Chinese Culture - Tea Culture

Do you drink Tea? Drinking Tea do you like it hot, or cold? Do you add anything to your Tea? Today's culture exchange let's talk about Tea, and what it means in China itself. How the Chinese like to drink tea, why and what are the best parts. What is your tea rituals, and how do you like your cha? -------------------------------------------------------------- Donate: http://bit.ly/Wg4FzD Website: http://bit.ly/Wg4F2N 5 Minute Chinese : S09E30 http://bit.ly/18HBb4W

Chinese Culture - Tea Culture

Do you drink Tea? Drinking Tea do you like it hot, or cold? Do you add anything to your Tea? Today's culture exchange let's talk about Tea, and what it means in China itself. How the Chinese like to drink tea, why and what are the best parts. What is your tea rituals, and how do you like your cha? -------------------------------------------------------------- Donate: http://bit.ly/Wg4FzD Website: http://bit.ly/Wg4F2N 5 Minute Chinese : S09E30 http://bit.ly/18HBb4W

Friendship (朋友) On the Moon

Today we'll look at the characters 月 and 朋. There is something similar there, do you see it? Yes, that one characters looks doubled up to be side by side to mean a whole new character! What does the first character mean? What does the second doubled up character mean? Let's fine out today! Characters ----------------------------------------------------- Friend - 朋友 Moon - 月亮 ----------------------------------------------------------- Donate: http://bit.ly/Wg4FzD Website: http://bit.ly/Wg4F2N 5 Minute Chinese : E16 http://bit.ly/18hKcAA

Learning Chinese - On the Phone / Calling Others - Part 3

On the phone, and making a call Part 3! We'll give a quick review on the new words that we learned this week and then we'll step into the listening homework for you to work on. Homework Sentences --------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Wǒ māmā měitiān dū dǎ diànhuà yào wǒ nǔlì xuéxí, bùyòng wán diànnǎo. 2. A:“Wèi, qǐngwèn cuī lǎoshī zài ma? Wǒ shì tā de xuéshēng.” B:“Duìbùqǐ, tā bùzài, tā huí jiāle.” 3. A:“Wèi, nǐ shì LUCY ma?” B:“Nǐ hǎo, wǒ shì LUCY, nǐ shì nǎ wèi?” 4. Míngtiān wǒ yào dǎ diànhuà gěi nǐmen gōngsī lǎobǎn. 5. A:“Nǐ néng shāo děng yīxià ma? Wǒ dǎ gè diànhuà wèn yī wèn lǎobǎn.” B:“Hǎo de.” --------------------------------------------------------------- Donate: http://bit.ly/Wg4FzD Website: http://bit.ly/Wg4F2N 5 Minute Chinese : S09E29 http://bit.ly/1E7wFtw

Learning Chinese - On the Phone - Calling Others - Part 2

Sentences Examined ----------------------------------------­-------------------------- 1 cn. Māmā bùyào wán shǒujīle, wǒ yào dǎ diànhuà. 1 en. Mom don't play [with your] cellphone, I need to make a call 2. A: cn. “wèi, nǐ hǎo, wǒ shì AMY de māmā, qǐngwèn Cuī lǎoshī zài ma?” A: en. Hello, I am Amy's mom, is miss Cui there? B: cn. “Nǐ hǎo, wǒ jiùshì cuī lǎoshī.” B: en. Hello, I am miss Cui 3. A: cn. “Wèi, nǐ hǎo, qǐngwèn PATRICK zài ma?” A: en. "Hello, is Patrick there?" B: cn. “Zài, qǐng shāo děng.” B: en. "Yes, he's here." 4. A: cn. “Wèi, nǐ hǎo, wǒ shì GOOGLE gōngsī de LUCY, qǐngwèn nǐmen lǎobǎn zài ma?” A: en. Hello, I am Lucy from Google, is your boss there? B: cn. “Duìbùqǐ, jīntiān lǎobǎn bùzài.” B: en. Sorry, today our boss is not here. 5. A: cn. “Wèi, qǐngwèn nǎ wèi?” A: en. Hello, who is there? B: cn. “Wèi, cuī lǎoshī, wǒ shì TOM, nǐ yǒu shíjiān ma? Wǒ yǒu yīgè xuéxí zhōngwén de wèntí yào wèn nǐ.” B: en. Miss Cui, this is Tom, are you available? I have a question about learning Chinese to ask you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Donate: http://bit.ly/Wg4FzD Website: http://bit.ly/Wg4F2N 5 Minute Chinese : S09E28 http://bit.ly/1AqBmM2

