tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54300286688378777612024-03-13T08:15:15.634-04:00my chinese notebook . . .Ma Si Wenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15689275883324581595noreply@blogger.comBlogger101125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430028668837877761.post-74163185915403230012013-07-16T14:07:00.000-04:002013-07-16T14:07:58.182-04:00Chinese websites<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You use these websites all the time, but do you know how they are called in Chinese language? Here are the Chinese names of some popular websites:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">谷歌</span>(<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Gǔgē): Google<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">雅虎</span>(<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Yǎhǔ): Yahoo<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">必应</span>(Bìyìng): Bing</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">维基百科</span>(<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Wéijībǎikē): Wikipedia</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">脸书</span>(<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Liǎnshū): Facebook<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And below are some really popular Chinese websites:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">百度</span>(<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Bǎidù)</span>: Chinese Google</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">阿里巴巴</span>(<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Ālǐbābā</span>): combination of eBay and Amazon</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">淘宝</span><span lang="ZH-CN"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">(Táobǎo): Chinese eBay; owned by Alibaba group<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">优酷</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">(</span>Yōukù): Chinese YouTube<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">新浪微博</span>(Xīnlàng wēibó ): Sina Weibo; combination of Twitter and Facebook</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hope this is useful. Feel free to add to this list.</span></div>
Ma Si Wenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15689275883324581595noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430028668837877761.post-3173945448288043942013-07-07T07:44:00.000-04:002013-07-07T07:45:13.656-04:00my chinese poem . . .<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is my 100<sup>th</sup> post and I would like to share something special. This is the only poem I have written in Chinese language. Actually it is the only poem I have written in any language. For one of my Chinese courses, I had to write a poem describing a picture I took in China. Below is a picture I took in Emei Shan and the poem I wrote about it. Hope you like it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And here is the English translation:</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On Emei Shan<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You and I stand in front of candle lights</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I feel warm on this cold day</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Is it the candle flame, or you?</span></div>
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Ma Si Wenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15689275883324581595noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430028668837877761.post-79235315070298625272013-06-26T13:56:00.000-04:002013-06-26T13:56:15.588-04:00That’s wonderful<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We just learned </span><a href="http://mychinesenotebook.blogspot.ie/2013/06/some-chinese-words-i-love.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a new word </span></a><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://mychinesenotebook.blogspot.ie/2013/06/some-chinese-words-i-love.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">马马虎虎</span></a></span><a href="http://mychinesenotebook.blogspot.ie/2013/06/some-chinese-words-i-love.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> (</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://mychinesenotebook.blogspot.ie/2013/06/some-chinese-words-i-love.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">mǎmǎhǔhǔ).</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> But where does it lie in the range of expressions used to describe the qualities of things?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It goes from That’s wonderful (</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">好极了</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">) to bad (</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">坏</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">). Now I hope you know how to express exactly how you feel.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Ma Si Wenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15689275883324581595noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430028668837877761.post-67877318579565480832013-06-16T09:03:00.002-04:002013-06-16T09:03:52.046-04:00Some Chinese words I love<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I first started learning Chinese, there were few words that instantly became my favorites. Today I am going to share them with you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">糟糕</span> (zāogāo): too bad</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">马马虎虎</span><span lang="ZH-CN"> </span>(<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">mǎmǎhǔhǔ): so-so<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">糊里糊涂</span><span lang="ZH-CN"> </span>(hu li hú tu): confused</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can see a trend here. They all became my favorites because of the way they sound. Do you have any you can add to this list?</span></div>
Ma Si Wenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15689275883324581595noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430028668837877761.post-73181331316036743772013-04-30T07:10:00.000-04:002013-04-30T07:10:39.422-04:00People’s Republic of China<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We learned that </span><a href="http://mychinesenotebook.blogspot.com/2011/03/middle-kingdom.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">China is called </span></a><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://mychinesenotebook.blogspot.com/2011/03/middle-kingdom.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">中国</span></a></span><a href="http://mychinesenotebook.blogspot.com/2011/03/middle-kingdom.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> (Zhōngguó) in Chinese language</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. And maybe you also know that the official name of China is People’s Republic of China. But do you know how to say that in Chinese?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Where else have we seen <span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">人民</span> (Rénmín)? </span><a href="http://mychinesenotebook.blogspot.com/2013/01/you-get-what-you-pay-for.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you remember this?</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Below are few other instances where you can find <span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">人民</span> (Rénmín).</span></div>
