tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41801785653498678152024-02-19T00:47:44.497-08:00DJH Chinese CoursesDJH Chinesehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08166135252509101971noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180178565349867815.post-77747012248832630922010-12-07T18:46:00.000-08:002010-12-07T18:46:42.510-08:00菜单 cài dān<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="line-height: 17px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 0px;"><img height="300" src="http://www.rainydaymagazine.com/RDM2008/RainyDayDestinations/FortuneWheel/menuChineseBig.jpg" width="400" /></div><br />
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</div><div style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The word for "menu" in Mandarin Chinese is <b style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px;">cài dān</b> which translates as "list of dishes."</div><div style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Example:</div><div style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Qǐng gěi wǒ kànkan càidān. <br style="line-height: 17px;" />Can I see the menu, please? <br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />Traditional Characters:<br style="line-height: 17px;" />請給我看看菜單。<br style="line-height: 17px;" />Simplified Characters:<br style="line-height: 17px;" />请给我看看菜单。</div>C'est La Viehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17206163546380614983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180178565349867815.post-25168752527142999782010-11-30T00:52:00.000-08:002010-11-30T00:52:28.596-08:00国家 guó jiā<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="line-height: 17px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 0px;"><img src="http://www.elmoreleonard.com/images/uploads/Elmores_Countries.jpg" /></div><br />
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<div style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The term for "country" or "nation" in Mandarin Chinese is <b style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px;">guó jiā</b>.</div><div style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Example:</div><div style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Dōng nán yà guó jiā lián méng yǒu shí gè chéng yuán guó. <br style="line-height: 17px;" />The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has ten member states.<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />Traditional Characters:<br style="line-height: 17px;" />東南亞國家聯盟有十個成員國。<br style="line-height: 17px;" />Simplified Characters:<br style="line-height: 17px;" />东南亚国家联盟有十个成员国。</div>C'est La Viehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17206163546380614983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180178565349867815.post-79284278145344815572010-11-25T00:13:00.000-08:002010-11-30T00:56:47.738-08:00简单 jiǎn dān simple<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://www.fx120.net/astro/UploadFiles_3079/200909/2009091710581688.jpg" /></span></div><br />
<div style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><div style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6px;"></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6px;">The Mandarin Chinese word for "simple" is <b style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px;">jiǎn dān</b>.</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6px;">Example:</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6px;">Wǒde xiǎng fǎ hěn jiǎn dān. </span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6px;">My idea is very simple. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6px;">我的想法很简单。</span></div><div style="font-size: 13px;"></div></div>C'est La Viehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17206163546380614983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180178565349867815.post-8216384110931783712010-11-17T20:35:00.000-08:002010-11-17T20:35:18.424-08:00数字 Numbers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgib0gLYouvUVXMDAcb_5xK72dS64aTsHxH5m3RJV_83gHw2jhpkHZ9SAV00D-txS-8fFTsCDnMV_LHYWbFxDNo25RHOUf9m-FlZRwmClAHPdFlJRDwV8UpYWO5muajsci6yDFyXDOuGsIM/s1600/%25E4%25B8%25AD%25E5%259B%25BD%25E8%25AA%259E%25E3%2580%2581%25E6%2589%258B%25E6%2595%25B0.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgib0gLYouvUVXMDAcb_5xK72dS64aTsHxH5m3RJV_83gHw2jhpkHZ9SAV00D-txS-8fFTsCDnMV_LHYWbFxDNo25RHOUf9m-FlZRwmClAHPdFlJRDwV8UpYWO5muajsci6yDFyXDOuGsIM/s320/%25E4%25B8%25AD%25E5%259B%25BD%25E8%25AA%259E%25E3%2580%2581%25E6%2589%258B%25E6%2595%25B0.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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中国語では1~99は日本語と同様に数えます。ですから、1~10までの読み方を覚えれば、99まで数を重ねて読めばいいです。<br />
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しかし、100は、日本語では「百」だけでよいですが、中国語では「百」の前に「一」を加え、「一百」と言います。そして、100以降は「零」の発音を覚える必要があります。<br />
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0から20までの数え方は次の通りです。<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">零 líng リン</div><div style="text-align: center;">一 yī イー</div><div style="text-align: center;">二 èr アー</div><div style="text-align: center;">三 sān サン</div><div style="text-align: center;">四 sì スー</div><div style="text-align: center;">五 wǔ ウー</div><div style="text-align: center;">六 liù リョウ</div><div style="text-align: center;">七 qī チー</div><div style="text-align: center;">八 bā バー</div><div style="text-align: center;">九 jiǔ ジョウ</div><div style="text-align: center;">十 shí シー</div><div style="text-align: center;">十一 shíyī シーイー</div><div style="text-align: center;">十二 shíèr シーアー</div><div style="text-align: center;">十三 shísān シーサン</div><div style="text-align: center;">十四 shísì シースー</div><div style="text-align: center;">十五 shíwǔ シーウー</div><div style="text-align: center;">十六 shíliù シーリョウ</div><div style="text-align: center;">十七 shíqī シーチー</div><div style="text-align: center;">十八 shíbā シーバー</div><div style="text-align: center;">十九 shíjiǔ シージョウ</div><div style="text-align: center;">二十 èrshí アーシー</div><br />
普段何気なく使っている数字のジェスチャーですが、日本人と中国人では、作る手の形が違います。次の絵にあう数字を当ててみよう。C'est La Viehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17206163546380614983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180178565349867815.post-51425493759247867692010-11-15T16:36:00.000-08:002010-11-15T16:36:16.401-08:00Chinese Pinyin in 6 Mins<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/b9Ayvjy-Dgs?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/b9Ayvjy-Dgs?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="385"></embed></object>C'est La Viehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17206163546380614983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180178565349867815.post-90599184018749861652010-11-08T16:32:00.000-08:002010-11-08T16:32:26.824-08:00Clarifying Chinese Characters<div id="abw" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 51, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 3px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left; text-decoration: inherit; width: 930px;"><div class="clear" id="abm" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit; zoom: 1;"><div id="abc" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: -336px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit; width: 930px;"><div id="articlebody" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 351px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static; text-decoration: inherit;"><div style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;">Mandarin Chinese has many written characters which sound the</div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"> same. Sometimes it is not clear which character or meaning the </div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;">speaker is using.</div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;">When clarification is needed, Chinese characters can be explained</div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"> with this pattern: XY de X, where X is the character being </div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;">explained, and XY is a common compound which uses that character.</div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"> Characters can also be clarified by putting them in a commonly </div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;">used phrase.</div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;">This type of clarification is especially useful for names, since it is </div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;">usually not evident which characters are used to write a </div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;">person’s name.</div><h3 style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;">Clarification Examples</h3><blockquote class="no" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;">Wǒ de míngzi shì …<br />
My name is…<br />
我的名字是…<br />
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<b style="font-weight: bold;">Xǔ Míng Fú</b> – yán wǔ xǔ, rì yuè míng, fúqì de fú<br />
<b style="font-weight: bold;">許明福</b> – 言午許, 日月明, 福氣的福<br />
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<b style="font-weight: bold;">Lín Píng Quán</b> - shuāng mù lín, píngān de ping, quánlì </blockquote><br />
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<b style="font-weight: bold;">林平權</b> - 雙木林, 平安的平, 權力的權<br />
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<b style="font-weight: bold;">Xú Bǎo Chuān</b> - shuāng rén xú, zhūbǎo de bǎo, hé </blockquote><br />
