In the development history of the Chinese characters, many names have been used to name the complex and simplified Chinese characters such as Jianti Character, Zhengti Character, Suti Character, Jianhua Character and Fanti Character and so on. The different calling ways of the Chinese characters have various meanings, which will be explained in the following […]
learning Chinese becomes more difficult when it comes to tell the differences of the synonyms that similar not only in the meanings but also the appearances. To solve this problem, several groups of words will be illustrated to help students learn Chinese in China in the following contents. The first group of words is the differences between “比” […]
After foreigners learning some words or expressions when they learn Chinese in China, they need some reading comprehension to use and consolidate what they have learned. The text “你去哪儿” will be learned in the following parts to consolidate what they learned. The whole contents of this text provided for students to learn Mandarin are as follows: A: 今天星期几？（jīn […]
The theory of words meanings network was proposed by Zhang Qingyun and Zhang Zhiyi and was proved. The first thing about this theory that the foreigners who study Chinese should know is that the words meanings are systematic, including the combination system and development system of synonymy, antonymy and ambiguity. The meanings or words are a network […]
Some prepositions in today’s Chinese language are the same as those in the ancient Chinese such as “于” and “以”. Some of them are evolved from the traditional Chinese like “把” and “被” and so on. Besides, foreigners who learn Mandarin in China should pay attention to those used as prepositions but still remain the usage of verbs. They […]
During the process when foreigners study Chinese, they may have found that the structure “verb + 来/去” is heard very frequently in the daily conversation. Therefore, it is important for them to understand how to use this structure properly to express what they try to say. The following explanation might be a great help for theChinese […]
During the process of learning Chinese language, the foreign students can learn some set structures in free Chinese lesson. When students see the structure 从…出发, they should know it indicates the starting point of certain actions like 我打算从沈阳出发去长白山. Besides, foreigners who learn in free Chinese lesson should notice another meaning is the basis of considering the things. For instance, […]
Foreigners should be able to write some practical writings when they study Chinese. An interesting way to practice this is to write a marriage-seeking advertisement. Firstly, teachers find one marriage-seeking advertisement for man and one for woman from the internet or magazines. After reading the ad carefully, the students should write one for his friend following […]
To understand some certain set structures is beneficial to acquire Chinese language. When you learn in free Chinese lesson, you should know the structure并 add negative words like 不or 没有 which is applied to strengthen the negative tones. There are two forms commonly used that the students learn in free Chinese lesson should know when it is used to […]
Grammar is essential for the learners who study in Mandarin language courses in China to understandChinese language. The pure grammar learning may be boring. So you can learn the grammar points by correcting the mistakes in a certain sentence. For example, in the sentence除非你根本没有认真复习，否则考试结果不可能及格, the meanings of the two clauses are in contradiction. The meaning of 除非X，否则Y […]