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 […]
You know Kědáyā & Miàowāzhǒngzǐ, but probably not by their Mandarin names. But do you know Pokemon names in Chinese? Here’s the names of Pikachu and more in Mandarin, a list of terms to prepare to catch them all: 把他们全部抓住 Bǎ tāmen quánbù zhuā zhù! Pokémon in Mandarin Pokéball Evolution Gym leader Badge Legendary Pokemon […]
At GoEast Mandarin we use Quizlet flashcards to teach Chinese in our online Chinese language courses, whether online or in Shanghai. Find all our Chinese flashcard sets here, or below per level: HSK1 Chinese flashcards HSK2 Chinese flashcards HSK3 Chinese flashcards HSK4上 Chinese flashcards HSK4下 Chinese flashcards HSK5 Chinese flashcards Hanzi Characters with pictures (A) […]
Here’s a collection of daily Chinese conversations in the Mandarin language; from everyday life to office settings to online buzzwords. Listening and watching to daily Chinese conversations is useful, as it teaches you not just new vocabulary, but also teaches you how those words are used in context and conversations. Sometimes the intonation is very […]