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<b style="font-weight: bold;">徐寶川</b> - 雙人徐, 珠寶的寶, 河川的川</blockquote><h3 style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;">Learn To Clarify Your Chinese Name</h3><div style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;">If you have a Chinese name, you should learn how to clarify it in this </div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;">manner. You will need the help of a native Mandarin speaker to choose </div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;">a clarification that is understandable.</div></div></div></div></div>C'est La Viehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17206163546380614983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180178565349867815.post-68993892607699807152010-11-01T17:10:00.001-07:002010-11-01T17:35:55.024-07:00信 xìn<div id="abw" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 51, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 3px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left; text-decoration: inherit; width: 930px;"><div class="clear" id="abm" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit; zoom: 1;"><div id="abc" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: -336px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit; width: 930px;"><div id="articlebody" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 351px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static; text-decoration: inherit;"><div style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;">The Chinese character 信 (pronounced xìn) is composed of two<br />
elements - the radical 人 in the altered form of 亻(pronounced<br />
rén meaning <i style="font-style: italic;">person</i>) and the character 言 (yán meaning <i style="font-style: italic;">word; </i><br />
<i style="font-style: italic;">to speak</i>).</div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;">A person standing by his or her word symbolizes <i style="font-style: italic;">trust</i>, one of<br />
the meanings of this character. The other meanings are <i style="font-style: italic;">believe</i><br />
<i style="font-style: italic;"></i>,<i style="font-style: italic;">true</i>, and <i style="font-style: italic;">mail</i> or <i style="font-style: italic;">letter</i>.</div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;">The character 信 is classified as an associative compound. While<br />
it is easy to see that a person's word equals trust, this character's<br />
association with mail is less clear. Perhaps we can imagine letters<br />
as a form of communication unique to humankind - people are the<br />
only ones capable of sending words by mail.</div><h3 style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;">Mandarin Vocabulary With Xìn</h3><h3 style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"></h3><table border="1" cellpadding="5" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; clear: both; empty-cells: show; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; width: 577px;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"></td><td style="vertical-align: top;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Simplified Characters</b></td><td style="vertical-align: top;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Pinyin</b></td><td style="vertical-align: top;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">English</b></td></tr>
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</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">半信半疑</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">bàn xìn bàn yí</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">half-believe, half-doubt</td></tr>
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</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">报信</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">bào xìn</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">notify; inform</td></tr>
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</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">不信任</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">bù xìn rèn</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">mistrust</td></tr>
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</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">不信用</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">bù xìn yòng</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">distrust</td></tr>
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</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">电信</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">diàn xìn</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">telecommunications</td></tr>
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</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">电子信箱</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">diàn zǐ xìn xiāng </td><td style="vertical-align: top;">electronic mailbox</td></tr>
<tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><br />
</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">短信</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">duǎn xìn</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">SMS message</td></tr>
<tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><br />
</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">公开信</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">gōng kāi xìn</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">open letter</td></tr>
<tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><br />
</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">黑信</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">hēi xìn</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">blackmail</td></tr>
<tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><br />
</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">互信</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">hù xìn</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">mutual trust</td></tr>
<tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><br />
</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">可信任</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">kě xìn rèn</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">trusty</td></tr>
<tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><br />
</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">难以置信</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">nán yǐ zhì xìn</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">incredible</td></tr>
<tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><br />
</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">使信服</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">shǐ xìn fú</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">to convince</td></tr>
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</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">推荐信</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">tuī jiàn xìn</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">recommendation letter</td></tr>
<tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><br />
</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">写信</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">xiě xìn</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">to write a letter</td></tr>
<tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><br />
</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">信封</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">xìn fēng</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">envelope</td></tr>
<tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><br />
</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">信服</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">xìn fú</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">to convince</td></tr>
<tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><br />
</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">信赖</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">xìn lài </td><td style="vertical-align: top;">confide; trust</td></tr>
<tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><br />
</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">信箱</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">xìn xiāng</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">mailbox</td></tr>
<tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><br />
</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">信用</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">xìn yòng</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">credit</td></tr>
<tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><br />
</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">自信</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">zì xìn</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">confidence</td></tr>