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Ma Si Wenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15689275883324581595noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430028668837877761.post-63134784843197307722013-03-31T17:30:00.001-04:002013-03-31T17:30:15.506-04:00What about the ugly people?<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We already talked about the </span><a href="http://mychinesenotebook.blogspot.ie/2013/03/prince-on-white-horse.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tall, rich and handsome men</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and </span><a href="http://mychinesenotebook.blogspot.ie/2013/03/white-rich-and-beautiful.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">White, rich and beautiful women</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. What about the ugly ones? Yes, there is an expression to describe people like me as well. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">矮丑穷</span> (<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ǎi chǒu qióng): short, ugly and poor<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">屌丝</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> (diǎosī)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">屌丝</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> (diǎosī) has become a very popular word among the Chinese youth. Many of them also use this expression to describe themselves in order to distinguish them from the ‘Tall, rich and handsome men' and ‘White, rich and beautiful women’. So it is not necessarily a derogatory term. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Ma Si Wenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15689275883324581595noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430028668837877761.post-45878380961807262882013-03-13T18:22:00.002-04:002013-03-13T18:22:57.660-04:00It’s been two years …<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I started this blog exactly two years ago. Can’t believe it’s been two years already. This is my 95<sup>th</sup> post today, so that is almost 50 posts a year on average. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I couldn’t write as much during this year due to work and other obligations, but I hope to keep writing as much as I can. I have tried to cover as varied topics as I can. Let me know what you think. Anything you want me to write about? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And of course a big thank you to you all for reading my blog and leaving comments. If you keep reading, I will keep writing. Let the third year begin.</span></div>
Ma Si Wenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15689275883324581595noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430028668837877761.post-85509480952151104012013-03-10T11:09:00.000-04:002013-03-10T11:09:14.353-04:00White, Rich and Beautiful<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We just had a <a href="http://mychinesenotebook.blogspot.ie/2013/03/prince-on-white-horse.html" target="_blank">post on good looking men</a>. Some of you might be waiting for a post about pretty women. Here it is. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So what is the female version of Tall, Rich and Handsome?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">白富美</span> (bái fù měi): White, rich and beautiful</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">美</span> (měi): beautiful</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And here is another expression used for extremely pretty women:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">倾国倾城</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">(qīng guó qīng chéng): drop dead gorgeous<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">城</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">(chéng): city<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She is so beautiful that she can sweep a city or even a nation off their feet.</span></div>
Ma Si Wenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15689275883324581595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430028668837877761.post-21609018265410530822013-03-09T09:07:00.000-05:002013-03-09T09:07:22.045-05:00Prince on a White Horse<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We just talked about the </span><a href="http://mychinesenotebook.blogspot.ie/2013/02/leftover-women.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">‘leftover women’</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. Maybe the reason they are single is because they are waiting for their prince charming. In Chinese language, these men are called ‘Prince on a White Horse’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">白马王子</span> (bái mǎ wáng zǐ): Prince on a White Horse</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is another Chinese expression to describe good looking men</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">帅</span> (shuài): Handsome</span></div>
Ma Si Wenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15689275883324581595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430028668837877761.post-67841990856361317242013-02-26T14:22:00.001-05:002013-02-26T14:22:47.479-05:00Leftover women<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Recently I came across <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21320560" target="_blank">a very interesting article</a>. Apparently, unmarried female who are older than 27 are labeled as ‘leftover women’ in China. Leftover? That’s a harsh word to use.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As we always do, let’s learn how to say the phrase in Chinese language:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">剩女</span><span lang="ZH-CN"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">(shèngnǚ): leftover women<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I normally use the word leftover when referring to food. So let’s learn how to say </span>that as well:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And below is a sentence showing a general use of <span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">剩</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">(shèng):</span></span></div>
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<span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">还剩多少?</span></span></div>
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Ma Si Wenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15689275883324581595noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430028668837877761.post-24775900285427764762013-02-13T14:33:00.000-05:002013-02-13T14:33:12.344-05:00Jasmine Flower<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s been a while since we learned a song. So let’s learn a very popular Chinese folk song today. </span><a href="http://www.echineselearning.com/newsletter/issue-23/hua.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Click here for the full lyrics.</span></a></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">茉莉花</span><span lang="ZH-CN"> </span>(Mòlìhuā) Jasmine Flower<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">好一朵美丽的茉莉花</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span>Hăo yì duǒ měilì de mòlìhuā.<br />What a beautiful jasmine flower,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><br /><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">好一朵美丽的茉莉花。</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span>Hăo yì duǒ měilì de mòlìhuā.<br />What a beautiful jasmine flower.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">芬芳美丽满枝桠,</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fēnfāng měilì măn zhī yā,<br />A spray of fragrance and lovely petals,</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">又香又白人人夸。</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yòu xiāng yòu bái rénrén kuā.<br />Everyone loves your snow-white buds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">让我来将你摘下,</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ràng wǒ lái jiānɡ nĭ zhāi xià,<br />Let me pick a jasmine flower, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">送给别人家。</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sòng gěi biérén jiā.<br />And give it to others. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">茉莉花呀茉莉花。</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mòlìhuā ya mòlìhuā. <br />Jasmine flowers, jasmine flowers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Why did I pick this song? Not because this is one of my favorite, but because Celine Dion sang this song in Mandarin for a New Year Gala show. If you didn’t already know, February 10 was the Chinese New year and this is the year of snake. </span><a href="http://mychinesenotebook.blogspot.com/2012/01/happy-new-year-in-chinese-language.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Check this post to learn how to say Happy New Year in Chinese language.</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And below is a video of Celine Dion singing the Jasmine Flower song.</span></div>
