成語 成语 chéng yǔ Idioms
Idioms Idioms are short phrases and are used to express a fixed meaning. They are normally formed with 4 Chinese characters and are often linked to historical anecdote. Many families…
暑假 暑假 shǔ jià Summer Holiday
Summer Holiday has begun and kids can now join various activities. Among those summer activities, the best one must be swimming. Radicals of Chinese characters often imply their meanings. A…
端午節 duān wǔ jiē Dragon Boat Festival
Dragon Boat Festival 14 June this year is Dragon Boat Festival. During the period just before and after Dragon Boat Festival, citizens will participate in dragon boat races and have…
勞動節 láo dòng jié Labour Day
It is Labour Day on 1st of May. In China, public holidays for Labour Day this year starts from 1st of May to 5th of May. People will visit various…
香港的兒童節 xiāng gǎng de ér tóng jié Hong Kong’s Children’s Day
4 April is Hong Kong’s Children’s Day. Parents will buy small presents to kids. Sometimes we will add ‘r’ when speaking Mandarin by rolling up your tongue at the end…
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,…
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…
’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…
圖像化學習 tú xiàng huà xué xí Pictorial Learning
One way to learn Mandarin is to learn its phonetics, namely Pinyin. People may ask why Pinyin. Pinyin helps to provoke interest on the language. It also facilitates lasting memory…