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 […]
In Chinese language, there are numerous words and phrases as well as some other language points that the students need to master if they want to improve Chinese language ability. For example, the structure 姑且不论A，B… is often seen in Chinese sentences. 姑且 is an adverb indicates to make a concession. It means that there is no need to talk about […]
For better Chinese language learning result, foreign students need to use proper methods to practice the language points and consolidate the points learned. Translation is an effective method in practice, including the translation from Chinese language to the mother tongues of the learners and from the native languages to Chinese language. In the actual process, the latter one is much […]
If we regard the Chinese language as a building, then the vocabulary would be the bricks and the grammar rules are the structure. Therefore, it seems much important for the Chinese language learners to master some important words and grammar points. For example, the word 迟早is a important adverb to indicate the meaning of sooner or later. It is […]
In reading process, you may often see many conjunctions at the beginning of a sentence of a passage to connect the sentences of passages. As a matter of fact, there are three types of conjunctions among those you often see and use, one of which will be explained is the conjunctions of explaining or specifying. […]