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/r1DFQkAsAmI" width="480"></iframe>Ma Si Wenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15689275883324581595noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430028668837877761.post-33134150270766130172013-01-24T17:13:00.000-05:002013-01-24T17:13:38.024-05:00You get what you pay for<strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I flew Ryanair recently and thought of the expression ‘you get what you pay for’. For those who don’t know, Ryanair is a budget Irish airline which is notorious for its service. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Out of curiosity I looked up how to say ‘you get what you pay for’ in Chinese language and this is what I found.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">一分钱,一分货</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Yī fēn qián, yī fēn huò</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">One cent money, one cent goods</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">钱</span></strong><strong><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">(qián): money</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">As you might already know </span></strong><strong><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">人民币</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"> (Rénmínbì) is the official currency of China. </span></strong><strong><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">人民币</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"> (Rénmínbì) translates to ‘people’s currency’. </span></strong><strong><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">元</span></strong><strong><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">(Yuán) is the primary unit of </span></strong><strong><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">人民币</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"> (Rénmínbì).</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">1</span></strong><strong><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">元</span></strong><strong><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">(yuán) = 10 </span></strong><strong><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">角</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"> (ji</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ǎ</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">o)<o:p></o:p></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">1</span></strong><strong><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">角</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"> (ji</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ǎ</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">o) = 10 </span></strong><strong><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">分</span></strong><strong><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">(fēn)</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">In everyday Chinese, money is referred as </span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; mso-ascii-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">块</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">(kuài) instead of </span><strong><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">元</span></strong><strong><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">(Yuán). So, </span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">100</span><strong><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">元</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">would be called </span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; mso-ascii-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">一百块</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">(Yī b</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ǎ</span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">i kuài). </span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; mso-ascii-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">块</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">(kuài) is also <a href="http://mychinesenotebook.blogspot.ie/2011/10/measure-words-in-chinese-language.html">a measure word</a> for money.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
Ma Si Wenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15689275883324581595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430028668837877761.post-31776927495896449502013-01-15T17:19:00.000-05:002013-01-15T17:19:50.654-05:00I will love you forever<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We just learned how to say ‘I will love you forever’ in Chinese language. Here it is again:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">爱你一生一世</span><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ài nǐ yī shēng yī shì<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun;">Love you forever</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What are some other ways of saying the same thing?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">我会永远爱你</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wǒ huì yǒng yuǎn ài nǐ</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will love you forever</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">我会爱你一辈子</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wǒ huì ài nǐ <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">yī</span> bèi zi</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will love you forever</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So here are few ways of saying ‘forever’ in Chinese language</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">一生一世</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="line-height: 150%;"> </span>(<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">yī shēng yī shì): for life; forever</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">一辈子 (<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">yī</span> bèi zi): all life</span></span></span></div>
