Chinese Culture Water Fountains

Today we'll talk about a little bit of Chinese Culture in comparison to the rest of the world and that is Water Fountains. Water fountains is something I never knew growing up in China, they simple do not exist there. It was something of a culture shock for me when I first visited Canada and saw them in the airport there. It took me a few minutes to realize that there was a public service that provided free drinking water to anyone who wanted to come up and use it. I really hope that someday China can provide a similar service as it is easy to get really thirsty there if you are walking around a lot and touring. ------------------------ Donate: http://bit.ly/Wg4FzD Website: http://bit.ly/Wg4F2N 5 Minute Chinese : S08E11 http://bit.ly/YIMKTE

Learning to Write Chinese - I (我) am Beautiful (美)!

Welcome back to our Character learning special series. Today we are going to teach you two new characters, and they are "I" - 我 and "Beautiful" - 美. And while these two might look complicated, with a little practice they can become easy to master. A good study tip for any character is to write it about 10 times every day for a few days to a week and by the end of the week you'll find that it starts to come more and more naturally. Keep in mind the Stroke Order as well, and refer to earlier episodes in the series in case you need a refresher! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Donate: http://bit.ly/Wg4FzD Website: http://bit.ly/Wg4F2N 5 Minute Chinese : Special 7 http://bit.ly/1sZS0KG

Chinese Listening Homework, Translation Homework

Practice, Practice, Practice! Today's Chinese Practice we'll review what we covered this week and we'll continue to challenge ourselves accordingly. How prepared are you? Have any questions? Please let us know in the comments below and we'll be glad to help! Chinese Listening Homework for today ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Zuótiān wǒ qù chāoshì mǎile māmā ài chī de táozi. 2. Hěnduō rén dōu xǐhuān tā de yòu shuài yòu hǎo dí gēgē. 3. Qǐngwèn zhè běn shū duōshǎo qián? 4. Nǐ zhīdào nǎge shì wàipó yāomǎi de diànnǎo ma? 5. Nàgè yòu zhòng yòu dà de xínglǐ shì wǒ jiějiě de. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Donate: http://bit.ly/Wg4FzD Website: http://bit.ly/Wg4F2N 5 Minute Chinese : S08E10 http://bit.ly/1sZRXyB

Everything else you wanted to know about "de" but were afraid to ask

In previous episodes (1, 2: below) we introduced you to the possession word "de" and how it works in that fashion. Today we will expand upon our knowledge of "de" with being the glue that brings adjectives and nouns together. Every time you see an Adjective, or an "adjective phrase", and a Noun, you must use "de". But if you only see an Adjective by itself then you do not use "de". Previous entries for learning "de" and possession --------------------------------------------------------------- 1. http://bit.ly/1xepxaP 2. http://bit.ly/Y1AbCq --------------------------------------------------------------- Donate: http://bit.ly/Wg4FzD Website: http://bit.ly/Wg4F2N 5 Minute Chinese : S08E09 http://bit.ly/1xepvzJ

Chinese Listening Review - 2014/09/22

Welcome back to our Chinese Listening Review Episode covering the sentences from a couple of weeks ago. How well did you do with your homework? Ready to check the results? Listening Homework Practice ------------------------------------------------------ 1 cn. Měiguó de píngguǒ diànnǎo hěn guì, dànshì yǒu hěnduō rén mǎi. 1 en. America's Apple Computer is very expensive, but there are a lot of people who want to buy. 2 cn. Wǒ māmā fēicháng xǐhuān gòuwù, dànshì wǒ bàba yīdiǎn er yě bù xǐhuān. 2 en. My mom really enjoys shopping, but my dad doesn't enjoy it at all. 3 cn. Gēgē shuō "wǒ xǐhuān dì nà běn shū jiàngjiàle". 3 en. Older brother said "That book I like is on sale" 4 cn. Bàba de xínglǐ yòu dà yòu zhòng, tā míngtiān yào qù zhōngguó. 4 en. Dad's luggage is both big and heavy 5 cn. Jīntiān tài rèle, wǒ yào hē bīng shuǐ, nǐmen yǒu ma? 5 en. Today it is too hot, I want to drink iced water, do you have? --------------------------------------------------------------- Donate: http://bit.ly/Wg4FzD Website: http://bit.ly/Wg4F2N 5 Minute Chinese : S08E08 http://bit.ly/1mC4uvt

