Past, Present and Future Tenses in Mandarin Chinese
May 27, 2016 - 42 Comments
This week our question comes from Corey, who asks us “Can you suggest a budget for 1 month in Shanghai and do you know any massage courses I might join?” If you want to ask us a question just go to our voicemail page and leave us your question! In This Episode, We Talk About…… Read More
In Chinese, there are two kinds of comparative sentences: A comparison of two or more things that do not appear at the same time in a sentence, but the speaker is aware that both arguments exist. A comparison between 2 or more things that are both in the sentence. Let’s look at the first type… Read More
正 (zhèng), 在 (zài) and 正在 (zhèng zài) are often associated with expressing an ‘ongoing’ action, but what’s the difference between these three and how do you use them properly? Learn some sentence patterns with example sentences to help you understand how to express ongoing actions in Chinese! An Introduction to 正, 在 and 正在… Read More
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Below is the history of the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival in both Chinese characters and Pinyin. You can test your Chinese reading skill sentence by sentence by first reading a sentence and then clicking on the blue link to see the translation in our Online Dictionary. For those of you who want to read the… Read More
Why Should I Learn Chinese Stroke Names? So, to confuse things a little more, not only is there a stroke ORDER, but there is also a name for each different strokes and also stroke compounds. I have heard Chinese children (and a few western friends) speak out loud when they write and this can help… Read More