During the period when you study in Chinese language school in China, you may often hear Chinese people say some expressions like完了, which makes you fell confused in meaning. As a matter of fact, it is often used to mean that something can’t be done like完了，天气预报说周末有大雨，爬不了山了. Sometimes, it carries the meaning that there is no hope. For […]
During the process of reading Chinese books, you may often see the words批评and批判which are applied to express the meaning of criticizing and can function as noun and verb. However, as a matter of fact, there are some differences between them need to make clear so that to understand and use correctly. When being used as […]
Since the Chinese language environment is so important for foreigners to study Mandarin Chinese, they should learn more in the conversations with Chinese people. For example, when you hear Chinese people say谁说不是呢, it might be difficult for you to understand because it seems a sentence with negative tone. However, as a matter of fact, it means to fully agree […]
The interrogative sentence is used to inquire the condition of some particular things in the communication process. The foreign students who study Mandarin in China may know that there are several kinds of interrogative sentences in Chinese. The interrogative 呢 can be added to refer to question tone of the sentence. The interrogative can express […]
A good way to improve the Chinese language ability is to practice more. However, before the learners need to understand the meanings and application of the actual language points. For example, the language point对于……而言 is equivalent to 对于……来说 and frequently appears in learning process, usually in the written language. It often functions as adverbial to indicate to see […]
Just as the Chinese language learners know, reading is an effective method to improve the Chinese language skill. However, the students need to choose the proper reading materials to practice. Of course, it is a good thing that your Chinese language skill is improved after practicing reading. But the learners who have come to learn to speak Chinese in China can pay proper […]
There are many methods to improve the reading skills when learning Chinese. When you do your exercises or in the reading process, you may often see the practicing methods of answering a certain questions with the grammar points provided so that to practice the application of certain language points in real context. To finish the practice […]
If you pay much attention to Chinese language during the process of Chinese language learning, you may find that the words in ancient Chinese are mainly the monosyllabic words while modern Chinese words are mainly multi-syllabic words, especially the disyllabic words, accounting for most of the Chinese words. There is an obvious feature in the syllabic structure of modern […]
It is believed that there are certain principles when the separate words are filled in a sentence. When the foreign students are learning Chinese, they may be confused and ask the question how to learn Mandarin in a proper way. The teachers may then tell them to learn the language through a certain context. Whenever confronted with a […]
Prediction is a very important skill in reading Chinese materials and also a crucial means to improve the reading efficiency. It means to guess what will happen in the following parts on the basis of the information you have mastered. If you master this skill when you learn Chinese, there is no need for you to read […]