變調 biàn diào Variation in Pitches
There are four pitches in Mandarin and there is variation in pitches under a special condition. What does that mean? When there are two consecutive words of the third pitch,…
矛盾 máo dùn Disagreement
If colleagues cannot agree with each other, it is worthy of slowing down and have a discussion. This provokes smoother subsequent cooperation. zài gōng zuò shàng rú guǒ gēn tóng…
農曆新年 nóng lì xīn nián Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year this year is on 12 February. We will say auspicious greetings to each other during Chinese New Year, like wishing you prosperous and healthy etc. On the…
博物館 bó wù guǎn Museum
We visited a museum but found the arrangement there out of order. Actually visiting hours should be divided into timeslots. We believed that the museum should change to another management…
’一’ 的變調 ’yī ’ de biàn diào Variation in Pitch of ‘One’
Today is 1st of January, let us talk about variation in pitch of ‘one’. One is pronounced as first pitch when counting numbers. It is pronounced as second pitch when…