</tbody></table></div></div></div></div>C'est La Viehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17206163546380614983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180178565349867815.post-46982644470805690982010-11-01T01:22:00.000-07:002010-11-01T01:22:56.930-07:00Mandarin Proficiency Test<div id="abw" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 51, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 3px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left; text-decoration: inherit; width: 930px;"><div class="clear" id="abm" style="border-top-color: rgb(229, 229, 229); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit; zoom: 1;"><div id="abc" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: -336px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit; width: 930px;"><div id="articlebody" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 351px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static; text-decoration: inherit;"><div class="entry" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.75em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; zoom: 1;"><div style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The most widely used Mandarin proficiency test is </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">the 汉语水平考试 or HSK (Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi). </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The test is used for proficiency certification that </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">may be required by Chinese universities and </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">professional organizations.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">According to </span><a href="http://www.examiner.com/asia-headlines-in-national/china-plans-revamp-of-hsk-test#main-content" style="color: #3366cc; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Examiner</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, China is planning a new </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">version of the HSK, although I have heard that the </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"new HSK" has been in use for at least a year now.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Nonetheless, the Examiner article contains some</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> interesting comments about the nature of the </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">exam and its application in daily life:</span></div><blockquote style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><div style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"If you pass Level 3 and immerse yourself</span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><div style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">in Beijing for months, you will have no problem</span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><div style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">interacting with the locals," said Mr Zhou. "</span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><div style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">But even if you obtain Level 6, if you are not</span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><div style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">soaked in a conducive language environment,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><div id="abw" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 51, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 3px; display: inline !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left; text-decoration: inherit; width: 930px;"><div class="clear" id="abm" style="border-top-color: rgb(229, 229, 229); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: inline !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit; zoom: 1;"><div id="abc" style="display: inline !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: -336px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit; width: 930px;"><div id="articlebody" style="display: inline !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 351px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static; text-decoration: inherit;"><div class="entry" style="display: inline !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.75em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; zoom: 1;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><br />
</div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><div style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">you most probably will still struggle to converse</span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><div style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">or read Chinese newspapers."</span></div></blockquote><div style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">There are six levels to the HSK, and each level consists </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">of a writing test and a speaking test. Level One candidates </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">must know 150 words, while the Level Six tests expects a </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">knowledge of more than 5,000 words. You can read more </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">about the HSK requirements at this link</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">:</span><a href="http://english.hanban.org/node_8002.htm" style="color: #3366cc; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">http://english.hanban.org/node_8002.htm</span></a></div></div></div></div></div></div>C'est La Viehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17206163546380614983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180178565349867815.post-20291430445542930482010-10-28T01:32:00.000-07:002010-11-17T20:47:22.897-08:00哪裡?nǎli?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: normal;"><a href="http://sn136w.snt136.mail.live.com/mail/InboxLight.aspx?FolderID=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001&fav=True&n=653944669" style="color: #3366cc; cursor: pointer; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 23px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Zai Nali</a> </span></span><br />
<div style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6px;"></span><br />
<div style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6px;">The Mandarin question word for "where" is <b style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px;">zài nǎli</b>. Zài nǎli literally means, "Where is it located?"</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6px;">Example:</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6px;">Wǒde shū zài nǎli?</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6px;">Where is my book?</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6px;"><br style="line-height: 17px;" /></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6px;">Traditional Characters:</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6px;">我的書在哪裡?</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6px;">Simplified Characters:</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6px;">我的书在哪里?</span></div></div>C'est La Viehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17206163546380614983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180178565349867815.post-84893398643889892582010-10-26T01:24:00.001-07:002010-11-17T20:46:53.109-08:00以前yǐqián<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: normal;"><a href="http://sn136w.snt136.mail.live.com/mail/InboxLight.aspx?FolderID=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001&fav=True&n=1101806086" style="color: #3366cc; cursor: pointer; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 23px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Yiqian</a> </span></span><br />
<div style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6px;"></span><br />
<div style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6px;"><b style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px;">Yǐqián</b> is used to talk about the indefinite past in Mandarin Chinese.</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6px;">Example:</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6px;">Tā yǐqián zhù zài Yīngguó.</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6px;">He used to live in England.</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6px;">Traditional Characters:</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6px;">他以前住在英國。</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6px;">Simplified Characters:</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6px;">他以前住在英国。</span></div></div>C'est La Viehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17206163546380614983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180178565349867815.post-45222506701121662112010-10-22T01:05:00.000-07:002010-10-22T01:05:20.470-07:00地方dìfang<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><a href="http://sn136w.snt136.mail.live.com/mail/InboxLight.aspx?FolderID=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001&fav=True&n=1042260355" style="color: #3366cc; cursor: pointer; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 23px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Difang</a> </span></span><br />
<div style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6px;"><div style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The Mandarin phrase for "place" or "area" is <b style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px;">dìfang</b>. Dìfang has two characters which roughly translate as "a square of earth."</div><div style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Example:</div><div style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Nǐ jiā zài Měiguó shénme dìfang?<br style="line-height: 17px;" />你家在美國甚麼地方?<br style="line-height: 17px;" />Where do you live in the USA?</div></span></div>C'est La Viehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17206163546380614983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180178565349867815.post-21053573395661507842010-10-21T20:31:00.001-07:002010-10-21T20:31:52.493-07:00漢字の筆順<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #303030; font-family: arial, 'MS UI Gothic', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">中国語では 漢字の筆順 を 「汉语笔顺」という。</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #303030; font-family: arial, 'MS UI Gothic', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #303030; font-family: arial, 'MS UI Gothic', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://www.shuifeng.net/pinyin.asp" style="color: #303030;">汉语笔顺</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #303030; font-family: arial, 'MS UI Gothic', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> は わかりやすい。</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #303030; font-family: arial, 'MS UI Gothic', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #303030; font-family: arial, 'MS UI Gothic', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">貝、見、金、糸、言 などのヘン・・・の書き方。