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![The neutral tone in Mandarin Chinese]()
MandarinChineseisatonallanguage,meaningthatthepitchcontourofasyllableinfluencesthemeaningofthatword.Thisisintroducedinallbasictextbooks,oftenevenbeforethefirstchapterbegins.MandarinChinesehasfourtones......
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![Mandarin Chinese Love Vocabulary]()
Islovetheuniversallanguage?Maybe–butdeepgazesandlongsighsonlygosofar.Eventuallytheneedforpracticalcommunicationkicksin.ThislistofMandarinChineselovevocabularywillhelp.Butlovevocabularyonlycoversparto......
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![Daily Mandarin Lesson: "What" in Chinese]()
Learninghowtosay"what"inChineseisaveryhelpfulvocabularywordthatwillenableyoutoaskandunderstandquestions.TheChinesetermfor“what”is甚麼,writtentraditionally,or什么,writteninsimplifiedform.InMandarin......
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![Mama Huhu, Saying "So so; Mediocre" in Mandarin Chinese]()
TherulesofetiquetteinChineseculturestatethatcomplimentsmustberejected.Therefore,ifsomeonetellsyouthatyouspeakMandarinwell,agoodwayofrespondingwouldbe,“Notatall,myMandarinisverypoor.”Onewayofsayingth......
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![汉语备受追捧The Popularity of Mandarin]()
InChina,thereisnodoubtthatEnglishisveryimportant,becauseithasbeentheindispensablesubjectforstudentstolearnsincetheygotoschool.Asoureconomydevelopssofastandourcountryplaysthemoreandmoreimportantroleint......
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![5 Lies Teachers Tell You About Mandarin Tones]()
Mandarintonesareoneoftheclassic“difficultparts”ofthelanguage.Despitethat,textbooksandteachersoftendoabadjobofteachingthem.Abigpartofthisisthatthefocusistoooftenonteachingtones,ratherthanteachinghowt......
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![Mandarin Chinese Greetings]()
TheproperuseofMandarinChinesegreetingscanpavethewayforestablishinggoodrelationships.MandaringreetingsfollowtherulesofconductforChinesesociety,andshouldalwaysbeobservedwhenmeetingsomeoneforthefirsttime......
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![History of Mandarin Chinese]()
MandarinChineseistheofficiallanguageofMainlandChinaandTaiwan,andit'soneoftheofficiallanguagesofSingaporeandtheUnitedNations.Itisthemostwidely-spokenlanguageintheworld.DIALECTSMandarinChineseissometim......
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![Laoban Daily Mandarin Lesson]()
TitlesareimportantinChineseculture,andtheyareusedmorefrequentlythaninmostWesterncountries.Onegoodexampleofthisisthattitlescanbeusedtoaddresspeople,whichyoumightbefamiliarwithfromyourMandarinclasswhere......
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![关于学习普通话 About Learning Mandarin]()
InChina,everykidhastolearnEnglish,whichisthecompulsorysubject.What’smore,asitistheinternationallanguage,sotheparentspayspecialattentiontoit.TheysparenoefforttohelpthekidstoimproveEnglish.Mandarinasou......
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![Why Mandarin Chinese is harder than you think]()
MandarinChineseisoftendescribedasadifficultlanguage,sometimesoneofthemostdifficultones.Thisisnothardtounderstand.Therearethousandsofcharactersandstrangetones!Itmustsurelybeimpossibletolearnforanadultf......
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![Pinyin Romanization to Learn Mandarin]()
PinyinisaRomanizationsystemusedtolearnMandarin.IttranscribesthesoundsofMandarinusingthewestern(Roman)alphabet.PinyinismostcommonlyusedinMainlandChinaforteachingschoolchildrentoreadanditisalsowidelyuse......
