In the process of teaching Chinese language to the foreigners, the overseas students often make some mistakes in the aspect of the verb reduplication. When it comes to the teaching of the reduplication of verbs in Chinese, teachers need to pay much attention to the points as follows. First of all, the scope of application […]
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 pause in one sentence often occurs in the junction of the word between words. But the pause can not be in accordance to the structure of the sentence. If we talk about the subject-predicate sentence, there should be a pause after the subject. But there is exception as well. The pause can occur in […]
Verb is the core of the predicate section of a sentence. The sentence elements that are related to verbs are adverbial modifiers, objects and complements. For the foreign students who just study Chinese, the recognition of the verbs are essential to the understanding of the sentences because it will help you understand the sentence even you […]
From the aspect of meaning, nouns are all used to indicate things which can be both specific things like 书、学生and 水 and the abstract such as 思想、感觉 and 友谊. If you attend to school to study Mandarin In China, teachers may also tell you that it can be applied to imply the time and place like 今天and […]
If you pay much attention to the oral Chinese when talking with Chinese people during the process when you study in China, you may notice the sentences with the character 少 forming the structure of 少… such as 少来and少插嘴. With the meaning of not to do something , you can understand by reading the sentence我们在谈工作，你少插嘴. At […]
Since the first purpose of learning Chinese language in Mandarin learning courses is to learn to express what you want to say in Chinese, you should firstly know some common Chinese expressions. For instance, when you hear Chinese people say 还是我来吧, you should know the intention of the others. As a matter of fact, 还是…来吧is used in the case […]
毁坏and破坏is a group of words often seen and heard but also very confusing for many Chinese languagelearners. When you attend to Mandarin language courses in China, teachers may explain the meanings and application of both words in detail. However, if you want to totally understand them, you need to feel it in the actual sentences. 毁坏carries the […]
It is an effective method to master some basic but important language points in the process of reading. In the sentence我从未一个人住过，不过上大学后我要试试独立生活了, the important grammar point you need to know is 从未, which carries the meaning of never. Therefore, if the students see this word in sentences when they study in Mandarin language courses in China, they […]
When the foreigners ask their teachers how to study Chinese better, the possible answer they got might be to read as much as they can. In the following parts, several words such as 清单、功劳、清点、列、欢呼、爆炸、核弹头and毁灭are provided and the students are supposed to finish the sentences with blanks with the given words. Such type of exercise to practice reading is […]