Learning Chinese - On the Phone / Calling Others - Part 1

***Ring, Ring, Ring***. Hello? Who's there? Oh hello there! This week we are going to be learning Chinese around Telephone calls, how to make telephone calls, and what are specific Chinese language bits around using a Telephone in the Chinese Language. First we'll answer last episodes homework! And as always feel free to ask any questions you have and we'll try to answer when we can! Listening Homework Answered: -------------------------------------------------- 1 cn. Rúguǒ nǐ bù nǔlì xuéxí zhōngwén, nǐ huì juédé zhōngwén hěn nán, dànshì rúguǒ nǐ měitiān xuéxí wǔ fēnzhōng zhōngwén, nǐ huì juédé zhōngwén bù nán. 1 en. If you do not work hard on learning Chinese, you will think Chinese is very hard to learn. But if you learn Chinese five minutes every day, you will think Chinese is not hard to learn. 2 cn. Jīntiān xiàwǔ, dìdì wán wán diànnǎo, kàn kàn diànshì, chī chī shuǐguǒ, méiyǒu hǎo hào xuéxí. 2 en. This afternoon, my little brother played with computer, watched TV, have some fruits. Anyway he doesn't work very hard. 3 cn. Bàba shuō:“Bùyào wán diànnǎole!” 3 en. Dad said, "Don't play on computer anymore!" 4 cn. Nǐ néng zài diànnǎo shàng xuéxí zhōngwén, diànnǎo shàng yǒu 5 fēnzhōng zhōngwén. 4 en. You can learn Chinese on computer. On computer there are 5 minute Chinese. 5 cn. Wǒ de érzimen dōu xǐhuān kànshū, wán diànnǎo, tāmen xuéxí yě dū hěn nǔlì! 5 en. All my sons love reading books, playing with computer. The good thing is they all work pretty ahrd! New Sentences ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Māmā bùyào wán shǒujīle, wǒ yào dǎ diànhuà. 2. A“wèi, nǐ hǎo, wǒ shì AMY de māmā, qǐngwèn cuī lǎoshī zài ma?” B:“Nǐ hǎo, wǒ jiùshì cuī lǎoshī.” 3. A:“Wèi, nǐ hǎo, qǐngwèn PATRICK zài ma?” B:“Zài, qǐng shāo děng.” 4. A:“Wèi, nǐ hǎo, wǒ shì GOOGLE gōngsī de LUCY, qǐngwèn nǐmen lǎobǎn zài ma?” B:“Duìbùqǐ, jīntiān lǎobǎn bùzài.” 5. A:“Wèi, qǐngwèn nǎ wèi?” B:“Wèi, cuī lǎoshī, wǒ shì TOM, nǐ yǒu shíjiān ma? Wǒ yǒu yīgè xuéxí zhōngwén de wèntí yào wèn nǐ.” ----------------------------------------------------------------- Donate: http://bit.ly/Wg4FzD Website: http://bit.ly/Wg4F2N 5 Minute Chinese : S09E27 http://bit.ly/1a8ssJw

Chinese Culture - Kindergarten, when to start?

How young, or how old, do you send your children to Kindergarten, Preschool or day care? We'll look at Chinese Culture today and when we send children to school. ------------------------------------------------------- Donate: http://bit.ly/Wg4FzD Website: http://bit.ly/Wg4F2N 5 Minute Chinese : S09E26 http://bit.ly/1Cw6toX