We're out out sick 9/15 - 9/19

We wanted to apologize this week, we aren't able able to make videos this week because both Ping and our son were very sick over the weekend, and still recovering as of 9/15. We didn't want to leave you with nothing this week, so we made a little video for you guys to enjoy. Thanks again for all your support! Donate: http://bit.ly/Wg4FzD Website: http://bit.ly/Wg4F2N http://bit.ly/1sdlLHq

Chinese Culture - Buying Eggs

There was a small culture shock when I first came to America many years ago. That was in the purchasing of Eggs. Eggs?! you might be saying right now. Yes, I know you might scratch your head on something as small like an Egg, but in China we don't buy eggs by the dozen, or by 18 or 24 count containers. We purchase eggs individually and pay for them by weight. There are a lot of things in China we just buy by weight where as in America we have to buy them by count. Other such examples include Watermelons, or Cantaloupes. Eggs especially surprised me because sometimes you just need one or two eggs for a few days, and a dozen might seem like too much. I know that some super markets and grocery stores have started offering eggs in six to a package, but it still just isn't the same. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Donate: http://bit.ly/Wg4FzD Website: http://bit.ly/Wg4F2N 5 Minute Chinese : S08E07 http://bit.ly/1qNQoHe

Learning to Write Chinese - For King and Country!

Welcome back to our Character Learning Episode! Have you been keeping up with your Practicing? Today we'll be adding a couple of new characters to our written character collection, these are Wang "王" and Guo "国". Pay attention to stroke order, as always it is very important! Characters Today -------------------------------------- Wang - 王 Guo - 国 -------------------------------------- Donate: http://bit.ly/Wg4FzD Website: http://bit.ly/Wg4F2N 5 Minute Chinese : Special 06 http://bit.ly/Zi6MFa

Chinese Listening Homework

Today's Listening Homework will exercise the new words we learned over the course of this week, as well as introducing a new few words for you to work on over the weekend. Are you ready? Let's go! Listening Homework Practice ------------------------------------------------------ 1. Měiguó de píngguǒ diànnǎo hěn guì, dànshì yǒu hěnduō rén mǎi. 2. Wǒ māmā fēicháng xǐhuān gòuwù, dànshì wǒ bàba yīdiǎn er yě bù xǐhuān. 3. Gēgē shuō wǒ xǐhuān dì nà běn shū jiàngjiàle. 4. Bàba de xínglǐ yòu dà yòu zhòng, tā míngtiān yào qù zhōngguó. 5. Jīntiān tài rèle, wǒ yào hē bīng shuǐ, nǐmen yǒu ma? ------------------------------------------------------ Donate: http://bit.ly/Wg4FzD Website: http://bit.ly/Wg4F2N 5 Minute Chinese : S08E06 http://bit.ly/1uxD3ms

Chinese Vocabulary - Studying our new words 9/9/2014

Listening for this week ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 cn. Tā de jiějiě hěn piàoliang, tā dí gēgē hěn shuài. 1 en. Her older sister is very beautiful, his older brother is very handsome 2 cn. Yī gōngjīn néng mǎi duōshǎo gè táozi? 2 en. How many Peaches can you buy in one kilo? 3. A cn: Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén? A en: How many people are there in your family? B cn: Wǒjiā yǒu wǔ kǒu rén, tāmen shì wǒ bàba, māmā, gēgē, dìdì hé wǒ. B en: There are five people in my family, they are my dad, mom older brother, younger brother and me. 4 cn. Nǐ zhīdào zhōngguó yǒu duōshǎo rén ma? 4 en. Do you know how many people there are in China? 5 cn. Zài nà'er yǒu gè xīn shāngchǎng, měitiān dū yǒu hěnduō rén. 5 en. Over there there is one new mall, there are a lot of people over there Vocabulary ------------------------------------------------------------------- handsome - shuài to have / there is|are - yǒu Measure Word for People/Families - kǒu to know - zhīdào over there - nà'er -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donate: http://bit.ly/Wg4FzD Website: http://bit.ly/Wg4F2N 5 Minute Chinese : S08E05 http://bit.ly/1AuUAfQ

Chinese Listening Review and New Words!

