Monday, December 8, 2014

Chinese Character Special - Hanukkah - 光明节

When we released out character special last week, we left out a holiday, Hanukkah, and a viewer asked us if we could take a moment and show Hanukkah (光明节) as well. We made this video just for that holiday and hope everyone enjoys it. :) Thank you to all our viewers for suggestions and comments and making our series better and better with your participation ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Donate: http://bit.ly/Wg4FzD Website: http://bit.ly/Wg4F2N Special 12.5 http://bit.ly/1wS0Xx2

Friday, December 5, 2014

Learning Chinese Culture Western Winter Holidays in China

In today's Chinese Culture Exchange, we wanted to related to everyone what Western Holidays (like Thanksgiving and Christmas) mean to people in China, and how seriously they are taken. Join us for this little episode to talk about what is going on in China today. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Donate: http://bit.ly/Wg4FzD Website: http://bit.ly/Wg4F2N 5 Minute Chinese : S09E09 http://bit.ly/12Krek5

Thursday, December 4, 2014

Learning Chinese Characters - Holiday Characters!

Today we are bringing you a new Character video! We are going to cover three holidays today; Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. Please watch today's video closely and we'll show you some new and challenging characters. But we're sure you guys are up to the task. Characters ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanksgiving - 感恩 Christmas - 圣诞节 New Years - 新年 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Donate: http://bit.ly/Wg4FzD Website: http://bit.ly/Wg4F2N 5 Minute Chinese : Special 12 http://bit.ly/1pZK3Kh

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Learning Chinese - Winter Holidays - Part 2!

Listening Practice for today: 1. Jīnnián nǐ hé nǐ de péngyǒu shuōle “xīnnián kuàilè! ”Le ma? 2. Zhōngguó rénguò gǎn'ēn jié hé shèngdàn jié ma? Shuí zhīdào? 3. Zhōngguó méiyǒu hēisè xīngqíwǔ. 4. Zhōngguó rén hé měiguó rén dōuguò xīnnián. 5. Zhù nǐmen shèngdàn jié kuàilè, xīnnián kuàilè! Donate: http://bit.ly/Wg4FzD Website: http://bit.ly/Wg4F2N 5 Minute Chinese : S09E07 http://bit.ly/1yhXseD

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Learning Chinese - Winter Holidays

Winter Holidays! Last week we didn't have 5 Minute Chinese because we were celebrating Thanksgiving. Today we want to tell all our viewers we very Thankful to our loyal viewers. Your support helps us. Today we are going to teach you two new holidays and review a past one. We hope you enjoy today's episode. Xiexie! For more information about the HSK (Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi) please look here: http://bit.ly/1w1k3AP Vocabulary ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanksgiving - Gǎn'ēn Christmas - Shèngdàn jié New Year - Xīnnián ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Donate: http://bit.ly/Wg4FzD Website: http://bit.ly/Wg4F2N 5 Minute Chinese : S09E07 http://bit.ly/1FMc4Je

Monday, December 1, 2014

Learning Chinese - Homework Listening Review

Welcome back to 5 Minute Chinese! We took a brief break last week because of the US Holiday "Thanksgiving". While enjoying the short break we gave thought to what would make an excellent theme for this week's lesson and we decided to cover Winter Holidays. Primarily we are going to focus this week on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years this week. Before we can do that, however, we need to review our listening homework. How well did you do? Let's find out! Listening Homework ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 cn. Guǎngbò kěyǐ tīng, dànshì bùnéng kàn. 1 en. (Literal: Radio can be listened to, but cannot be watched.) You can listen to radio, but you cannot watch radio. 2 cn. Zuótiān wǒ kànjiàn tāle, dànshì wǒ méi tīngjiàn tā chànggē. 2 en. Yesterday I saw him, but I did not hear him sing. 3 cn. Wǒ tīng bùjiàn nǐ zài shuō shénme. 3 en. I cannot hear what you are saying. 4 cn. Wǒ hěn xǐhuān tīng wàipó jiǎng gùshì. 4 en. I really like listening to my grandma's stories. 5 cn. Nǐ tīng bùjiàn wǒ shuō de ma? Méi ěrduǒ ma? 5 en. You cannot hear what I am saying? Don't have ears? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary/Sayings: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Don't have ears? - Méi ěrduǒ ma? Radio - Guǎngbò ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Donate: http://bit.ly/Wg4FzD Website: http://bit.ly/Wg4F2N 5 Minute Chinese : S09E06 http://bit.ly/1zK6AdY

Friday, November 21, 2014

Learning Chinese Culture - Guānggùn Jié - China's Singles Day

What is China's Singles Day, Guānggùn Jié? It is an online shopping day that leaves in the dust USA's Black Friday sales in terms of amount of goods sold. Where did it get started and what does it mean for Chinese and how do they talk about it is the topic of today's Chinese Culture episode. What "Special Sales/Marketing Days do you have in your home country? Please tell us in the comments below! Reference BBC New's Article: What is China's Singles' Day? http://bbc.in/1xLuIja ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Donate: http://bit.ly/Wg4FzD Website: http://bit.ly/Wg4F2N 5 Minute Chinese : S09E05 http://bit.ly/1r6CAV3