When you learn the two words 起来and下来, the Chinese teachers in one-on-one Chinese learning programsmay take 胖起来and瘦下来as examples. However, it might be confusing for you because both起来and下来in the two phrases indicate the meaning of “begin and will continue”. But why, the different words should be applied differently with 胖and瘦. What are the essential differences between them? Let’s take […]
Even though Chinese language learners do not know how to learn Mandarin at very beginning, they all know Chinese characters are composed of phonetic indicators and meaning elements, each has their own functions. That is to say, phonetic indicators of Chinese characters indicate the pronunciation of the characters while the meaning elements indicate the meanings. […]
As a language, if students do not practice after they learn certain points, they will forget soon. Many students may feel that the more they learn, the more they will forget when they study Chinese. Before teachers start new teaching contents, they should check students’ learning result. But the simple dictation is not beneficial. Teachers should […]
During the process of Chinese language learning, many foreign students often wonder how to learn Mandarin better because they often make mistakes in learning. For example, 房子and房间might be confusing for them. Both words have similarities in meanings and grammatical functions. If they can act as subjective, objective and attributive, they could be modified by quantifier phrase. For some example, […]
If the foreign students want to have a better understanding on Chinese language, they need to pay much attention to Chinese characters. In Chinese language, even though the phonogram has the function of indicating the pronunciation and meaning reasonably, the pity thing is that the meaning and pronunciation indicating function of meaning indicators and sound […]
Chinese dictionaries are arranged according to the radicals of Chinese characters, inheriting the principle of sorting the components in accordance with Chinese characters components in Kangxi Dictionary. However, at the same time, the sorting method based on the structures of characters is also applied to because some Chinese characters are not proper to be arranged […]
Here are the differences for these 5 words in free Chinese lesson. The knowledge is very useful for the students who study HSK exam. ＜preposition＞ introducing certain standards, ideas or grounds on which something is done. 1. The differences for “按” and “依” ,“照” （” àn ” and ” yī ” ,” zhào “）in HSK exam. (1)When compared with “按”, […]
Our free Chinese lesson today is going to give some grammar of comparative sentences and tell the differences of these sentences in Chinese translation. Warming Up: 老师：junio，你有多高？ Junio：我有一米七。 老师：哦，老师一米六，所以老师比你矮。 老师：anna，你多大？ Anna：我36岁。 老师：老师今年24岁，老师比anna小12岁。 After having this free Chinese lesson, you will better understand the differences of these comparative sentences in Chinese translation. 1. Comparative sentence is the one which compare the […]
In order to acquire Chinese language better, most foreign students choose to HSK preparation program in China to study, hoping to study effectively. Indeed, you can learn many language points in learning program. However, if you want to speak influent Chinese, you must practice more because practice makes perfect. And the point you need to […]
When you are talking with the overseas students who are studying in Mandarin language courses in China, you may hear they say the sentence like这件衣服值得500块, which is as a matter of fact incorrect. The overseas students make such mistake because they didn’t know clearly the differences between 值and值得in meanings. At the same time, they also […]