</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #303030; font-family: arial, 'MS UI Gothic', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #303030; font-family: arial, 'MS UI Gothic', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">飯、書、樹、為、挿、置、直、植、画・・・の中国語</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #303030; font-family: arial, 'MS UI Gothic', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #303030; font-family: arial, 'MS UI Gothic', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">饭,书,树,为,插,置,直,植,画</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #303030; font-family: arial, 'MS UI Gothic', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #303030; font-family: arial, 'MS UI Gothic', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><img  ="" alt="ai" border="0" class="pict" height="106" hspace="5" src="http://image.blog.livedoor.jp/chinakozo/imgs/1/8/18f6c1d7.gif" width="136" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #303030; font-family: arial, 'MS UI Gothic', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #303030; font-family: arial, 'MS UI Gothic', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><img  ="" alt="fan" border="0" class="pict" height="125" hspace="5" src="http://image.blog.livedoor.jp/chinakozo/imgs/d/e/de90d5f3.JPG" width="136" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #303030; font-family: arial, 'MS UI Gothic', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #303030; font-family: arial, 'MS UI Gothic', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><img  ="" alt="hua" border="0" class="pict" height="125" hspace="5" src="http://image.blog.livedoor.jp/chinakozo/imgs/4/3/43f91252.JPG" width="136" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #303030; font-family: arial, 'MS UI Gothic', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #303030; font-family: arial, 'MS UI Gothic', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><img  ="" alt="cha" border="0" class="pict" height="133" hspace="5" src="http://image.blog.livedoor.jp/chinakozo/imgs/7/2/722e1a92.JPG" width="136" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #303030; font-family: arial, 'MS UI Gothic', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #303030; font-family: arial, 'MS UI Gothic', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">ちょっとづつ ちがうなぁ。</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #303030; font-family: arial, 'MS UI Gothic', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #303030; font-family: arial, 'MS UI Gothic', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><img alt="kakikata" border="0" class="pict" height="303" hspace="5" src="http://image.blog.livedoor.jp/chinakozo/imgs/7/6/760b7ca1.JPG" width="347" /></span>C'est La Viehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17206163546380614983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180178565349867815.post-74369833972646967332010-10-21T01:06:00.001-07:002010-10-21T01:06:23.201-07:00请问qǐngwèn<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><a href="http://sn136w.snt136.mail.live.com/mail/InboxLight.aspx?n=615233436" style="color: #3366cc; cursor: pointer; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 23px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Qingwen</a> </span></span><br />
<div style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6px;"><div style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The Mandarin compound <b style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px;">qǐngwèn</b> is used as a preface when asking questions politely. It should be used whenever asking a question to a stranger or person in authority.</div><div style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Example:</div>Qǐngwèn, huǒchēzhàn zài nǎli?<br style="line-height: 17px;" />Excuse me, where is the train station? <br style="line-height: 17px;" />Traditional Characters:<br style="line-height: 17px;" />請問, 火車站在哪裡?<br style="line-height: 17px;" />Simplified Characters:<br style="line-height: 17px;" />请问, 火车站在哪里?</span></div>C'est La Viehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17206163546380614983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180178565349867815.post-87294430488774842732010-10-18T23:46:00.000-07:002010-10-19T00:13:16.853-07:00鱼 yú Fish<div id="abw" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 51, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 3px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left; text-decoration: inherit; width: 930px;"><div class="clear" id="abm" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit; zoom: 1;"><div id="abc" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: -336px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit; width: 930px;"><div id="articlebody" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 351px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static; text-decoration: inherit;"><div style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;">The Chinese character meaning <i style="font-style: italic;">fish</i> is 魚 in the traditional form and<br />
鱼 in the simplified form. It is pronounced yú.</div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;">This character is also a radical, meaning that it is used as a building<br />
block in other, more complex Chinese characters, many of which<br />
have something to do with fish or seafood, as in these examples:</div><ul style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit; z-index: 0;"><li style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 18px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;">魦 - shā - shark family, including some rays and skates</li>
<li style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 18px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;">魨 - tún - leatherfish</li>
<li style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 18px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;">鮚 / 鲒 - jié - oyster</li>
<li style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 18px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;">鮞 / 鲕 - ér - caviar; fish roe</li>
<li style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 18px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;">鯁 / 鲠 - gěng - blunt; fish bones; unyielding</li>
<li style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 18px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;">鯖 / 鲭 - qīng - mackerel; mullet</li>
<li style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 18px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;">鯨 / 鲸 - jīng - whale</li>
<li style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 18px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;">鱟 / 鲎 - hòu - king crab</li>
</ul><div style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;">The character 魚 / 鱼 is a pictograph which, in its earliest forms,<br />
clearly showed the fins, eyes, and scales of a fish. The current<br />
traditional form incorporates the four strokes of the fire radical<br />
(火 - 灬), perhaps suggesting that fish is most useful to human<br />
beings when it is cooked.</div><h3 style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;">Mandarin Vocabulary With Yú</h3><h3 style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"></h3><table border="1" cellpadding="5" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; clear: both; empty-cells: show; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; width: 577px;"><tbody>
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</b></td><td style="vertical-align: top;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Simplified Characters</b></td><td style="vertical-align: top;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Pinyin</b></td><td style="vertical-align: top;"><b><br />
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</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">八带鱼 octopus</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">bā dài yú</td><td style="vertical-align: top;"> </td></tr>
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</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">鲍鱼 abalone</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">bào yú</td><td style="vertical-align: top;"><br />
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</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">捕鱼 to catch fish</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">bǔ yú</td><td style="vertical-align: top;"><br />
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</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">炒鱿鱼 to be fired</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">chǎo yóu yú</td><td style="vertical-align: top;"><br />
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</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">钓鱼 to go fishing</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">diào yú</td><td style="vertical-align: top;"><br />
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</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">鳄鱼 crocodile </td><td style="vertical-align: top;">è yú</td><td style="vertical-align: top;"><br />
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</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">鮭鱼 salmon</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">guī yú</td><td style="vertical-align: top;"><br />
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</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">金鱼 goldfish</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">jīn yú</td><td style="vertical-align: top;"><br />
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</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">鲸鱼 whale</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">jīng yú</td><td style="vertical-align: top;"><br />
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</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">鲨鱼 shark</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">shā yú</td><td style="vertical-align: top;"><br />
