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Learning Mandarin Loanwords, Localizers and Words Can Be Reversed

Chinese words are the foundation of learning Chinese language well for any learners who study in China. If they want to learn better, they should enlarge their vocabulary. We will learn some interesting words to increase students’ vocabulary.

In Chinese language, many words made up of two morphemes can be read in the opposite order, becoming another word carries the totally different meaning. Therefore, if students notice that, they can learn and remember more words by this way to help learn Chinese in China.

After learning some words of this type, teacher can ask students to take an example and make sentences with each word. If students fail to say one word teacher can writes several on the blackboard for students to make sentences

This method is very beneficial to deepen students’ understanding of the Chinese words constructions and improve the ability of distinguishing words. The following words are often taught in Chinese school in China to help the learners: 国王—王国,女儿—儿女,法语—语法,故事—事故,汽水—水汽,蜜蜂—蜂蜜,上海—海上,名人—人名,明天—天明,前提—提前,亲近—近亲,喜欢—欢喜,人生—生人,上山—山上,手枪—枪手,etc.

There are many loanwords in Chinese language. For the beginners of learning Mandarin Chinese, it will helpful to close the distance to the Chinese language if they have some impression on the loanwords. Therefore, students can tell students some words transliterating from other language like “咖啡(coffee)” and list more for them to guess.

The following words are often seen when students learn Chinese language in China: 坦克(tank), 休克(shock), 苏打(soda), 可口可乐(Coca Cola), 沙发(sofa), 香槟(champagne), 芭蕾(ballet), 雪茄(cigar), 维他命(Vitamin), 扑克(poker), 逻辑(logic), 巴士(bus), 香波(shampoo), 吉普(jeep), 摩托(motor), 引擎(engine), 披萨(pizza), 色拉(salad), 卡拉OK(karaoke), 托福(TOEFL), 艾滋病(AIDS), 高尔夫(golf), 柠檬(lemon), 奥林匹克(Olympic), 幽默(humor), 浪漫(romance), 麦当劳(MacDonald), etc.

To avoid misunderstanding, teacher should take the responsibility to tell students that only a few transliteration words remained in Chinese language except the names of people, places and technologies. Students learn Mandarin in China should know that most loanwords are loaned from the meaning like “收音机(radio) and both meaning and sound like “啤酒(beer).

The best way to remember Chinese words is to understanding the words meanings but not recite them. For the sake of improving the ability of explaining words when they understanding words, we can help them learn Mandarin by guessing words with explaining.

This game will be played by grouping two students as a team. After the teacher writing down the word on the blackboard, the student backing to the blackboard will guess the words in accordance with the hints and explanations given by the other student. To encourage learners to study Chinese, the part of speech is not limited but should be from the easy to the difficult.

To practice the usage of the localizers, we can train by hiding a thing for students to find by expressing the sentences with the localizers. When guessing the position of the thing, students should learn to speak Chinese by using “在左边的口袋”, “在右边桌子抽屉里”, “在门的后边在窗台上边”, etc. And the teacher will answer briefly by “对” or “不对”.

We can do some changes to play the game to show learners how to study Chinese. Teacher can prepare a thing for students and tell them to position it according to teacher’s instructions like “放在桌子里”, “放在椅子上面”, “给左边的同学”, etc.

We have learned two types of interesting words in Chinese language to increase learners’ vocabulary as well as the practice of the words expressing the location. It will greatly help students if they can practice more.Chinese words are the foundation of learning Chinese language well for any learners who study in China. If they want to learn better, they should enlarge their vocabulary. We will learn some interesting words to increase students’ vocabulary.

In Chinese language, many words made up of two morphemes can be read in the opposite order, becoming another word carries the totally different meaning. Therefore, if students notice that, they can learn and remember more words by this way to help learn Chinese in China.

After learning some words of this type, teacher can ask students to take an example and make sentences with each word. If students fail to say one word teacher can writes several on the blackboard for students to make sentences

This method is very beneficial to deepen students’ understanding of the Chinese words constructions and improve the ability of distinguishing words. The following words are often taught in Chinese school in China to help the learners: 国王—王国,女儿—儿女,法语—语法,故事—事故,汽水—水汽,蜜蜂—蜂蜜,上海—海上,名人—人名,明天—天明,前提—提前,亲近—近亲,喜欢—欢喜,人生—生人,上山—山上,手枪—枪手,etc.

There are many loanwords in Chinese language. For the beginners of learning Mandarin Chinese, it will helpful to close the distance to the Chinese language if they have some impression on the loanwords. Therefore, students can tell students some words transliterating from other language like “咖啡(coffee)” and list more for them to guess.

The following words are often seen when students learn Chinese language in China: 坦克(tank), 休克(shock), 苏打(soda), 可口可乐(Coca Cola), 沙发(sofa), 香槟(champagne), 芭蕾(ballet), 雪茄(cigar), 维他命(Vitamin), 扑克(poker), 逻辑(logic), 巴士(bus), 香波(shampoo), 吉普(jeep), 摩托(motor), 引擎(engine), 披萨(pizza), 色拉(salad), 卡拉OK(karaoke), 托福(TOEFL), 艾滋病(AIDS), 高尔夫(golf), 柠檬(lemon), 奥林匹克(Olympic), 幽默(humor), 浪漫(romance), 麦当劳(MacDonald), etc.

To avoid misunderstanding, teacher should take the responsibility to tell students that only a few transliteration words remained in Chinese language except the names of people, places and technologies. Students learn Mandarin in China should know that most loanwords are loaned from the meaning like “收音机(radio) and both meaning and sound like “啤酒(beer).

The best way to remember Chinese words is to understanding the words meanings but not recite them. For the sake of improving the ability of explaining words when they understanding words, we can help them learn Mandarin by guessing words with explaining.

This game will be played by grouping two students as a team. After the teacher writing down the word on the blackboard, the student backing to the blackboard will guess the words in accordance with the hints and explanations given by the other student. To encourage learners to study Chinese, the part of speech is not limited but should be from the easy to the difficult.

To practice the usage of the localizers, we can train by hiding a thing for students to find by expressing the sentences with the localizers. When guessing the position of the thing, students should learn to speak Chinese by using “在左边的口袋”, “在右边桌子抽屉里”, “在门的后边在窗台上边”, etc. And the teacher will answer briefly by “对” or “不对”.

We can do some changes to play the game to show learners how to study Chinese. Teacher can prepare a thing for students and tell them to position it according to teacher’s instructions like “放在桌子里”, “放在椅子上面”, “给左边的同学”, etc.

We have learned two types of interesting words in Chinese language to increase learners’ vocabulary as well as the practice of the words expressing the location. It will greatly help students if they can practice more.

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