Learn Chinese in China with Keats School

It is important for Chinese language learners to acquire the ability of explaining the difficult words with the simple words have the similar meaning they know. In free Chinese lesson, you may see the sentence 经姑娘父母再三催促，李刚就和梦中情人一起步入婚姻的殿堂. But you may not know 再三. According to the sentence, it should be something about “again and again”, which can be expressed […]

There are three standards to evaluate the language performance of one speaker. The three standards are accuracy, fluency and complexity. Different focus on different aspects may result in different outcome of the language performance. Before we come to the standards of evaluation of language performance, let‘s talk about the definition of the three standards. Accuracy […]

When learners are learning new Chinese words, they may take use of the antonyms to memorize the words. In the same way, the students can also guess the words meanings by using the antonyms in the context when they study Chinese. For example, in the sentence 东方人比较委婉，而西方人比较直接, the students may not know the meaning of 委婉 […]

The meanings of the words 抵制 and 反抗are similar to that of the word 抵抗. But there are some tiny differences that the students who learn Chinese language should know to tell them apart. 抵抗 means to resist the attack of the enemy, emphasizing the to take action to fight back. The objects are usually the attack, […]

Since the Chinese Year was held in France, many more reports about the Chinese fever phenomena in foreign countries appeared. Some media started to report the numbers of the foreigners who study Chinese. Some said the number in 2009 reached 40 million and some claimed 100 million in the end of 2010. Some of the foreign […]

Foreigners should be able to write some practical writings when they study Chinese. An interesting way to practice this is to write a marriage-seeking advertisement. Firstly, teachers find one marriage-seeking advertisement for man and one for woman from the internet or magazines. After reading the ad carefully, the students should write one for his friend following […]

If the foreign students just start to study Mandarin Chinese, they should learn some basic words and expressions often used in the daily talk. The following dialogue is a typical example that shows how Chinese people greet when they meet each other. A：欢迎，欢迎。请进。 B：你好。 A：你好。你身体好吗？ B：很好，谢谢。你呢？ A：我也很好。请坐，请喝茶。 B：好，谢谢。 A：你爸爸、妈妈好吗？ B：他们都很好，谢谢。 The dialogue above is what people often […]

The associated words are important in Chinese language. Foreign learners may study conjunctive word like 不仅…而且 in free Chinese lesson. We often use it in written language to express there are two level of meanings. The second level of meaning is further than the first one. For instance, 中国菜不仅有很多种素菜，而且做法也特别多. Another one that students learn in free Chinese lesson should […]

The three characters 还、又 and 再are usually confusing for those foreigners who just study Chinese because all of them are adverbs carrying the meaning of “again” in English. 还 indicates that the certain phenomenon continues to exist and the actions continue to process. It is similar to “still” like 他还不知道这件事. It also carries the meaning that further […]

Nowadays, the work of Chinese teaching as a foreign language is processed by the lead of China‘s National Office for teaching Chinese as Foreign Language and the support of the local government and departments at all levels. The major platform of the international Chinese education is the Confucius Institute which the foreigners study in Mandarin learning courses in China […]