Vocabulary is the building material of a certain language. It is also the summation of all or certain words and fixed phrases in one language. Therefore, everyone who wants to study Chinese should first know more about vocabulary in Chinese language. The language is used to communicate by combing single word into sentences according to certain grammatical rules. […]
As we all know, preposition is a kind of function word used to reflect the relations between words or sentences. It can’t be functioned as a single sentence element in the sentence. For the foreigners whostudy Chinese in China, preposition in Chinese language is a difficult point. In this article, several prepositions of elementary level will be […]
The knowledge about Chinese Pinyin, radicals in Chinese characters and strokes are important for foreign students to study Chinese. Therefore, they should master them firmly. We can train them by holding a game for competing to consult the dictionary. First of all, students should prepare a Chinese-English and English-Chinese Dictionary. In this game, the most important […]
When foreigners see the group of words “腐败、腐化、腐烂、腐蚀、腐朽” when they study Chinese words, they may be probably confused. As a matter of fact, it is not so difficult because all of them mean something getting worse but with different objects and using situations. “腐败” is an adjective means corruption. It usually indicates people’s thought and action as […]
The group of similar words 残暴, 残酷 and 残忍 are often seen in free Chinese lesson but difficult to tell apart because all of them mean cruel. Firstly, 残暴 can be used to describe people’s temperament and also the specific actions of destroying, suppressing and plundering like 行为残暴. When you study Chinese in free Chinese lesson, you should know 残酷 […]
Since the Chinese Year was held in France, many more reports about the Chinese fever phenomena in foreign countries appeared. Some media started to report the numbers of the foreigners who study Chinese. Some said the number in 2009 reached 40 million and some claimed 100 million in the end of 2010. Some of the foreign […]
If you want to learn Mandarin better, you’d better learn more Chinese words so that you can express what you want to say when talking with Chinese people. Learning similar words is a good way to expand your vocabulary. For example, Chinese people often use the word 例如or 比方to take examples. But there are some tiny differences […]
Everyone who wants to acquire Chinese language when they study in qualified Mandarin program should firstly have better understanding on Chinese words, especially those similar words. 均匀and 平均are a group of similar words that the foreign students should tell apart. The former means the things are spread equally, stressing the well-distributed things in number or the time interval. You […]
Singapore is a multi-nation and multi-culture nation. With a total percentage of 77%, foreign citizens of Chinese origin take the absolute advantage. Just as we all know, Singapore has been promoting a long term policy that to regard English as the main language spoken by citizens. As a result, Singapore has lost the natural environment […]
If you often watch the Chinese ancient costume teleplays during the process when you study at Chinese language school, you may often hear the actors say 来人哪. As a matter of fact, this phrase is also frequently used in modern life with the function of shouting for help like 来人哪！有人晕倒了！One thing you should know is that […]