The complement of result is an important grammar point for overseas students to master when they learn Chinese in China. The following parts will discuss the characteristics of the sentences with complement of result. The first point we learn is the negative forms of the complement of result. For the reason that the complement of result […]
Before, we have learned how to introduce ourselves by studying some basic and useful sentences and expressions. However, during the process when foreigners study in China, they will meet some other people. Therefore, we should also know some expressions to introduce somebody to other persons. First of all, the foreign students in Chinese school to study Mandarin […]
Time and date are closely related to our daily life. If we want to make a plan about our life, we should use specific time and date to form the plan. In the same sense, when foreigners study Chinese in China, they should know how to express time and date in Chinese. During the process that […]
When we say Chinese teaching should be understandable, we usually mean the language that teachers use should be popular, common and easy to understand for foreigners to study Chinese. It is decided by the language level of Chinese language learners. Teachers should avoid to using some complicated teaching language, thus making it professional grammar lesson. To choose the […]
“到底” and “终于” are two adverbs often seen when students learn Chinese in China but students often fail to tell them apart because they are very similar in meaning and application. Both of them carry the meaning that some certain conditions happen at last. In order to tell them apart, we will explain some tiny differences between […]
The joint compound is composed of coordinating morphemes with similar or opposite meanings. When you study Chinese at school, teacher may tell you that each morpheme has no difference in the status and importance. More importantly, the parts of speech of the two morphemes are the same. It usually the noun, verb or adjective, and the meanings […]
Acquiring Chinese language is important for foreigners when they study Chinese in China. But they should also learn something related to the culture. The body language is essential to learn when leaning in Chinese contexts. Teachers can explain the specific meanings of the postures with the real examples. For example, when teachers raise the thumb to the students, […]
When learners are learning new Chinese words, they may take use of the antonyms to memorize the words. In the same way, the students can also guess the words meanings by using the antonyms in the context when they study Chinese. For example, in the sentence 东方人比较委婉，而西方人比较直接, the students may not know the meaning of 委婉 […]
In ancient times, there were no punctuation marks in Chinese language and people read books with stops according to the meanings. In modern Chinese language, all kinds of punctuation marks are used. In the process of studying in one-on-one Chinese learning program, students may find that the marks in different places will produce various meanings in the same sentence. […]
When foreign students who just learn to speak Chinese talk with Chinese people, they often feel confused by some sentence structures used by them. For example, you may hear 我不想和他住一个房间，抽烟不说，睡觉还打呼噜, which is one example of the structure A 不说，还 B. When we use it, we usually intend to indicate that there is B in addition to what […]