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Dragon Boat Festival — OneDotDot Chinese Chinese Festivals · 中國節日中国节日 Dragon Boat Festival 端午節端午节 duānwǔjié 端午節端午节 duānwǔjié falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month — a festival of dragon boat races, sticky rice dumplings, and a whole calendar’s worth of folk remedies against summer’s bad luck. Also known as Duanwu What is…
OneDotDot Chinese Grammar · HSK 1 Grammar Point · HSK 1 非常 fēicháng ・ 很 hěn ・ 真 zhēn — Basic Degree Adverbs Adjectives in Chinese almost never stand alone — they need a degree adverb in front of them. 很很 hěn, 非常非常 fēicháng, and 真真 zhēn are the first three you’ll meet, and each…
Grammar Point:The terms “these” and “those” in Chinese can be translated as follows: 🌈 Basically ”This“ and “that” + 些 xiē Structure 這这些 or 那些 + Noun 這些zhèxiē人rén是shì誰shéi？ 这些zhèxiē人rén是shì谁shéi？ Who are these people? 我wǒ不要búyào買mǎi那些nàxiē書shū我wǒ不要búyào买mǎi那些nàxiē书shūI don’t want to buy those books. 這些zhèxiē東西dōngxī要yào怎麼辦zěnmebàn？ 这些zhèxiē东西dōngxi要yào怎么办zěnmebàn？ What should we do with these things? 她tā想xiǎng跟gēn那些nàxiē中國人Zhōngguórén練習liànxí中文zhōngwén她tā想xiǎng跟gēn那些nàxiē中国人Zhōngguórén练习liànxi中文zhōngwénShe wants to practice Chinese with…
Grammar Point:Counting money in Chinese involves using the Chinese numerals and currency units. Here is a guide on how to count money in Chinese: Chinese Numerals 📌 Review Numbers: Chinese Numbers Currency Units China Taiwan However, there is another informal term commonly used to talk about the basic unit of currency in Chinese, which is…
🔊 雞jī鸡jī 🔊 豬zhū猪zhū 🔊 牛niú牛niú 🔊 魚yú鱼yú 🔊 鴨yā鸭yā 🔊 羊yáng羊yáng 🔊 麵miàn面miàn 🔊 飯fàn饭fàn 🔊 湯tāng汤tāng 🔊 菜cài菜cài 🔊 蛋dàn蛋dàn 🔊 沙拉shālā沙拉shālā 🔊 肉ròu肉ròu：meat – 고기 – 肉 🔊 海鮮hǎixiān海鲜hǎixiān：seafood – 해산물 – 海産物 Taste 🔊 酸suān酸suān：sour – 시다 – 酸っぱい 🔊 甜tián甜tián：sweet – 달다 – 甘い 🔊 苦kǔ苦kǔ：bitter – 쓰다 – 苦い…
A field guide for learners Chinese Separable Verbs Some of the most basic verbs you’ll learn — 睡覺shuìjiào睡觉shuìjiào “to sleep,” 吃飯chīfàn吃饭chīfàn “to eat,” 看書kànshū看书kànshū “to read” — aren’t single words at all. Each one is a verb fused to an object, and the two can pull apart whenever a sentence needs room for more detail….
Vocabulary · Beginner語彙・初級어휘 · 초급 Verbs動詞동사 — 動詞 2 17 more common verbs grouped by theme, each with example VO (verb + object) collocations.テーマ別の動詞をさらに17個、それぞれのVO（動詞＋目的語）例です。주제별로 묶은 동사 17개를 더 소개하며, 각각의 VO(동사+목적어) 예시입니다. EN 日本語 한국어 Verbs動詞동사 Buying, Learning & Riding買う・学ぶ・乗る사고 배우고 타기 買mǎi买mǎibuy買う사다 VO 買mǎi买mǎi東西dōngxī东西dōngxībuy things買い物をする물건을 사다 買mǎi买mǎi票piàobuy a ticketチケットを買う표를 사다 賣mài卖màisell売る팔다 VO 賣mài卖mài東西dōngxī东西dōngxīsell things物を売る물건을…
Vocabulary · Beginner語彙・初級어휘 · 초급 Verbs動詞동사 — 動詞 1 17 common verbs grouped by theme, each with example VO (verb + object) collocations.テーマ別の動詞17個と、それぞれのVO（動詞＋目的語）例です。주제별로 묶은 동사 17개와 각각의 VO(동사+목적어) 예시입니다. EN 日本語 한국어 Verbs動詞동사 Eating, Drinking & Resting食べる・飲む・休む먹고 마시고 쉬기 吃chīeat食べる먹다 VO 吃飯chīfàn吃饭chīfàneat a mealご飯を食べる밥을 먹다 吃chī牛肉麵niúròumiàn牛肉面niúròumiàneat beef noodles牛肉麺を食べる소고기 국수를 먹다 吃chī小籠包xiǎolóngbāo小笼包xiǎolóngbāoeat soup dumplings小籠包を食べる샤오롱바오를 먹다 喝hēdrink飲む마시다…
Vocabulary · Beginner語彙・初級어휘 · 초급 Adjectives形容詞형용사 — 形容詞 Eight opposite adjective pairs, degree adverbs, and a few example sentences.8組の反対の形容詞、程度副詞、例文です。여덟 쌍의 반대 형용사, 정도 부사, 예문입니다. EN 日本語 한국어 Opposite Pairs反対語のペア반대말 쌍 長cháng长cháng Long長い길다 ↔ 短duǎn Short短い짧다 高gāo Tall高い높다 ↔ 矮ǎi Short低い작다 胖pàng Fat太る뚱뚱하다 ↔ 瘦shòu Thin痩せる날씬하다 快kuài Fast速い빠르다 ↔ 慢màn Slow遅い느리다 貴guì贵guì Expensive高い비싸다 ↔ 便宜piányí…
Grammar Point:In Chinese, the word 從从 cóng can be used as a preposition to indicate the origin or starting point of something. It is often translated as “from” in English. Structure 從/从 cóng + place or time 你nǐ從cóng哪裡nǎlǐ來lái？ 你nǐ从cóng哪里nǎlǐ来lái？ Where are you from? 我wǒ從cóng台灣Táiwān來lái我wǒ从cóng台湾Táiwān来láiI’m from Taiwan. 她tā從cóng八點bādiǎn開始kāishǐ上課shàngkè她tā从cóng八点bādiǎn开始kāishǐ上课shàngkèShe starts her class at eight o’clock. 我wǒ從cóng2010 年nián開始kāishǐ教jiāo中文zhōngwén我wǒ从cóng2010…