Everyone who wants to study in China must know that China is a state of ceremonies, whose people use term of respect frequently in their life. Term of respect is used in daily communication, especially in letters, which is a polite expression in conversation. The following are some terms usually used by Chinese to show respect, which […]
“东骧神骏，西翥灵仪，北走蜿蜒，南翔缟素。”This couplet may be quite difficult for students of Mandarin program in China to understand. People will hardly think of it that the center coordinate of Kunming is hidden in this couplet of Da Guan Pavilion written by Scholar Sun Ran. Here I’d like to uncover the secrets for everyone, especially students who are having […]
If we want to learn a certain language well, we should put it into use. During the process of using, we can learn more and our language skills can be improved. Therefore, for those students who learn Chinese in China, it is important to practice their oral Chinese language. It is essential for us to listen carefully […]
As we all know, Chinese characters are composed of the character components. However, when you come tolearn Chinese language in China, teachers would tell you that some components of Chinese character are formed because of the omission of the forms. Some omitted parts are that of the phonetic components while some others are the meaning […]
Many Chinese language teachers think that the most difficult tones to learn are the falling-rising tone and the rising tone. However, as a matter of fact, to judge the difficulty of the tone need the specific teaching objects, the students who learn Chinese language. Sometimes, the experts have different opinions even for the students from the same country. […]
Nowadays, more and more Confucius Institutes are being built in many countries around the world. There are increasing number of people attend to the Confucius Institute to study Chinese. In order to enrich Chinese language learners’ background knowledge, we will introduce some relevant knowledge about the Confucius Institute. Even though the name is the “Confucius Institute”, westerners who […]
As we all know, the 21st century is a time of economic globalization and social life informationization. Therefore, the language is just not as simple as an ordinary tool of communication. That’s the reason why more and more foreigners come to learn Chinese in China. Living in this new century, whether you can master a second […]
Recently, the number of foreigners who come to learn Chinese in China is greatly increasing. It is a question for us that why more and more westerners are curious about the Chinese language. In this essay, we will search for the reason of learning Chinese language in a foreigners’ respective. Deborah Fallowes, with which a famous American writers and researcher […]
For those who come to learn Chinese in China, the tongue twister in Chinese language is an essential practice for better oral Chinese. The most frequently used tongue twister in Chinese language is “四是四，十是十，十四是十四，四十是四十……”. Most Chinese people can say that smoothly, but it may be very difficult for the foreigners. In University of Hamburg in Germany, a Chinese tongue twister […]
In order to improve the reading efficiency, we need not only master the reading skills, but also train the good reading habits. One of the good habits in reading is to broaden the eyes span because the reading speed will be very slow if the learners read word by word and even character by character. […]