If you want to understand Chinese language better and communicate with Chinese people more smoothly, you should expand your vocabulary and know clearly the meaning and application of similar words when youstudy Mandarin Chinese. The group of words开朗and开明are similar but easy to tell apart. The former means the space is wide and the light is sufficient as well […]
The character 哀in Chinese language is frequently used in daily life. Generally speaking, the most frequently used meaning of it should be sad or grieve . The words you often use when you go to school to study in China may be 悲哀. Another meaning common meaning is to mourn in the words such as 哀悼and默哀. Sometimes, it is […]
Just like the English words and expressions, some of the expressions in Chinese language need the foreign learners who learn Chinese in China to understand by communicating with local Chinese people. One of the common expressions in Chinese is 还…呢, which is usually used yo mean that the other party’s speech or acts do not deserve his title. For […]
In the daily conversation, the words 从and离are often seen being used before the words expressing places. However, the foreign students who take Mandarin learning courses need to know 从indicates the starting point of certain action while 离is to show the distance between two places. For examples, 我们从宿舍来and我家住在离 北京50里的地方. The important points need the attention of the foreign […]
In the period that the foreign students are learning Chinese language, they often feel confused with some similar words in appearances or meanings. In this case, they need to firstly understand the meanings, and more importantly, to remember in typical examples. The group of words 立刻and马上are always the main points in class when teachers teach Mandarin language. […]
One of the most frequently expressions you hear when you are talking with Chinese friends might be 听…的口气. If those who attend to Chinese school to study Mandarin hear this expression, they should know it is used to predicate what the other party wants to say though he did not utter anything, according to what the other […]
The group of words 来历and 来源 are applied to indicate the origin of something but have some tint differences that the foreign learners need to tell apart. When we use 来历, we usually mean the history or background of things or persons, implying the conditions of things or people in the past like 这个人有来历. 来源has the similar meaning […]
If you pay enough attention when you study in intensive Mandarin course in China, you may have found that there are many oral expressions in Chinese begin with没. This article will introduce several frequently used expressions of this type to the learners. For example, 没办法is usually applied to show that the speaker has no way to […]
The foreign students may often hear Chinese friends say 激动得不行when chatting during the process of learning in semester Chinese program in China. The point they should know is the patter …得不行 , which is applied to show the high degree. In addition, the allocated words in this structure are more often the words which describe the […]
In recent years, many foreign students come to China to attend to the Mandarin learning courses for Chinese language learning because they realize the best way is to put themselves in Chinese language environment. However, what they learned in Chinese schools is mainly grammar. To speak fluent Chinese, they need to know some oral expressions by talking more with Chinese people, […]