Category Archives: Mandarin Lessons

How to say “Joe the Plumber” in Chinese (叫阿祖食屎)

By admin | Published: October 22, 2008
I’m not interested in American politics. Quite frankly, I’m with Stanley Bing at Fortune China. Stanley wrote a piece in Chinese entitled 乔已经够多了 (I’ve had enough of Joe). Me, too. On a bad day, I’d be less polite and 叫阿祖食屎! But, like it not, the US is having an election and the rest of the world has [...]
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Recycled Hanyu: Unit 6

By admin | Published: August 20, 2008
This is Unit 6 of the Money Module in our Mandarin Chinese Video Lessons Series.DIALOGUE 1 1. A: 请问，你们这里可以换美金吗？ Qĭngwèn, nĭmen zhèli kéyi huàn Měijīn ma? Excuse me, can I change U.S. dollars here?
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Recycled Hanyu Unit 5

By admin | Published: August 7, 2008
This is Unit 5 of the Money Module in our Learn Mandarin Chinese Video Series. Sound files were extracted from the Foreign Service Institute’s (FSI) Standard Mandarin Chinese.Transcript of video in Hanyu Pinyin, Simplified Chinese characters, and English translation DIALOGUE 1 A: 麻烦你，我这儿有一张十块的。 máfán nǐ, wÇ’ zhèr yÇ’u yÄ«zhāng shíkuài de. [...]
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Recycled Hanyu Unit 4

By admin | Published: July 19, 2008
This video is Unit 4 of the Money Module in our Learn Mandarin Chinese Video Series. Sound files were extracted from the Foreign Service Institute’s (FSI) Standard Mandarin Chinese. This video is placed in the public domain.Transcript of video in Hanyu Pinyin, Simplified Chinese characters, and English translation DIALOGUE 1 A: NÄ­ jiālide dōngxi dōu dào le [...]
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Recycled Hanyu Unit 3

By admin | Published: July 9, 2008
This is Unit 3 of the Money Module in our Learn Mandarin Chinese Video series.Transcript of Mandarin Chinese video in Hanyu Pinyin, Simplified Chinese characters, and English translation DIALOGUE 1 A: Qĭng nǐ gĕi wo kànkan nèige huāpíng. 请你给我看看那个花瓶。 Please give me that vase to look at. B: [...]
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Recycled Hanyu: Unit 2

By admin | Published: June 22, 2008
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: Wŏ xiăng măi diănr diănxÄ«n. 我想买一点儿点心。 I’m going to buy some pastries.
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Recycled Hanyu: Basic Mandarin

By admin | Published: June 16, 2008
This is Unit 1 of the Money Module of our Recycled Hanyu Series. Recycled Hanyu is a series of materials for learning Mandarin Chinese based on public domain sources, such as the US Foreign Service Institute etc. Free video lessons will be available on the Hanyu.com website, as well as YouTube.com. Accompanying textbooks published by Hanyu [...]
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Mandarin numbers 1-10

By admin | Published: June 11, 2008
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

By admin | Published: June 9, 2008
計篇第一 jì piān dì yī 1.孫子曰兵者國之大事 sūnzi yuē bīng zhě guó zhī dàshì Sun Tzu said: The art of war is of vital importance to the State. 2. 死生之地，存亡之道，不可不察也 sǐ shēng zhī dì ， cún wáng zhī dào ， bùkě bù chá yě It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence [...]
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Learn 4 Tones in Mandarin Chinese

By admin | Published: November 6, 2007
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