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![The Mandarin Tone System]()
TheMandarinlanguagehasafundamentaldifferencefromWesternlanguages:itistonal.TonesareoneofthebiggestchallengesforMandarinlearners,buttheirmasteryisessential.IncorrecttonescanmakeyourspokenMandarindiffic......
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![How to Address Family Members in Mandarin Chinese]()
Familyrelationscanreachoutoverseveralgenerationsandthroughmanyextensions.Englishtermsforfamilymembersonlyconsidertwofactors:generationandgender.WhileinEnglish,thereisonlyonewaytosay"aunt,"forexample......
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![Why Learn Mandarin?]()
Mandarinis“toohard”tolearn,right?Despitethiswidely-heldbelief,millionsofpeoplearestudyingMandarinChineseasasecondlanguage.Butifit’ssohard,whybothertolearnMandarin?ISMANDARINDIFFICULT?Thereisnodoubt......
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![Jasmin口语八音盒:有趣的Mandarin]()
每一个女生都会拥有自己心爱的八音盒，旋转、起舞，然后成长。《Jasmin口语八音盒》，陪你在口语的世界舞动自己。可可的朋友大家好，欢迎来到《Jasmin口语八音盒》。前几天翻译课老师给我们讲了个关于mandarin的有趣的意思，所......
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![The 10 best free resources for learning Mandarin Chinese]()
I’vegatheredherewhatIconsiderthebestfreeresourcesforlearningMandarinandrankedtheminorderofusefulness.IreckonyoucouldlearnMandarinveryeffectively,forfree,usingonlytheseresources.1.AnkiSRSsoftwareletsy......
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![Mandarin Chinese Sentence Structure]()
MandarinChinesesentencestructureisquitedifferentthanEnglishorotherEuropeanlanguages.Sincethewordorderdoesn'tmatch,sentenceswhicharetranslatedword-for-wordtoMandarinwillbedifficulttounderstand.Youmust......
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![Piao Liang, Saying "Beautiful" in Mandarin Chinese]()
Theappreciationofbeautyisauniversaltrait,andprovidesanengagingtopicofconversation.TheMandarinChinesephrasefor“beautiful”or“pretty”is►piàoliang,andcanbeusedtodescribepeople,places,orobjects.Piào......
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![Mandarin General Prepositions]()
Mandarinprepositionsareusedtolinknouns,pronouns,andnounphraseswithinasentence.Mandarinprepositionscanrefertomovementwithintimeorspace,orfunctionasgeneralprepositionssuchastheEnglishprepositionswith,to......
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![Daily Mandarin Lesson: "Because" in Chinese]()
Learninghowtosay"because"inChinesewillexpandyourvocabularybyenablingyoutoanswerquestions.TheChinesephrasefor"because"is因為,intraditionalform,or因为insimplifiedform.ItsMandarinChinesepinyinis"yī......
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![Mandarin Vocabulary]()
Mandarindoesnothavespecificwordsforsaying“yes”and“no.”Instead,theverbwhichisusedintheMandarinquestionisusedtomakeapositiveornegativereply.Forexample,ifthequestionwas:Doyoulikerice?Theanswercouldbe......
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![The Four Mandarin Chinese Tones]()
Tonesareanessentialpartofproperpronunciation.InMandarinChinese,manycharactershavethesamesound.ThereforetonesarenecessarywhenspeakingChineseinordertodifferentiatewordsfromeachother.FOURTONESTherearefou......
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![Why Mandarin Chinese is easier than you think]()
MandarinChineseisoftendescribedasadifficultlanguage,sometimesoneofthemostdifficultones.Thisisnothardtounderstand.Therearethousandsofcharactersandstrangetones!Itmustsurelybeimpossibletolearnforanadultf......
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![Mandarin Colors]()
Learningthenamesofcolorsisessentialinanylanguage,butMandarincolorsgiveyoumorethanjustatoolfordescriptions:theyalsohavestrongculturalmeanings.Red,forexample,isaluckycolor,representingprosperity,goodnes......
