Category: Chinese

Names of Colors in Chinese

16 de July de 2021 • Natalia Dinamarque

The colors in Chinese (颜色; yánsè) are expressed by adding the particle 色 (sè) to the name of the color. This helps to identify the color itself as opposed to another noun that contains it. For example, in English there is the color "orange", but also the fruit with the same name. Well, to avoid […]

Questions with 不 (bù) and 没 (méi)

13 de July de 2021 • Natalia Dinamarque

In Chinese, there are more than one way to ask questions. Besides interrogative pronouns, there is a way to ask if the answer you are looking for is a simple "yes" or "no." We are talking about questions with 不 (bù) and 没 (méi). In this post, we'll talk about a way to ask these […]

Names of Animals in Chinese

13 de July de 2021 • Natalia Dinamarque

The names of animal in Chinese (动物 [dòngwù]) are one of the first things that Chinese students learn. So, here we go. Did you know? The very Chinese word for "animal", 动物 (dòngwù), is very interesting. It is made up of two characters. The first, 动 (dòng), means "to move". And the second, 物 (wù), […]

Verb 有 for have and there is|Verb You to have

The Verb 有 (yǒu) and How to Use It

12 de July de 2021 • Natalia Dinamarque

The verb 有 (yǒu) is one of the most frequent in Chinese and has two main uses: "to have" and "there is / there are". We'll also learn how to form negative sentences with the verb 有, since unlike other verbs, it doesn't use 不. The verb 有 in the sense of "to have" This […]

The Verbs "Like" and "Love": 喜欢 (xǐ huān) & 爱 (ài)

12 de July de 2021 • Natalia Dinamarque

As the saying goes, "To each his own". This mean the things we like and love vary a lot. Fortunately, though, the way to express our likes and dislikes in Chinese is quite similar to English. Of course, each language has its own way to express it. In Chinese, we use the verbs 喜欢 (xǐ […]

The Chinese Hanfu Movement, What Is It About?

7 de July de 2021 • Natalia Dinamarque

The Hanfu Movement appeared in China at the beginning of the 21st century. In short,it is about the revival of the dress style of the Han ethnic group (which is more than 90% of the population of China). But that's not all. For many, the movement goes beyond clothing. It is a subculture that seeks […]

Names of Cities in Chinese

30 de June de 2021 • Natalia Dinamarque

In this post we'll learn some names of cities in Chinese so you can widen your vocabulary. We will also see how characters work to create a pronunciation that is close to the name of the city in the original language. In most cases, the writing is a phonetic representation of the name. In others, […]

Chinese Valentine's Day: "Wu Er Ling"

28 de June de 2021 • Natalia Dinamarque

May 20th is a very special date for couples in China. On that day, the most romantic ones share gifts or have a dinner at a fancy restaurant. It's the Chinese Valentine's Day Why is 520 the number for Chinese Valentine's? This is a really fun fact. "Five-two-zero", 五 (wǔ) 二 (èr) 零 (líng) is […]

Chinese Tea Ceremony: All You Need to Know

27 de June de 2021 • Natalia Dinamarque

Among the many things that make Chinese culture so popular is the consumption of tea, as it happens in the rest of Asia. Why do Chinese people consider the “tea ceremony" so important? What does it consist of? In this post we will tell you about it. In China, the variety of teas is as […]

Chinese Language Day|Young coworkers at Chinese Language Day

UN Chinese Language Day

15 de April de 2021 • Natalia Dinamarque

Each year, on April 20th, the United Nations celebrates Chinese Language Day. What is it about and why was that date chosen? You may already know that the United Nations works with six official languages: Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, French, English and Russian. French and English are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat […]

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