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</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">鱼夫 fisherman</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">yú fū</td><td style="vertical-align: top;"><br />
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</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">鱼竿 fishing rod</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">yú gān</td><td style="vertical-align: top;"><br />
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</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">鱼网 fishing net</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">yú wǎng</td><td style="vertical-align: top;"><br />
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The Mandarin Chinese word for "what" is shénme. It is most commonly used as a question word, but can also be used in certain expressions like méi shénme (it doesn't matter).<br />
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Shénme occurs after the verb it references, or when used with a noun, can appear at the beginning of the phrase.<br />
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Nǐ yào chī shénme?<br />
What do you want to eat?<br />
Traditional Characters:<br />
你要吃甚麼?<br />
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你要吃什么?C'est La Viehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17206163546380614983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180178565349867815.post-31761898979097172512010-10-14T23:17:00.000-07:002010-10-14T23:17:03.873-07:00We Are One Café Workshop & Seminar Series: Chinese Language Lessons @ Zen Café, Kyoto<div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">In respond to the speech made by Ms Yumi Kitahama (a career consultant with years of experience in Singapore and Japan) during the <a href="http://weareonejapan.blogspot.com/2010/08/we-are-one-30-international-networking.html">#30 Networking Event</a>, that language skill is one of the top important skills both for employment and business in today’s highly globalized world, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">We Are One</span> is going to initiate the Café Workshop & Seminar Series with Chinese language lessons for all.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Concept: </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 21.0pt; text-indent: -21.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Language Courses<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 126.0pt; mso-list: l1 level6 lfo2; tab-stops: list 126.0pt; text-indent: -21.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">1<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Learn Chinese (Newbie Level) in English & Japanese</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 126.0pt; mso-list: l1 level6 lfo2; tab-stops: list 126.0pt; text-indent: -21.0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 21.0pt; text-indent: -21.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Café setting<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 126.0pt; mso-list: l1 level6 lfo2; tab-stops: list 126.0pt; text-indent: -21.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">1<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Relax atmosphere for enjoying the lesson after a day’s work<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 126.0pt; mso-list: l1 level6 lfo2; tab-stops: list 126.0pt; text-indent: -21.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">2<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Complimentary drink (Hot: Cold: Ice coffee, Ice tea, Ice lemon tea etc)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 21.0pt; text-indent: -21.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Lesson content<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 126.0pt; mso-list: l1 level6 lfo2; tab-stops: list 126.0pt; text-indent: -21.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">1<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Focus on useful daily conversation that native English/ Chinese</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">/ Japanese</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"> speakers use, including slangs. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 126.0pt; mso-list: l1 level6 lfo2; tab-stops: list 126.0pt; text-indent: -21.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">2<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Application in all situations such as travel, business, daily life etc.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 126.0pt; mso-list: l1 level6 lfo2; tab-stops: list 126.0pt; text-indent: -21.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">3<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Covering topics such as newest trend, technology, traditional & pop culture, global issues which are up-to-date and interesting, enable students to gain additional knowledge besides the language. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 126.0pt; mso-list: l1 level6 lfo2; tab-stops: list 126.0pt; text-indent: -21.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">4<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Student participation during lesson to enhance effective learning.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 126.0pt; mso-list: l1 level6 lfo2; tab-stops: list 126.0pt; text-indent: -21.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">5<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Materials are free of charge, including notes, MP3 files, recommendation to online materials etc.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Lesson Format</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 21.0pt; text-indent: -21.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">1.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Students only pay for each lesson that they attend at the beginning of the lesson and also receive material for the day. No registration fee, no advance payment, no hidden cost.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 21.0pt; text-indent: -21.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">2.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">It is perfectly ok to miss some classes if you are busy are work. You can always check with your classmates on what you have missed out.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Zen Café (besides <span class="apple-style-span">Backpackers Hostel</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="apple-style-span">K's House Kyoto)</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">418 Nayacho, Shichijo-agaru, Dotemachi-dori, Shimogyo-ku,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
<st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span class="apple-style-span">Kyoto</span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="apple-style-span"> city, Japan 600-8142</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">TEL +(81)-75-342-2444 FAX +(81)-75-342-2440</span> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 9.6pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">It is about 10 mins walk from JR Kyoto Station</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 9.6pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b>Fee: </b></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">1500yen (includes 1 drink)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 9.6pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Date & Time: </span></b></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Every Wednesday 8pm to 9pm starting from 20</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">th Oct 2010 </span><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Registration: </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal">Please send the following to <a href="mailto:we.are.one.japan@gmail.com">we.are.one.japan@gmail.com</a><br />
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<li>Nationality</li>
<li>Proficiency level (newbie, elementary, intermediate, upper-intermediate, advance)</li>
<li>Contact number & mobile email address</li>
<li>Choice of drink (coffee, tea, lemon tea, softdrinks, hot or cold)</li>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Tong is a Singaporean Chinese whose native languages are English, Mandarin and Cantonese. He runs Chinese courses (<a href="http://www.djhchinese.com/">www.djhchinese.com</a>) in Singapore. He has been teaching English and Mandarin for the past 7 years in both <st1:country-region w:st="on">Singapore</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Japan</st1:place></st1:country-region>. His students include expatriates from all over the world as well as Japanese. He is experienced in teaching adults to help them achieve their various language objectives such as for work and business. He is also passionate in teaching young children, allowing them to enjoy lessons in a fun filled setting while setting a strong foundation for the language. Tong considers himself a cosmopolitan as he has obtained his JLPT 1 10 years ago in high school and attained intermediate level French after studying in France for over half a year. Tong is also the Program Director of We Are One International, a volunteer group that connects international-mined people in Kansai by organizing various events and activities every month. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'MS 明朝'; font-size: 16px;"> 最新のニュースやテクノロジー、文化や国際問題などの興味あるトピックを用 い、語学に加えて使える知識も共に学べるレッスン</span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'MS 明朝'; font-size: 16px;">もし忙しければ授業を休んでいただいても構いません。いつでもクラスメイト方とどの授業を逃したか確認することができます。</span></li>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Zen Café </span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: 'MS 明朝'; font-size: 12pt;">〒</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">600-8142</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: 'MS 明朝'; font-size: 12pt;"> 京都市下京区土手町通七条上る納屋町418</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: 'MS 明朝'; font-size: 12pt;"> 1) </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">JR</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: 'MS 明朝'; font-size: 12pt;">京都駅の中央口より、烏丸通(京都タワー沿いの通)を北へお進み頂きます。