Welcome back. Are you ready to review our Chinese Sentences from last week? We left some really good homework to review over today, so let's get to it! Afterwards we'll introduce new Chinese words for you to figure out today and we'll learn them new come tomorrow. Homework from last week --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. A cn: "Zhè shì shuí de diànnǎo? Hěn piàoliang!" A en: "Whose Computer is this? Very Pretty!" B cn: "Shí wǒ mèimei de, tā zuótiān zài shāngchǎng mǎi de." B en: "She bought it yesterday in the mall" 2 cn. Zhè xīngqí wǒ de péngyǒu shuō: "PING, nǐ de 5 fēnzhōng zhōngwén hěn hǎo, wǒ ài tā." Wǒ hěn gāoxìng, xièxiè nǐmen! 2 en. This week my friend told me "Hey Ping, your 5 minute chinese is really good, really cool", "I'm very happy [to hear this], thanks everyone! 3 cn. Māmā shuō:” Niúpái tài guìle, xīguā bù guì, jiàngjiàle.“ 3 en. Mom said: "The Steak is too expensive, watermelon is not expensive, its on sale!" 4 cn. Zhōngguó de shāngchǎng yòu dà yòu hǎo, dànshì hěn guì. 4 en. Malls in China are both big and good, but very expensive. 5 cn. Gēgē zuótiān mǎile yī běn xīnshū, míngzì jiào” zhōngguó rén zài měiguó.“Wǒ hěn xǐhuān. 5 en. My older brother yesterday bought a new book, the name is "Chinese People in American." I like it a lot. Listening for this week ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Tā de jiějiě hěn piàoliang, tā dí gēgē hěn shuài. 2. Yī gōngjīn néng mǎi duōshǎo gè táozi/ 3. A: Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén? B: Wǒjiā yǒu wǔ kǒu rén, tāmen shì wǒ bàba, māmā, gēgē, dìdì hé wǒ. 4. Nǐ zhīdào zhōngguó yǒu duōshǎo rén ma? 5. Zài nà'er yǒu gè xīn shāngchǎng, měitiān dū yǒu hěnduō rén. New Vocabulary ------------------------------------------------------------- shuài yǒu kǒu zhīdào nà'er Donate: http://bit.ly/Wg4FzD Website: http://bit.ly/Wg4F2N 5 Minute Chinese : S08E04 http://bit.ly/1tEU5Bc

Chinese Culture - The Price of Bargaining

What is the price of Bargaining in China? In today's culture examination we're going to give a brief overview of bargaining in China. When do bargain and when not to? When you are in a small independent stores in China, then bargaining with them should be a priority. For local Chinese, and especially for foreigners then vendors will increase the prices of their wares by 5 times or more, and if you are good as bargaining you can easily bring it down quite a lot. So take this to heart when you visit China. When do you *not* bargain in China? Don't bargain when you are in grocery stores, or shopping malls, or places like Wal*Mart, etc. They have a set price, and there is no haggling, or bargaining there. This holds true for even State owned gift shops in China, especially at major Tourist Attractions like "Summer Palace" or "Forbidden City". --------------------------------------- Donate: http://bit.ly/Wg4FzD Website: http://bit.ly/Wg4F2N 5 Minute Chinese : S08E03 http://bit.ly/1lQNzVD

Learning Chinese - Working with our new vocabulary

Yesterday we learned a lot of new words (see below), today we're going to have some more Listening practice with many of these new words to test ourselves. How well will you do? Let's find out! Listening Practice --------------------------------------------------------- 1. A:” Zhè shì shuí de diànnǎo? Hěn piàoliang!“ B:” Shí wǒ mèimei de, tā zuótiān zài shāngchǎng mǎi de.“ 2. Zhè xīngqí wǒ de péngyǒu shuō:”PING, nǐ de 5 fēnzhōng zhōngwén hěn hǎo, wǒ ài tā “. Wǒ hěn gāoxìng, xièxiè nǐmen! 3. Māmā shuō:” Niúpái tài guìle, xīguā bù guì, jiàngjiàle.“ 4. Zhōngguó de shāngchǎng yòu dà yòu hǎo, dànshì hěn guì. 5. Gēgē zuótiān mǎile yī běn xīnshū, míngzì jiào” zhōngguó rén zài měiguó.“Wǒ hěn xǐhuān. New Vocabulary --------------------------------------------------- 1. How many / How much - duōshǎo 2. Beautiful - piàoliang 3. Computer - diànnǎo 4. (shopping) mall - shāngchǎng 5. New - xīn 6. Expensive - guì 7. Shopping - gòuwù ----------------------------------------- Donate: http://bit.ly/Wg4FzD Website: http://bit.ly/Wg4F2N 5 Minute Chinese : S08E02

Chinese Listening Review - Many New Words!

