarinChineseistheofficiallanguageofMainlandChinaandTaiwan,andit'soneoftheofficiallanguagesofSingaporeandtheUnitedNations.Itisthemostwidely-spokenlanguageintheworld.DIALECTSMandarinChineseissometim......
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![The Mandarin Tone System]()
TheMandarinlanguagehasafundamentaldifferencefromWesternlanguages:itistonal.TonesareoneofthebiggestchallengesforMandarinlearners,buttheirmasteryisessential.IncorrecttonescanmakeyourspokenMandarindiffic......
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![Jasmin口語八音盒:有趣的Mandarin]()
每一個女生都會擁有自己心愛的八音盒，旋轉、起舞，然後成長。《Jasmin口語八音盒》，陪你在口語的世界舞動自己。可可的朋友大家好，歡迎來到《Jasmin口語八音盒》。前幾天翻譯課老師給我們講了個關於mandarin的有趣的意思，所......
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![Why Mandarin Chinese is easier than you think]()
MandarinChineseisoftendescribedasadifficultlanguage,sometimesoneofthemostdifficultones.Thisisnothardtounderstand.Therearethousandsofcharactersandstrangetones!Itmustsurelybeimpossibletolearnforanadultf......
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![How to Address Family Members in Mandarin Chinese]()
Familyrelationscanreachoutoverseveralgenerationsandthroughmanyextensions.Englishtermsforfamilymembersonlyconsidertwofactors:generationandgender.WhileinEnglish,thereisonlyonewaytosay"aunt,"forexample......
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![Why Mandarin Chinese is harder than you think]()
MandarinChineseisoftendescribedasadifficultlanguage,sometimesoneofthemostdifficultones.Thisisnothardtounderstand.Therearethousandsofcharactersandstrangetones!Itmustsurelybeimpossibletolearnforanadultf......
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![普通話遍地講 Mandarin Goes Around the World]()
Recently,theworldwaswatchingAmerica,becausethenewpresidenthadcomeout.DonaldTrumpwasthewinnerandhisfirstdaughterIvankaTrumpbecamethehotissue,becauseshewassuchexcellentandhelpedalotintheelection.Peoplef......
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![Mandarin General Prepositions]()
Mandarinprepositionsareusedtolinknouns,pronouns,andnounphraseswithinasentence.Mandarinprepositionscanrefertomovementwithintimeorspace,orfunctionasgeneralprepositionssuchastheEnglishprepositionswith,to......
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![5 Lies Teachers Tell You About Mandarin Tones]()
Mandarintonesareoneoftheclassic“difficultparts”ofthelanguage.Despitethat,textbooksandteachersoftendoabadjobofteachingthem.Abigpartofthisisthatthefocusistoooftenonteachingtones,ratherthanteachinghowt......
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![漢語備受追捧The Popularity of Mandarin]()
InChina,thereisnodoubtthatEnglishisveryimportant,becauseithasbeentheindispensablesubjectforstudentstolearnsincetheygotoschool.Asoureconomydevelopssofastandourcountryplaysthemoreandmoreimportantroleint......
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![Learn to Speak and Read Mandarin Chinese]()
InterestedinlearningMandarinChinese?You’renotalone.Mandarinisoneofthemostpopularlanguagesforbusiness,travel,andpleasure.ManypeoplethinkthatlearningMandarinChineseisdifficult.Thereisnodoubtthatlearnin......
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![Mandarin Chinese Love Vocabulary]()
Islovetheuniversallanguage?Maybe–butdeepgazesandlongsighsonlygosofar.Eventuallytheneedforpracticalcommunicationkicksin.ThislistofMandarinChineselovevocabularywillhelp.Butlovevocabularyonlycoversparto......