</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: 'MS 明朝'; font-size: 12pt;"> 2) 次の大きな交差点の信号を渡ってから右折します。</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: 'MS 明朝'; font-size: 12pt;"> 5) 50m先右側にある白い6階建ての建物が当ホステルです。</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</div>C'est La Viehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17206163546380614983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180178565349867815.post-10262152526737235122010-10-14T21:09:00.000-07:002010-10-14T21:13:16.416-07:00Nǐ Hǎo - 你好 - Hello<div id="abw" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 51, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 3px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left; text-decoration: inherit; width: 930px;"><div class="clear" id="abm" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit; zoom: 1;"><div id="abc" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: -336px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit; width: 930px;"><div id="articlebody" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 351px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static; text-decoration: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="clear: left; float: left; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="DSC09857.jpg" src="http://blog-imgs-27.fc2.com/l/o/c/localtravelers/DSC09857s.jpg" /></span></div><h3 style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"></h3><h3 style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
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</span></h3><h3 style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Nǐ Hǎo - 你好 - Hello</span></h3><div style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Audio links are marked with ►</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">►</span><a href="http://mandarin.about.com/library/audio/voc_greetings/1.mp3" style="color: #3366cc; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;"><b style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">nǐ hǎo</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> - Saying "Hello" in Mandarin Chinese</span></a><br />
<div style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Learn how to greet people in Mandarin Chinese.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The literal translation of nǐ hǎo - 你好 is "you good". </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Nǐ - 你 means "you" and hǎo - 好 means "good".</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Nǐ - 你 is the informal form of "you" and is used for </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">greeting friends and associates. The formal form of "hello" </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">is ►</span><a href="http://mandarin.about.com/library/audio/voc_greetings/2.mp3" style="color: #3366cc; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;"><b style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">nín hǎo</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> - 您好</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. Notice that the formal "you" is </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">nín - 您.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Use nín hǎo - 您好 when speaking to:</span></div><ul style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit; z-index: 0;"><li style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 18px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Superiors</span></li>
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</ul><div style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Use nǐ hǎo - 你好 when speaking to:</span></div><ul style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit; z-index: 0;"><li style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 18px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Friends</span></li>
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</ul><h3 style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">China & Taiwan</span></h3><div style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The use of nín hǎo - 您好 is more common in </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Mainland China than in Taiwan. The informal nǐ hǎo - </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">你好 is the most common greeting in Taiwan, no matter </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">what the rank of the person you are addressing.</span></div><h3 style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">How Are You?</span></h3><div style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">You can extend nǐ hǎo - 你好 by adding the </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">question particle ►</span><a href="http://mandarin.about.com/library/audio/voc_greetings/10.mp3" style="color: #3366cc; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">ma - 嗎/吗</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. The question particle </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">ma can be added to the end of sentences and phrases </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">to change them from statements to questions.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The literal translation of nǐ hǎo ma? - 你好嗎?/</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">你好吗? is "you good?" which means "how are you?"</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Nǐ hǎo ma? - 你好嗎?/你好吗? should only be said</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> to close friends or family members. It is not a common </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">greeting for associates or strangers.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The answer to nǐ hǎo ma? - 你好嗎?/你好吗?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> can be:</span></div><ul style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit; z-index: 0;"><li style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 18px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">hěn hǎo - 很好 - very good</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 18px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">bù hǎo - 不好 - not good</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 18px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">hái hǎo - 還好/还好 - so so</span></li>
</ul><h3 style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Two Sets of Chinese Characters</span></h3><div style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">You may be wondering why there are two Chinese </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">versions of nǐ hǎo ma - 你好嗎/你好吗 and hái hǎo -</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> 還好/还好. The first version is traditional characters </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">which are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and many</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> overseas Chinese communities. The second version is </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">simplified characters, the official writing system in </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Mainland China, Singapore, and Malaysia.</span></div></div></div></div></div>C'est La Viehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17206163546380614983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180178565349867815.post-90045112745963999862010-10-14T20:53:00.000-07:002010-10-14T21:13:51.261-07:00东西 Dongxi<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Dong Xi" src="http://0.tqn.com/d/mandarin/1/G/2/q/-/-/dongxi.gif" /></span></div><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: normal;"><a href="http://sn136w.snt136.mail.live.com/mail/InboxLight.aspx?FolderID=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001&fav=True&n=842745613" style="color: #3366cc; cursor: pointer; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 23px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Dongxi</a> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;"><br style="line-height: 17px;" /></span><br />
<div style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6px;"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6px;"><div style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Mandarin word for "thing" or "things" is </span><b style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">dōngxi</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. It is made up of two characters: dong means "east" and xi means "west".</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">When these two characters are used together, dongxi can mean "east and west", but more commonly they refer to things in general.</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Example:</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Nèi gè dà de dōngxi shì shénme?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">What is that big thing?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br style="line-height: 17px;" /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Traditional Characters:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">那個大的東西是什麼?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Simplified Characters:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">那个大的东西是什么?</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div id="abw" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-top-color: rgb(255, 51, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 3px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left; text-decoration: inherit; width: 930px;"><div class="clear" id="abm" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit; zoom: 1;"><div id="abc" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: -336px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit; width: 930px;"><div id="articlebody" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 351px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static; text-decoration: inherit;"><blockquote class="no" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><a href="http://mandarin.about.com/library/audio/daily/dongxi/1.mp3" style="color: #3366cc; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Wǒ yào qù mǎi dōngxi</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">我要去買東西。</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">我要去买东西。</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I am going shopping. (I am going to buy things.)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span><br />
