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, […]
The volitive auxiliary 会and能are very frequently used in daily life when learning Chinese language. Both 会and 能 can express the ability but there are some difference between them. First of all, when we intend to express to have certain ability after learning, we usually use 会. On the contrary, if there is no ability to do something, we use […]
When the foreign students go to school in Kunming to study Chinese, they may be confused by the similar-root words. The reason for the puzzlement is that the words may have similar meaning as well the similar character pattern. Thus, when the foreign students are confronted with such words, they should deal with the words with […]
Most people think Chinese language is based on both characters and words because both of them can be regarded as the units of making up the sentences. In ancient Chinese language, most so-called words are monosyllabic and one character was one word. However, in modern Chinese, the disyllabic words are developed and hold the dominant position and characters […]
The most important purpose of learning Chinese language is to acquire fluent oral Chinese in order to communicate with Chinese people smoothly. When you study as volunteer in China, it is important for you to learn some frequently used Chinese expressions for better communication. For example, when you hear Chinese people say 这样吧, you need to know it […]
The combination of form and meaning seems a question needless to be discussed. However, in the teaching practice, it is always a complex problem which has not been solved. We can discuss the form and meaning in different situations and various theoretical frames. The syntax, semantics and pragmatics all have their own forms and meanings. […]