Ma Si Wenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15689275883324581595noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430028668837877761.post-60146435991493815862013-01-09T11:34:00.000-05:002013-01-09T11:34:33.805-05:00Love you forever day<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I recently read an article that </span><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20909518"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">thousands of couples in China were rushing to get married on January 4, 2013</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. The reason? In Mandarin, January 4 2013 sounds similar to the phrase ‘I will love you all my life’. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In an </span><a href="http://mychinesenotebook.blogspot.com/2012/05/chinese-times.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">earlier blog post</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, we learned that we always use (year)<span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">年</span> (month)<span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">月</span> (date)<span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">日 </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span>format when writing dates in Chinese. So January 4, 2013 would be:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2013<span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">年</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span>1<span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">月</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span>4<span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">日</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Èr líng yī sān</b> nián <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">yī </b>yuè <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">sì</b> rì</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now take only the parts in bold above, that is only the numbers from the date, and you get:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Èr líng yī sān<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>yī sì </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And this sounds very similar to:</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ài nǐ yī shēng yī shì<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">爱你一生一世</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Love you forever</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That is the reason why this day is also known as the ‘Love you forever’ day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">一生一世</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span>(<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">yī shēng yī shì): for life; forever<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Check</span><a href="http://mychinesenotebook.blogspot.com/2011/04/lucky-beijing-olympics.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> this post to find out</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> on which another date the Chinese couple were rushing to get married.</span></div>
Ma Si Wenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15689275883324581595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430028668837877761.post-17078467240833115142012-12-30T15:50:00.000-05:002012-12-30T15:50:01.501-05:00What is your New Year’s resolution?<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">你有新年愿望吗?</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you have a New Year’s resolution?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">我的新年愿望是学习中文</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wǒ de xīnnián yuànwàng shì xuéxí zhōngwén<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My New Year’s resolution is to learn Chinese. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We already learned it <a href="http://mychinesenotebook.blogspot.ie/2012/01/happy-new-year-in-chinese-language.html">last year</a>, but just in case you forgot here is how you say Happy New Year in Chinese. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">新年快乐</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span>(Xīnnián kuàilè): Happy New Year</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Or you can also say:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">新年好 <span style="font-family: Verdana;">(</span></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Xīnnián hǎo): <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy New Year<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">祝你新年好 <span style="font-family: Verdana;">(<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Zhù nǐ xīnnián hǎo): </span></span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wish you a Happy New Year</span></span></div>
Ma Si Wenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15689275883324581595noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430028668837877761.post-87493226895897479082012-12-16T16:48:00.002-05:002012-12-29T15:05:36.043-05:00越。。。越。。。(Yuè… Yuè…)<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The <span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">越。。。越。。。</span>structure in Chinese language is used as comparative correlatives or adverbial comparatives. What does that mean? Well, let’s look at few examples.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Comparative correlatives are sentences where the first <span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">越</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span>usually precedes an adjective.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">越多越好</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yuè duō yuè hǎo<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The more the better<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">苹果越大越<span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">甜</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Adverbial comparatives are sentences where the first </span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">越</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span>usually precedes a verb.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">他越跑越快</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tā yuè pǎo yuè kuài<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tā yuè chànggē xīnqíng yuè hǎo<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As she was singing, her mood got better and better<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Ma Si Wenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15689275883324581595noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430028668837877761.post-83456506279003214192012-11-30T12:59:00.000-05:002012-11-30T12:59:27.491-05:00My Chinese is getting better<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">我的中文越来越好</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wǒ de zhōngwén yuè lái yuè hǎo<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My Chinese is getting better.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">越来越</span><span lang="ZH-CN"> </span>(<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">yuè lái yuè ) means ‘more and more’ and </span>is used to indicate that something is increasing or getting better. It is commonly used in the <span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">越来越</span> + adjective formation. Let’s look at another example.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">学中文得人越来越多</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Xué zhōngwén de rén yuè lái yuè duō<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More and more people are learning Chinese.</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Below is another way of saying the same thing:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">学中文的人渐渐多了</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Xué zhōngwén de rén jiànjiàn duōle<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More and more people are learning Chinese.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">渐渐</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> (jiànjiàn) means gradually.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Now let’s say the first sentence using </span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">渐渐</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> (jiànjiàn)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">我的中文渐渐好了</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wǒ de zhōngwén jiànjiàn hǎole<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My Chinese is getting better.