<a href="http://mandarin.about.com/library/audio/daily/dongxi/2.mp3" style="color: #3366cc; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Nèi gè dà de dōngxi shì shénme?</span></a><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">那個大的東西是什麼?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">那个大的东西是什么?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">What is that big thing? (or "those big things")</span></blockquote></div></div></div></div></span></div>C'est La Viehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17206163546380614983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180178565349867815.post-35559704080352687712010-10-06T17:43:00.001-07:002010-10-06T17:43:43.201-07:00The Business Chinese Test Introduction(BCT)商务汉语考试<table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="100%" id="tblPostBody4620" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif;" valign="top"><tbody>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="100%"><span class="Forum_Normal" id="spBody" style="color: #403f3f; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: maroon; font-size: medium;">The Business Chinese Test Introduction(BCT)商务汉语考试</span><br />
I. BCT<br />
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BCT is a state-level standard test established to assess the Chinese proficiency of non-native speakers engaged in business activities. BCT is developed by Peking University under the entrustment of the Office of Chinese Language Council International.<br />
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BCT assess the Chinese proficiency of non-native speakers engaged in business activities. Practicability and communication are the main features of the test.<br />
II. Test object<br />
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Non-native speakers<br />
III. Benefits<br />
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BCT serves various institutions and individuals which want to assess the business Chinese proficiency of relevant personages. The main benefits are:<br />
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(1)Provide a reference basis for the employers to assess the business Chinese proficiency of relevant personnel when making such decisions as personnel employment, selection and promotion.<br />
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(2)Help relevant teaching and training institutions to certify the students' business Chinese proficiency in recruitment and class division.<br />
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(3)Assess the teaching and training effect of relevant teaching units and training institutions.<br />
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(4)Provide a certificate of the business Chinese proficiency for those who seek jobs or want to be promoted.<br />
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(5)Help Chinese learners to further develop their own business Chinese ability.<br />
IV. Administration<br />
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The Office of Chinese Language Council International has full authority to lead BCT and award certificates. BCT is an authoritative test of the state and awards "Business Chinese Test Certificate".<br />
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BCT is held on the Chinese mainland and overseas regularly every year.<br />
V. Levels and standards<br />
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BCT has a total of five levels to describe the business Chinese proficiency of the examinees, namely:<br />
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Level 1 Incapable of communication in Chinese in business environments.<br />
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Level 2 Capable of basic communication in Chinese in business environments.<br />
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Level 3 Capable of fairly effective communication in Chinese in business environments.<br />
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Level 4 Capable of fairly skillful communication in Chinese in business environments.<br />
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Level 5 Capable of appropriate communication in Chinese in business environments.<br />
VI. Points and certificate<br />
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BCT consists of BCT(listening•reading) and BCT(oral•writing)two independent tests. Examinees can sit for one or both of them.<br />
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The score for each specific skill (listening or reading or speaking or writing) is 0-500 points; Each level consists of 100 points.The total score for listening and reading constitutes the overall score of BCT(listening • reading)ranging from 0 to 1000 points. So do the overall score of BCT(speaking • writing).<br />
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<table bgcolor="#3399ff" border="0px" cellpadding="0px" cellspacing="1px" class="define" height="150px"><tbody>
<tr bgcolor="#9fc9eb"><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Levels</td><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Score for specific skill</td><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Total score</td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">1</td><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">0-100</td><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">0-200</td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#9fc9eb"><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">2</td><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">101-200</td><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">201-400</td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">3</td><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">201-300</td><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">401-600</td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#9fc9eb"><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">4</td><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">301-400</td><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">601-800</td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">5</td><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">401-500</td><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">801-1000</td></tr>
</tbody></table></div> All examinees can receive a test report even if they only attend test in line with requirements. If the total score for listening and reading comes to 201-400 points, Level 2 "BCT Certificate (listening•reading) will be awarded; If the total score for speaking and writing comes to 201-400 points, Level 2 "BCT Certificate (speaking•writing) will be awarded. So do Level3,Level4 and Level5 certificates.<br />
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There is no Level1 certificate in BCT.<br />
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The test report is valid for a two-year period starting from the test date.<br />
VII. Consultation and services<br />
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Test Section of Office of Chinese Language Council International and BCT R&D office of Peking University provide consulting services regarding BCT to domestic and overseas personages.<br />
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Tel:86-10-88026478<br />
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Fax:86-10-88026479<br />
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Email:kaoshi@hanban.edu.cn<br />
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Website:http://www.hanban.edu.cn<br />
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For other questions, please consult with Peking University's BCT R&D Office:<br />
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Tel:86-10-62758874<br />
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Email:service@bcthome.cn<br />
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Website:http://www.bcthome.cn</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>C'est La Viehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17206163546380614983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180178565349867815.post-3763549094684773792010-09-12T22:28:00.001-07:002010-09-12T22:28:40.883-07:00冷笑話<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 36px;">兒子:今天的算術測驗被老師罵了。<br />
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爸爸:為什麼?<br />
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兒子:老師問我2x3等於幾,我說6。<br />
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爸爸:沒錯啊!<br />
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兒子:老師又問我3x2等於幾。<br />
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爸爸:這他媽的有什麼區別!<br />
