The 12 Animals There are 12 animals representing the rotating 12-year circle of Chinese zodiac. Each of the 12 years is named after an animal. You’ve likely heard about this when Chinese people talking about the Year of Tiger, etc. The zodiac begins with the Year of Rat. Do you know which 12 animals they [...]
English PinYin Chinese China zhōng guó 中国 The United States měi guó 美国 The Netherlands hé lán 荷兰 Great Britain yīng guó 英国 France fǎ guó 法国 Germany dé guó 德国 Italy yì dà lì 意大利 Austria ào dì lì 奥地利 Belgium bǐ lì shí 比利时 Denmark dān mài 丹麦 Finland fēn lán 芬兰 Sweden [...]
The 11th November (11.11) is the unofficial Single’s Day in Chinese pop culture. Have you guessed why? This date consists of 4 ones. Read here for more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singles_Day For Chinese, 8 is the lucky number, as its sound resembles another Chinese word which means to be prosperous. 4, on the other hand, is seen as the bad [...]
How are you? ni hao ma? 你好吗？ni hao ma I’m Dutch. Wŏ shì hé lán rén. 我是荷兰人。wo_shi_he_lan_ren I want to learn Chinese. Wŏ xiăng xué zhōng wén. 我想学中文。wo_xiang_xue_zhong_wen I don’t understand. Wŏ bù míng bái. 我不明白。wo_bu_ming_bai Can you help me? Nĭ néng bāng wŏ ma? 你能帮我吗？ ni_neng_bang_wo_ma I want a Heineken beer. Wŏ yào yì [...]
A new Chinese Beginner Course 1 will start on 1 November. Are you ready to take the challenge? Hurry to sign up. Click HERE for more details.
Chinese at Ease is hosting a workshop on Chinese Language for those who are interested in Mandarin Chinese! Date & Time: Saturday, 1 September 3-5pm Location: Dommelshei 32, 5508VG Veldhoven Price: 5EUR R.S.V.P: call and/or SMS 06-43963419 or email info@chinese-at-ease.com (Limited participants!) In this workshop, we will discuss: * What’s Chinese, Mandarin, and Cantonese? [...]
The Year of the Dragon begins on 23 January 2012. Today I want to tell you three insider stories about the biggest celebration of the year. In less than a week, the festivities will begin for the biggest Chinese celebration of the year, the traditional Chinese New Year. In Chinese it is called Guò nián, which [...]
The traditional Chinese New Year will fall on 23 January in 2012. Have you always wondering what those traditional holidays are that Chinese people celebrate? Here is a handy list of the most important festivals that we celebrate. Remember: the dates are all referred to the lunar calendar Enjoy! Date English name Chinese name What’s [...]
Nĭ hăo! I bet all of you know what this means. But what else can you say to introduce yourself in Chinese? Several very simple sentences can immediately set you apart from the rest who just try to imitate Spend 5 minutes to learn them below Don’t forget to download the audio to help you grasp [...]
How to say happy New Year in Chinese? Learn the expressions by learning the song. Yes, that’s right! We are going to sing! Below you will learn a simple Chinese song called: xīn nián hăo! (Happy new year!) This is a children’s song with only 3 lines of lyrics. Nevertheless, it is a very popular one [...]
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