The difference between 少Shǎo vs 小xiǎo is an interesting one for HSK1 or HSK2 Mandarin Chinese language students. The Chinese Hanzi characters look alike and the meaning is also similar. Both these Chinese words can mean ‘little’, but the difference between 少Shǎo vs 小xiǎo can be summed up easily: 小xiǎo is used to describe the […]
Every conversation comes to an end! Here’s how to say bye or goodbye in Chinese. We list several ways to say bye in the Mandarin language. PS: Also read our guide on how to say hello in Chinese. The most Common to say Goodbye in Chinese 再见 Zai Jian Students frequently end text or email […]
Like many other Chinese abbreviations, such as yyds or nmsl, xswl consists of the Pinyin initials. Let’s look at xswl meaning in Chinese The meaning of XSWL XSWL stands for “笑死我了” in Chinese Hanzi characters, or in Pinyin: Xiào sǐ wǒle. It’s very comparable to the English abbreviation ‘ROFL’, although the literal meaning of xswl […]
In China, the holidays of Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋节), National Day (国庆), and the Golden Week (黄金周) usually fall close together. Times in 2021: Mid-Autumn Festival September 19th to 21st National Day, October 1st Golden Week, October 2nd to 7th About the Mid-Autumn Festival Also known as the Moon Festival, this is a traditional festival that a […]
Learn how to talk about photography in the Chinese language with these words. Do you like to 自拍? Or are you a person who takes her or his 胶卷相机 out on the weekends? Chinese photography terms worth highlighting The difference between ‘photo’ and ‘photo cheat’ There is no difference in the pronunciation of ‘照片 Zhàopiàn’ […]
First of all, we are an online Chinese language school: We teach Mandarin Chinese, not necessarily manners. But perhaps you’ve arrived at this article through a Google search “the meaning of NMSL in Chinese”, so we want to help you answer it! In any case, we advice you not to use this word, or if […]
There’s a joke from the Qing Dynasty on numbers in Chinese. A tutor teaches a rich man’s son that one horizontal line is ‘one’ (一), and that two lines (二) is ‘two’, and ‘three’ is three lines (三). The son is satisfied and tells his father he has learned how to write numbers in Chinese Hanzi […]
Maybe you’ve noticed Chinese words that have an English origin, such as 沙发Shāfā (sofa) or 巧克力Qiǎokèlì (chocolate), but the opposite is also true. There are many English words of Chinese origin. Here we go over a few. These words are called cognates or loan words, and they’re very common among languages. Most of the time, […]
10 Chinese jokes so funny that you’ll Cry! Here are 10 dad jokes in Chinese language . In Mandarin, we don’t really have the term ‘dad jokes’, so if you ask for ‘dad jokes’ or search for them on Baidu, you’ll find jokes about dads. But we mean the corny or silly jokes that dads […]
There are many useful Chinese daily phrases that elementary and intermediate Chinese learners don’t yet know. For instance, the HSK books won’t teach you how to call an ambulance or the police — or how to ask for tissues in a restaurant, or to ask for the WIFI password. Here we list these extracurricular useful […]