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Ma Si Wenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15689275883324581595noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430028668837877761.post-58914712210646201752012-11-21T11:48:00.001-05:002012-11-21T11:48:46.347-05:00How to say Chinese leaders’ names<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We all agree that Chinese words are difficult to pronounce. I had a blog post earlier which might help with <a href="http://mychinesenotebook.blogspot.com/2011/03/chinese-sounds.html">pronounciation of Chinese words</a>. We also have difficulties pronouncing Chinese names.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not only are they hard to pronounce, but most of the time we are also unsure which one is the given name and which one is the family name. Please check my earlier <a href="http://mychinesenotebook.blogspot.com/2011/05/whats-your-chinese-name.html">blog post on Chinese names. </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I found <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2012/11/how_to_say_chinese_leaders.shtml">an article on the BBC website</a> which I thought was worth sharing. It teaches us how to pronounce the names of the recently appointed new Chinese leaders. Below is an excerpt. Hope this is helpful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Xi Jinping: <b>SHEE jin PING</b> (-sh as in ship, -j as in Jack, -i as in sit, -ng as in sing)</span></div>
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Li Keqiang: <b>LEE kuh chee-AANG</b> (-ee as in street, -aa as in father, -ch as in church, -ng as in sing) </div>
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Zhang Dejiang: <b>JAANG duh jee-AANG</b> (-j as in Jack, -aa as in father, -ng as in sing) </div>
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Zhang Gaoli: <b>JAANG gow LEE</b> (-j as in Jack, -aa as in father, -ng as in sing, -ow as in now) </div>
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Wang Qishan: <b>WAANG chee SHAN</b> (-aa as in father, -ng as in sing -ch as in church) </div>
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Liu Yunshan: <b>LYOH yuen SHAN</b> (-ly as in million, -oh as in no, -ue as in French vu) </div>
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Yu Zhengsheng: <b>YUE jung SHUNG</b> (-ue as in French vu, -j as in Jack, -u as in bun, -ng as in sing) </div>
</span>Ma Si Wenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15689275883324581595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430028668837877761.post-46850842766606704142012-11-04T12:58:00.000-05:002012-11-04T12:58:08.251-05:00Qing Dynasty<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the previous post we talked about how Tang Dynasty is considered to be one of the most prosperous dynasties in the Chinese history. What about the least prosperous? Opinions will differ, but Qing Dynasty definitely gets a lot of votes. It is also the last imperial dynasty of China. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So what was wrong with the Qing dynasty? Corruption, rebellions, natural disasters and foreign invasion are commonly cited as the reasons behind Qing dynasty’s downfall. The Opium War with the British was also fought during the Qing dynasty. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">鸦片</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> (</span>yāpiàn): Opium</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">People often say that China fell behind during the Qing dynasty</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">在清朝中国落后了</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Zài qīngcháo zhōngguó luòhòule</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">落后</span> (luòhòu): fall behind</span></div>
Ma Si Wenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15689275883324581595noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430028668837877761.post-140461413573367352012-09-25T16:43:00.002-04:002012-09-25T16:43:43.478-04:00Chinatown<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am pretty sure almost all of you have been to a Chinatown. But how many of you know how to say Chinatown in Chinese? Have you ever read the Chinese characters on the gate? I know there are some exceptions, but these are the characters you will find on Chinatown gates around the world:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">唐人街</span> (Táng Rén Jiē)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">唐</span> (Táng): Tang dynasty</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">人</span> (Rén): people</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So why is Chinatown called Táng Rén Jiē in Chinese? Well it is because Tang dynasty is considered to be the most prosperous dynasty in the Chinese history, and Chinese people take pride in being called <span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">唐人</span> (Táng Rén). Hence Chinatown is called <span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">唐人街</span> (Táng Rén Jiē) – street of the ‘Tang’ people. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chang’an (now Xi’an), the capital during the Tang dynasty is considered to be the largest city in the world at that time. Even though the Silk Road, <span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">丝绸之路</span> (sīchóu zhī lù), from China to the West was originally formulated during the Han Dynasty, Tang Dynasty is believed to be the golden age of the Silk Road, with the highest amount of trade taking place at that time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">丝绸</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> (</span>sīchóu): silk</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">路</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> (</span>lù): road</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another highlight of the Tang dynasty is literature. Two of the greatest Chinese poets, Du Fu and Li Bai are both from Tang dynasty. I will post their poems in a different blog post.</span></div>
Ma Si Wenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15689275883324581595noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430028668837877761.post-65055918775904329912012-07-23T17:21:00.000-04:002012-07-23T17:21:04.671-04:00Reading a Chinese menu<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Let’s continue the theme, talk about eating in a Chinese restaurant and use a cartoon. How many of you have struggled in a Chinese restaurant when the menu is in Chinese only? Today’s post will help you at least identify different categories of food in a menu.