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Thursday, March 24, 2011
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!
你 好! How are you!
nǐ hǎo má?
你 好 吗? How are you doing?
你 好 吗? How are you doing?
Wǒ hén hǎo.
我 很 好。 I am good.
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 天 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 xiáng,méi 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 chuán, nǐ 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. 花 flower 3. 香 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. 我 , 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)
春(chún)晓(xiǎo)
唐táng-孟mèng 浩hào 然rán
春(chún) 眠(mián) 不(bù) 觉(jué) 晓(xiǎo),
处(chù) 处(chù) 闻(wén) 啼(tí) 鸟(niǎo)。
夜(yè) 来(lái) 风(féng)雨(yǔ) 声(shēng),
花(huá) 落(luò) 知(zhī) 多(duó) 少(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.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
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