Friday, March 18, 2011

Learn Chinese, One sentence a day! (1)

Learn Chinese, One sentence a day! (1)
Nǐ hǎo!
你 好!          
How are you!
nǐ hǎo má?          
你 好 吗?        
How are you doing?
Wǒ hén hǎo.
我  很  好。      I am good.     

                                                                                     
New words:
你, you
好, good
吗, a mark of question
我, I me
很, very

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Learn Chinese from a kid's song "star" (星星)'twinkle twinkle little star'















   
yī shǎn yī shǎn liàng jīng jīng,
一 闪 一 闪   亮   晶   晶,             twinkling like bright clear crystal, 

mǎn tiān dōu shì xiǎo xīng xing。
满    天   都 是 小   星  星。           little stars full of the whole sky

guà zài tiān kōng fāng guāng míng,
挂   在   天 空    放   光     明,        hang in the sky give out the light

hǎo xiàng tián shàng xiǎo yǎn jing。
好    像          上  小 眼 睛。      just like a lot of eyes.

New words:
一 闪 一 闪, a flash of light, twinkle
亮 晶 晶,  bright with light
满 天, full of the sky
都 是, full of
小 星 星, little stars
挂 在, hang on
天 空, sky
放 光 明, emit light
好 像, seem, looks like
无 数, a lot of
小 眼 睛, little eyes.
I also find the English version song here:

Monday, March 14, 2011

Learn Mandarin Chinese through a famous song Xiaocao (小草)

小草little grass
















Méi yǒu huá xiángméi yǒu shù gāo
没   有  花   香,  没  有  树  高, 
wǒ shì yī ké wú rén zhí dào de xiǎo cǎo
我  是  一 颗 无 人  知  道  的  小  草.
cóng bù jì mó, cóng bù fǎn nǎo
从   不  寂  寞, 从  不  烦  恼,
nǐ kàn wǒ de huó bàn biàn jí tián yá hǎi jiào
你  看  我 的 伙  伴  遍  及  天  涯  海  角.

Chún féng a chún féng nǐ bá wǒ chuí lǜ
春    风  啊  春   风  你  把  我  吹 绿.

yáng guáng a yáng guáng nǐ bǎ wǒ zhào yào
阳    光   啊 阳   光   你  把 我  照  耀.
hé liú a shán chuánnǐ fú yǔ le wǒ
河 流  啊   山   川, 你  哺  育 了 我.

dà dì a  mǔ qín ba wo jín jín yong bào
大  地 啊 母 亲  把 我  紧  紧  拥  抱.

I am not sweeter than flowers, I am not taller than trees
I am a little grass nobody knows
Never feel lonely, never feel worried
You see my partner all over the world
Spring winds let me green,
The sunshine let me warm,
Brooks and lands  conceived me and let me grow
Earth-- Mother hugs me tightly
New words:
1.      没有 no, not
A: 你吃饭了吗?( Did you have your dinner?)
B: 没有。(NO)
2.      flower
3.      fragrant, scent, sweet, (of food) savory
这种白花闻起来很香 The white flower smells sweet.
4.      树, tree
5.      高,tall, high
高楼大厦 high buildings
6.      I, me
7.      是, am, is, are, was, were, was, be
8.      一颗, a piece of
9.      无人, nobody, no one
10.  知道, know, familiar
11.  从不, never
我从不抽烟。 I never smoke.
12.  寂寞,alone, lonely
13.  烦恼,sth bother you, sth unhappy
14.  伙伴, partner
15.  遍及, all over, everywhere
16.  天涯海角, the end of the earth, the corner of the sea
                             means the remote places,
17.  春风,the wind of spring
18.  阳光,sunshine
19.  照耀, shine, shed light on
   阳光照耀大地。 ( the Sun shone on the earth)
20.  河流,river
21.  山川, mountains and brooks
22.  哺育, conceive, bring birth to,
23.  母亲,mother
24.  把,marker for direct-object
25.  紧紧,tightly
26.  拥抱,hug

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Chinese poem 春(chún) 晓(xiǎo)


         (chún)(xiǎo)
     唐táng-mèng hào rán
(chún) (mián) (bù)  (jué) (xiǎo)
(chù)  (chù)  (wén) (tí)  (niǎo)

(yè)   (lái)  (féng)(yǔ)  (shēng)

(huá)  (luò)  (zhī) (duó) (shǎo).
Spring moring
Tang dynasty Meng haoran (689-740)
In spring, one sleeps unaware it is dawn;
Everywhere I hear the chirping of the birds.
At night there were sounds of wind and rain;
I wonder how many blossoms have fallen.

150 most used Chinese sentences in Daily life (2)

150 most used Chinese sentences in Daily life (1)