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In some Chinese restaurants you will find the food divided into two categories:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">热菜</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span>(rè cài): hot dishes</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">冷菜</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span>(lěng cài): cold dishes</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But most likely they will be divided into:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">荤菜</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span>(hūn cài): meat dishes</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">蔬菜</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span>(shū cài): vegetable dishes</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And some other food categories on a menu</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">汤</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span>(tāng): soup</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">饮料</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span>(<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">yǐnliào): beverages</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">甜品</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span>(<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">tiánpǐn): dessert</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And if you care about how the food is cooked</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">炒</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span>(<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">chǎo): fried</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">烤</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">(kǎo): roasted</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">蒸</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">(zhēng): steamed</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">煮</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">(</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">zhǔ)</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">: boiled</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And if you are like me, you will go for the:</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Nǐ yǒu shénme tèbié tuījiàn?)</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you have any special recommendation?</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>Ma Si Wenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15689275883324581595noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430028668837877761.post-21868993441467179842012-07-15T14:24:00.000-04:002012-07-15T14:24:00.326-04:00Eating out in China<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Have you ever been to a Chinese restaurant and wanted to use some Chinese language? In this blog post we will learn basic Chinese which will enable you to order food in a Chinese restaurant.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First of all how do we say restaurant in Chinese language?</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once you are in the restaurant</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">服务员</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">(fúwùyuán): waiter/waitress</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">菜单</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> (càidān): menu</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">点菜</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">(diǎn cài): to order food</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">上菜</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> (shàng cài): to serve food</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">慢慢吃</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> (màn man chī): Bon appétit (eat slowly)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">请慢用</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> (qǐng màn yòng): please eat slowly</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">好吃</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> (hào chī): delicious; tasty</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">味道</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> (wèidào): taste; flavor</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And after you are done eating</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">埋单</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> (máidān): to pay bill</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">一起付</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> (yīqǐ fù): pay together</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Next time you go to a Chinese restaurant, try using these words. </span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">慢慢吃</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">!!!</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></span></div>
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<br /></div>Ma Si Wenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15689275883324581595noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430028668837877761.post-23693214761956031402012-07-09T17:30:00.000-04:002012-07-09T17:31:47.340-04:00球迷 (qiúmí)<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Sorry I haven’t written in a long time. I was really busy these days. I was watching soccer everyday and had no time. The tournament is over now and I will write more often. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">比赛</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">(bǐsài): game; competition; tournament</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">球赛</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">(qiúsài): match; ball game</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">球队</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">(qiú duì): team</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">球星</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">(qiúxīng): star player</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">球场</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">(qiúchǎng): field; court</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">球迷</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">(qiúmí): fan</span></span></div>Ma Si Wenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15689275883324581595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430028668837877761.post-40754947586646121502012-05-29T17:52:00.000-04:002012-05-29T17:52:03.223-04:00Chinese GPS<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">Have you ever wondered how a chinese GPS might sound? Well it might not say these exact words, but here is a direction from </span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;">银行</span><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"> (Yínháng) to </span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;">邮局</span><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"> (Yóujú) in the map below:</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Go out and go left. When you arrive the river, turn left. Walk along the river and you will see a bridge. Cross the bridge and turn left on the second intersection. Keep walking on this road and take the third right. Go straight and the post office is on your left.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;">邮局</span><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"> (yóujú): post office</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;">桥</span><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"> (qiáo): bridge</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;">河</span><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"> (hé): river</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;">医院</span><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"> (yīyuàn): hospital</span></span></div>Ma Si Wenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15689275883324581595noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430028668837877761.post-45338051042944149452012-05-22T17:45:00.000-04:002012-05-22T17:45:15.441-04:00Jay Chou – Fearless<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know it’s been a while since we learned a song. Today I will share with you all a song which was pretty popular when I was in China. Fearless was sung by Jay Chou as a theme song to Jet Li’s 2006 movie ‘Fearless’.</span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My generation still respects martial arts as means to stop war</span></span></div>Ma Si Wenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15689275883324581595noreply@blogger.com0