好 hao – No good if you don’t know it
你好 Nǐ hǎo! Hello, you good! Did you know that 好 expresses a lot more than just ‘nice’?
Category: Chinese characters
白 bái ~ Your Loss If You Don’t Know It!
白云 bái yún, 白马 bái mǎ, 白花 bái huā These three words all contain 白 bái (white), and one of them is different from the other two. Can you tell which is the one? 白 bái –...
Look here! – A look at 看 kàn
Hey there, look here! This is a pretty basic word that most beginners would pick up very soon after embarking on their Mandarin learning journey. Typically translated as ‘look’, ‘watch’, ‘see’, ‘read’. If you have a good...
Let’s Practise! – 练习练习吧 (Mandarin Verb Reduplication)
Did you get the answer to the quiz in the last post? The question was the title of the post itself. What does “调调琴 种种花 练练调” mean, and how should you pronounce it? Here’s the answer: 01...
Of Tunes And Flowers – Tongue Twister (2)
How did you find the tongue twister the last time? The pronunciation might have been a little hard, but the meaning was pretty straight forward, wasn’t it? Now here’s one that’s a little more challenging. 调琴调调调调调调来调调妙 种花种种种种种种成种种香...
