Monthly Archives: June 2008
Recycled Hanyu: Unit 2
This is Unit 2 of the Money Module of our Recycled Hanyu Series.Transcript of video in Hanyu Pinyin, Simplified Chinese characters, and English translation
DIALOGUE 1
A: WŠxiăng măi diănr diănxīn.
我想买一点儿点心。
I’m going to buy some pastries.
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Learning Mandarin Chinese in Chile
Learning Mandarin is becoming popular in South American countries like Chile.
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How to write the 12 animals of the Chinese Zodiac
This video will show you how to write the 12 animals of the Chinese Zodiac in traditional Chinese characters.
Kang Xi Radicals 1-20
1. 一 (one) (yī)
2. 丨 (line) (gǔn)
3. 丶 (dot) (zhǔ)
4. 丿 (slash) (piě)
5. ä¹™ (second) (yÇ)
6. 亅 (hook) (jué)
7. 二 (two) (èr)
8. äº (lid) (tóu)
9. 人 (human) (rén)
9′. 亻 (standing human)
10. 儿 (legs) (ér)
11. 入 (enter) (rù)
12. å…« (eight) (bÄ)
13. 冂 (down box) (jiǒng)
14. 冖 (cover) (mì)
15. 冫 (ice) (bīng)
16. å‡ (table) (jÄ«)
17. 凵 (open [...]
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Mandarin numbers 1-10
Learn the numbers from 1-10 in Mandarin Chinese.
一 yī
二 èr
三 sān
四 sì
五 wǔ
六 liù
七 qī
八 bā
九 jiǔ
十 shí
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Sunzi Art of War 孫子兵法
計篇第一
jì piÄn dì yÄ«
1.å«å曰兵者國之大事
sūnzi yuē bīng zhě guó zhī dà shì
Sun Tzu said: The art of war is of vital importance to the State.
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sÇ shÄ“ng zhÄ« dì ， cún wáng zhÄ« dà o ， bùkÄ› bù chá yÄ›
It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence [...]
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China’s role in BC Chinese classes: Mussolini or Sunzi?
When I first read Jonathan Zimmerman’s Christian Science Monitor op/ed Beware China’s role in US Chinese classes, I wondered if Canadians would react as he did. Jonathan, a Professor of Education and History at New York University attempted to draw parallels between the funding of Mandarin classes in the US by the Chinese Government and [...]
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Ideology and Mandarin Teaching: The end of history?
Maybe one day Global Hanyu will become a multi-billion dollar language industry on a par with Global English. And despite the belief among some that the number of people learning the language is exaggerated, perhaps there really will be a “Global Hanyu”.
But it may take a while. Becoming a global language is not easy. As [...]
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Learning Mandarin at Surrey’s new China Institute?