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There are many audio files on this Tone Pair Charts page. If you can’t hear the sound, please wait 10 seconds and try again. Full Chart 1st tone 2nd tone 3rd tone 4th tone 1st tone 🔊 tiānkōng 🔊 yuángōng 🔊 shǒujī 🔊 dàjiā 2nd tone 🔊 zhīzú 🔊 qíngrén 🔊 měiguó 🔊 bàngqiú 3rd…
In this article, we are going to discuss the feature of Chinese nouns. – What is the difference between Chinese nouns and English nouns? – How to express plural in Chinese nouns? – Do Chinese nouns countable? Syllables of Chinese Noun Nouns in Chinese usually consist of one or two syllables. While a few may…
Hanyu Pinyin is the official romanization system for Mandarin Chinese in mainland China, used to represent the sounds of Chinese characters using the Latin alphabet. Here are some basic rules for using Hanyu Pinyin: Pinyin Spelling Rules – Spacing and Capital Letters Examples: kāfēi (咖啡, coffee)míngtiān (明天, tomorrow)bùhǎoyìsi (不好意思, excuse me) Examples: Wǒ hē kāfēi. (我喝咖啡, I drink coffee.)Xībānyá yǒu hěn…
HSK1 Reading Practice Remember to use the menu at the top right of the article to switch between Traditional and Simplified Chinese. Vocabulary 來自láizì来自láizìto come from 我wǒ來自láizì台灣Táiwān我wǒ来自láizì台湾TáiwānI come from Taiwan. 每天měitiān每天měitiānevery day 他tā每天měitiān喝hē茶chá他tā每天měitiān喝hē茶cháHe drinks tea every day. 起床qǐcháig起床qǐcháigto get up 我wǒ不bù想xiǎng起床qǐcháig我wǒ不bù想xiǎng起床qǐcháigI don’t want to get up. 早飯zǎofàn早饭zǎofànbreakfast 他tā早上zǎoshàng7 點diǎn吃chī早飯zǎofàn他tā早上zǎoshang7 点diǎn吃chī早饭zǎofànHe eats breakfast at 7 o’clock….
Grammar Point: Equative verbs connect two equal nouns or nominal expressions, such as “I am a teacher” or “He is John.” The three most common equative verbs in Chinese are 是 shì, 叫 jiào, and 姓 xìng. If you want to negate an equative verb, you should always use 不 bú. 是 shì Is, am,…
Grammar Point:Chinese indicates the existence of something in a particular place by adding the verb 在 zài. In this function, 在 zài can be translated as ‘be in’ or ‘be at’ in English. Structure S + 在 zài + location 我wǒ在zài家jiā我wǒ在zài家jiāI am at home. 老師lǎoshī在zài美國měiguó老师lǎoshī在zài美国měiguóThe teacher is in the U.S. 圖書館túshūguǎn在zài學校xuéxiào的de3 樓lóu图书馆túshūguǎn在zài学校xuéxiào的de3 楼lóuThe library is…
In this article, we will discuss the features of Chinese verbs. Verbs in Chinese, like in English, can be divided into three major categories: the verb 是 shì meaning “to be,” the verb 有 yǒu meaning “to have,” and a broad set of verbs that can be loosely referred to as action verbs. * Some…
What is Stative Verb? Stative verbs (also known as Chinese adjectives) are used to describe the mood, weather, appearance, or characteristics of a person or an object. For example: 累lèi累lèi tired 漂亮piàoliàng漂亮piàoliang pretty 熱rè热rè hot 開心kāixīn开心kāixīn happy 難過nánguò难过nánguò sad 興奮xīngfèn兴奋xīngfèn excited The Difference Between Chinese and English In English, we describe people or things using…
Grammar Point:The Chinese language features the “you sentence,” which is known as 有字句 yǒuzìjù. The word 有 yǒu has many functions. In this article, we are going to talk about “to have” and “existence.” have has in Chinese Structure S + 有 yǒu + O This simple structure can express ownership. As Chinese does not…
Grammar Point:The term 一邊一边 yìbiān…一邊一边 yìbiān… is used to express the idea of doing one thing while doing another thing simultaneously, with both actions being intentional. It emphasizes that the two actions are happening at the same time and are equally important. If you want to express that something happened while another thing was happening,…