Pinyin Test (4)
Time for another Pinyin test! 拼音综合测验 (4) 拼音综合测验 4_QNS 选择正确的答案 [wpcol_1half id=”” class=”” style=””]1) wen weng wan wang2) huai hui fei hai3) zhun zhuan chun chuan4) kui gui kuai guai5) guo kuo gou kou 6) zen zeng...
Category: Mandarin
Song – We Have A Guest!《客人来》
Have you learnt the Little Snail song? Here’s another song for you to learn. A children’s song again, this time a popular one! It’s called《客人来》(Kèrén lái) – ‘kèrén’ meaning ‘guest, visitor’, and ‘lái’, ‘to come, to visit’....
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...
Pinyin Test (3)
Are you geared up for Pinyin Test 3? Here goes, good luck! 拼音综合测验 (3) Pinyin Test 3_QNS 选择正确的答案 [wpcol_1half id=”” class=”” style=””] 1) nong long rong neng 2) ruan run luan lun 3) ju qu zhu chu...
Song – Little Snail《小蜗牛》
How about learning Chinese through songs? Here’s a children’s song I wrote a decade ago. Snail_01_Mix 小蜗牛 xiǎo wō niú xiǎo wō niú màn mān pá 小蜗牛小蜗牛慢慢爬 cǎo dì li yè zi shang màn mān pá...
Exercises on ‘怎么’ – the Why and How of Mandarin
How did you find the post on ‘怎么’? (The Why and How of ‘怎么’ zenme) Let’s now have some practice on that. Listen to the following questions and choose the appropriate answers. (In order that this also...
Pinyin Test (2)
How did you fare in the recent pinyin test I posted? Are you ready for the second one? Here goes! 拼音综合测验 (2) 拼音综合测验 2_QNS 选择正确的答案 [wpcol_1half id=”” class=”” style=””] 1) guo kuo gou kou 2) nüe lüe...
The Why and How of ‘怎么’ (zenme)
You probably know that ‘怎么’ (zenme) means ‘how’, but are you aware that it also has the meaning of ‘why’? So how do you know when it means ‘how’ and when it means ‘why’? Also, when it refers...
Pinyin Challenge! – Pinyin Test (1)
So, how good are you at pinyin? Care to challenge yourself? Pinyin Test 1_QNS 选择正确的答案 [wpcol_1half id=”” class=”” style=””] 1) bai bei pai pei 2) zhen zheng chen cheng 3) can cang zan zang 4) zhao jiao...