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兒子:我也是這樣說的。</span>C'est La Viehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17206163546380614983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180178565349867815.post-39738622402341946792010-04-06T06:21:00.001-07:002010-04-06T06:22:07.360-07:00Elementary: No Walking on Grass<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1FvCjyjuTvPpYNY7cVgiAUNiXa2kqdHMGs_ugaByfTmtBd_TVuc45GC0mMzIJH5cLGUwZKH0UtkBUsN1HMcdxPyNr-kRSix-sXpi3VkdAodUoG7jXDAc0OCOul7SNEtA5KA42vr3OY2yJ/s1600/no+walking+on+grass.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1FvCjyjuTvPpYNY7cVgiAUNiXa2kqdHMGs_ugaByfTmtBd_TVuc45GC0mMzIJH5cLGUwZKH0UtkBUsN1HMcdxPyNr-kRSix-sXpi3VkdAodUoG7jXDAc0OCOul7SNEtA5KA42vr3OY2yJ/s640/no+walking+on+grass.jpg" width="453" /></a></div>C'est La Viehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17206163546380614983noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180178565349867815.post-68446318048116990982010-03-23T23:26:00.000-07:002010-03-23T23:26:07.988-07:00Chinese Mini-test: 公寓 (Beginner)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<h2 style="font: normal normal normal 185%/normal Georgia, serif; letter-spacing: -0.2px; margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 2px;">Beginner Level 初级 (<span style="color: #3e6ea9;">chūjí</span>)</h2><div style="font: normal normal normal 90%/normal Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">“我在公司附近租了一间公寓。I rent an apartment near the company where I work.”</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 90%/normal Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">Do you know the <strong>Chinese Pinyin</strong> for “公寓 <em>apartment</em>” in this sentence?</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 90%/normal Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://resources.echineselearning.com/minitestanswers/?p=419" style="color: #d70606; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="http://www.echineselearning.com/image/newsletter/nl14button11.gif" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; 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<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="100%"><span class="Forum_Normal" id="spBody" style="color: #403f3f; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">The Chinese radical (Chinese: 部首) is an essential element of the Chinese dictionary. The list of Chinese radicals is a rough equivalent of a Chinese "alphabet". Every Chinese character is classified under a radical and characters with the same radical are sorted by the number of strokes (Simplified Chinese: 画; Traditional Chinese: 畫) used in writing them. The number of strokes varies between 1 and 17. Characters belonging to a particular radical are in turn listed on the basis of the number of additional strokes. Note that the number of strokes is not always clear to the untrained eye.<br />
There have been several systems of radicals in use at various times during the history of the Chinese language. The following describes the Unicode system of radicals, which is based on the traditional 214 radicals of the Kangxi dictionary. The main difference between the Unicode and the Kangxi radicals is that the Unicode system has been extended to classify both simplified and traditional Chinese characters, as well as characters which are used only in Japanese or Korean.<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><strong>1</strong></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, STXihei, STHeiti, SimSun, SimHei, 'Arial Unicode MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><strong>Stroke Chinese Radicals</strong><strong>:</strong></span><span style="color: red;"><br />
</span><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><strong>一 丨 丶 丿 乙/乚 亅/了<br />
<span style="color: black;">2 </span></strong></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><strong>Stroke </strong></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><strong>Chinese Radicals</strong><strong>:</strong></span><span style="color: red;"><br />
</span><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><strong>二 亠 人/亻 儿 入 八 冂 冖 冫 几 凵 刀/刂 力 勹 匕 匚/匸 十 卜 卩 厂 厶 又 讠 阝<br />
<span style="color: black;">3 </span></strong></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><strong>Stroke</strong></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, STXihei, STHeiti, SimSun, SimHei, 'Arial Unicode MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><strong>Chinese Radicals</strong><strong>:</strong></span><span style="color: red;"><br />
</span><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><strong>艹 口 囗 土 士 夂 夕 大 女 子/孑 宀 寸 小 尢 尸 屮 山 川/巛 工 己 巾 干 幺 纟 广 廴 廾 弋 弓 彐/彑 彡 彳 忄 扌 氵 犭 辶 门 饣 马<br />
<span style="color: black;">4 </span></strong></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><strong>Stroke</strong></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, STXihei, STHeiti, SimSun, SimHei, 'Arial Unicode MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><strong>Chinese Radicals</strong><strong>:</strong></span><span style="color: red;"><br />
</span><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><strong>心 戈 户 手 支 攴 攵 文 斗 禸 斤 方 无 日/曰 月 木 欠 止 歹 殳 毋 比 毛 氏 气 水 火/灬 爪 父 片 牙 牛 犬 王 礻 贝 长 韦 风 飞 见</strong></span><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><strong> 车</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: black;">5 </span></strong></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><strong>Stroke</strong></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, STXihei, STHeiti, SimSun, SimHei, 'Arial Unicode MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><strong>Chinese Radicals</strong><strong>:</strong></span><span style="color: red;"><br />
</span><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><strong>玄 玉 瓜 瓦 甘 生 用 衤 田 疋 疒 癶 白 皮 皿 目 矛 矢 石 示 禾 穴 立 鸟 龙 钅<br />
<span style="color: black;">6 </span></strong></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><strong>Stroke</strong></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, STXihei, STHeiti, SimSun, SimHei, 'Arial Unicode MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><strong>Chinese Radicals</strong><strong>:</strong></span><span style="color: red;"><br />
</span><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><strong>竹 米 糸 缶 网 羊 羽 老 而 耒 耳 聿 肉 臣 自 至 臼 舌 舟 艮 色 虍 虫 血 行 衣 西 页 </strong></span><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><strong>齐</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: black;">7 </span></strong></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><strong>Stroke</strong></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, STXihei, STHeiti, SimSun, SimHei, 'Arial Unicode MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><strong>Chinese Radicals</strong><strong>:</strong></span><span style="color: red;"><br />
</span><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><strong>角 言 谷 豆 豕 豸 赤 走 足 身 辛 辰 邑 酉 釆 卤 里 龟<br />
<span style="color: black;">8 </span></strong></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><strong>Stroke</strong></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, STXihei, STHeiti, SimSun, SimHei, 'Arial Unicode MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><strong>Chinese Radicals</strong><strong>:</strong></span><span style="color: red;"><br />
</span><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><strong>金 阜 隶 隹 雨 青 非 鱼 齿 黾<span style="color: black;"><br />
9 </span></strong></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><strong>Stroke</strong></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, STXihei, STHeiti, SimSun, SimHei, 'Arial Unicode MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><strong>Chinese Radicals</strong><strong>:</strong></span><span style="color: red;"><br />
</span><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><strong>骨 面 革 韭 音 食 首 香 鬼<br />
<span style="color: black;">10 </span></strong></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><strong>Stroke</strong></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, STXihei, STHeiti, SimSun, SimHei, 'Arial Unicode MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><strong>Chinese Radicals</strong><strong>:</strong></span><span style="color: red;"><br />
</span><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><strong>高 髟 鬲<br />
<span style="color: black;">11 </span></strong></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><strong>Stroke</strong></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, STXihei, STHeiti, SimSun, SimHei, 'Arial Unicode MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><strong>Chinese Radicals</strong><strong>:</strong></span><span style="color: red;"><br />
</span><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><strong>鹿 黄 麻<br />
<span style="color: black;">12 </span></strong></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><strong>Stroke</strong></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, STXihei, STHeiti, SimSun, SimHei, 'Arial Unicode MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><strong>Chinese Radicals</strong><strong>:</strong></span><span style="color: red;"><br />
</span><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><strong>黍 鼎 黑 黹<br />
<span style="color: black;">13 </span></strong></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><strong>Stroke</strong></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, STXihei, STHeiti, SimSun, SimHei, 'Arial Unicode MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><strong>Chinese Radicals</strong><strong>:</strong></span><span style="color: red;"><br />
</span><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><strong>鼓 鼠<br />
<span style="color: black;">14</span></strong></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><strong> Stroke</strong></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, STXihei, STHeiti, SimSun, SimHei, 'Arial Unicode MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><strong>Chinese Radicals</strong><strong>:</strong></span><span style="color: red;"><br />
</span><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><strong>鼻</strong></span></span></td></tr>
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