Reviewing our Chinese Listening Practice for yesterday we'll be looking at the sentence structures/grammar and new words in depth. Listening Practice Sentences --------------------------------------------------- 1 cn. Nǐ yǒu duōshǎo gè jiějiě? 1 en. How many older sisters do you have? 2 cn. Wǒ juédé zhōngguó shì yīgè piàoliang de guójiā. 2 en. I think China is a beautiful country 3. A cn: “Qǐngwèn nàgè diànnǎo duōshǎo qián?” A en: "How much is that computer?" B cn: “500 Yuán” B en: "500 Yuan" A cn: "Tài guìle.“ A en: "Too Expensive" 4 cn. Wǒ zuótiān zài shāngchǎng mǎile yīgè xīn diànnǎo. 4 en. Yesterday I bought a new computer at/in the mall 5 cn. Qǐngwèn shāngchǎng zài nǎ'er? Wǒ yào qù gòuwù. 5 en. Excuse me where is the mall? I want to go shopping Vocabulary --------------------------------------------------- 1. How many / How much - duōshǎo 2. Beautiful - piàoliang 3. Computer - diànnǎo 4. (shopping) mall - shāngchǎng 5. New - xīn 6. Expensive - guì 7. Shopping - gòuwù ----------------------------------------- Donate: http://ift.tt/1qbS6Sz Website: http://ift.tt/1uACCXC 5 Minute Chinese : S08E01

Chinese Listening Practice - Many New Words!

Welcome back everyone! First a warm thank you to everyone who was kind enough to respond with their favorite fruits, even in Chinese! Are you ready to see the answers from last weeks listening practice? Check to see how well you've done below and look at the new listening practice sentences as well! Last Week's Homework -------------------------------------- 1 cn. Shàng xīngqí wàipó mǎi de xīguā yòu dà yòu tián, hěn hào chī. 1 en. Last Week, my grandmother bought a watermelon, very sweet and tasty 2 cn. Rènshí dàjiā hěn gāoxìng. 2 en. Nice to meet everybody! 3 cn. Zài chāoshì rúguǒ méiyǒu tuī chē, nǐ huì juédé xīguā hěn zhòng. 3 en. If there is no cart, you will feel watermelon is very heavy. 4 cn.. Nǐ juédé zhè běn shū zěnme yàng? Rúguǒ nǐ juédé tā hěn hǎo, nǐ mǎile ba. 4 en. What do you think of this book? If you think it is really good, go ahead and buy it. 5 cn.. Lǎoshī shuō, rúguǒ měitiān wǒmen shuō yīxiē zhōngwén, xiě yīxiē zhōngwén, wǒmen de zhōngwén huì hěn hǎo. 5 en. The teacher said, if everyday we speak some Chinese, write some Chinese, then our Chinese will be very good. 6 cn. Píngguǒ, xīguā, táozi, nǐ xǐhuān chī nǎ yīgè? 6 en. Apple, Watermelon, Peach, which one do you like? New Listening Practice Sentences --------------------------------------------------- 1. Nǐ yǒu duōshǎo gè jiějiě? 2. Wǒ juédé zhōngguó shì yīgè piàoliang de guójiā. 3. A:“Qǐngwèn nàgè diànnǎo duōshǎo qián?” B:“500 Yuán” A:” Tài guìle.“ 4. Wǒ zuótiān zài shāngchǎng mǎile yīgè xīn diànnǎo. 5. Qǐngwèn shāngchǎng zài nǎ'er? Wǒ yào qù gòuwù. New Vocabulary --------------------------------------------------- 1. duōshǎo 2. piàoliang 3. diànnǎo 4. shāngchǎng 5. xīn 6. guì 7. gòuwù Donate: http://ift.tt/1qbS6Sz Website: http://ift.tt/1uACCXC 5 Minute Chinese : S07E26