Mandarin Learning Basic http://osche.org Learn Mandarin for Beginner Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:54:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 en noLearn Mandarin for Beginner Woman - Girl - Daughter in Mandarin http://osche.org/woman-girl-daughter-in-mandarin/2008/06/26/ http://osche.org/woman-girl-daughter-in-mandarin/2008/06/26/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:47:29 +0000 kar http://osche.org/woman-girl-daughter-in-mandarin/2008/06/26/ Now we will to talk about this “Woman” character using in Mandarin. The original pictograph for woman depicted her in a bowing position. Apparently, for ease in writing, man reduced this to a humbler form - a woman kneeling down, but not for long. The modern version nv(3) - 女 graphically portrays the big stride woman has taken to keep up with man.
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]]> http://osche.org/woman-girl-daughter-in-mandarin/2008/06/26/feed/ Commercial Terms Part II http://osche.org/commercial-terms-part-ii/2007/07/18/ http://osche.org/commercial-terms-part-ii/2007/07/18/#comments Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:19:26 +0000 kar http://osche.org/commercial-terms-part-ii/2007/07/18/ As I promise at the last post about Commercial Terms, Now I will continue with same topic with other words for you. Right, see this below words:

发票 ‘fa(1) piao(4)’ means ‘invoice’
损失 ‘sun(3) shi(1)’ means ‘loss’
经理 ‘jing(1) li(3)’ means ‘manager’
市价 ‘mai(4) jia(4) means ‘market price’
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]]> http://osche.org/commercial-terms-part-ii/2007/07/18/feed/ Commercial Terms Part I http://osche.org/commercial-terms-part-i/2007/07/12/ http://osche.org/commercial-terms-part-i/2007/07/12/#comments Thu, 12 Jul 2007 13:19:24 +0000 kar http://osche.org/commercial-terms-part-i/2007/07/12/ Long time no see, I think about more than a month I didn’t post anything. Sorry for that. Ok now we continue with another topic ‘Commercial Terms’ see the following words with related with it.

广告 ‘guang(3) gao(4)’ in English ‘advertisement’
恕不退换 ‘shu(4) bu(4) tui(4) huan(4)’ means ‘all sales final’
公债 ‘gong(1) zhai(4)’ means ‘bonds’
牌子 ‘pai(2) zi(3)’ means ‘brand’
买 ‘mai(3)’ means ‘buy’
计算机 ‘ji(4) suan(4) ji(1)’ means ‘calculator’
资本 ‘zi(1) ben(3)’ means ‘capital’
现金 ‘xian(4) jin(1)’ means ‘cash’
收银柜 ‘shou(1) yin(2) gui(4)’ means ‘cash register’
清货 ‘qing(1) huo(4)’ means ‘clearance’
商业的 ‘shang(1) ye(4) de’ means ‘commercial’
佣金 ‘yong(1) jin(1)’ means ‘commission’
公司 ‘gong(1) si(1)’ means ‘company, corporation’
电脑 ‘dian(4) nao(3)’ means ‘computer’
合同 ‘he(2) tong(2)’ means ‘contract’
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]]> http://osche.org/commercial-terms-part-i/2007/07/12/feed/ Prepositions in Mandarin Part II http://osche.org/prepositions-in-mandarin-part-ii/2007/04/25/ http://osche.org/prepositions-in-mandarin-part-ii/2007/04/25/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2007 20:19:16 +0000 kar http://osche.org/prepositions-in-mandarin-part-ii/2007/04/25/ As I mention as the last post about mandarin prepositions, this prepositions topic will continue, today I will finish it. But it doesn’t mean, that already contain all the prepositions word in chinese, but this is the resources I got.

在 ‘zai(4)’ means ‘at’

]]> http://osche.org/prepositions-in-mandarin-part-ii/2007/04/25/feed/ Prepositions in Mandarin Part I http://osche.org/prepositions-in-mandarin-part-i/2007/04/22/ http://osche.org/prepositions-in-mandarin-part-i/2007/04/22/#comments Sat, 21 Apr 2007 20:19:13 +0000 kar http://osche.org/prepositions-in-mandarin-part-i/2007/04/22/ Sorry for the long time not update this blog, coz some busy things to do lately. In this post, we will learn about the propositions use in chinese vocabulary. I think this lesson is quick easy to learn…Ok, let’s start this mandarin lesson.

从 ‘cong(2)’ means ‘from’
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]]> http://osche.org/prepositions-in-mandarin-part-i/2007/04/22/feed/ About Geography Name in Chinese Part III http://osche.org/about-geography-name-in-chinese-part-iii/2007/03/25/ http://osche.org/about-geography-name-in-chinese-part-iii/2007/03/25/#comments Sun, 25 Mar 2007 04:25:16 +0000 kar http://osche.org/about-geography-name-in-chinese-part-iii/2007/03/25/ At the last two post, I haven’t finished the geography name yet. Now I will post it all of it I got. But those maybe still some that’s not here. Ok, we continue our lessons…

沙地阿拉伯 ‘sha(1) di(4) a(1) la(1) bo(2)’ this means ‘Saudi Arabia’
西雅图 ‘xi(1) ya(3) tu(2)’ means ‘Seattle’
上海 ‘shang(4) hai(3)’ means ‘Shanghai’
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]]> http://osche.org/about-geography-name-in-chinese-part-iii/2007/03/25/feed/ More About Countries Name in Mandarin http://osche.org/more-about-countries-name-in-mandarin/2007/03/23/ http://osche.org/more-about-countries-name-in-mandarin/2007/03/23/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2007 04:22:07 +0000 kar http://osche.org/more-about-countries-name-in-mandarin/2007/03/23/ In the last post about geography, we have list some country or city name, and how to say it in mandarin. Now, we still continue to tell these names for you.

印尼 ‘yin(4) ni(2)’ means ‘Indonesia’
伊朗 ‘yi(1) lang(3)’ means ‘Iran’
爱尔兰 ‘ai(4) er(3) lan(2)’ means ‘Ireland’
以色列 ‘yi(3) se(4) lie(4)’ means ‘Israel’
意大利 ‘yi(4) da(4) li(4)’ means ‘Italy’
日本 ‘ri(4) ben(3)’ means ‘Japan’
韩国 ‘han(2) guo(2)’ in English ‘South Korea’
伦敦 ‘lun(2) dun(1)’ in English ‘London’
罗省 ‘luo(2) sheng(3)’ in English ‘Los Angeles’
澳门 ‘ao(4) men(2)’ in English ‘Macau’
马来西亚 ‘ma(3) lai(2) xi(1) ya(4)’ means ‘Malaysia’
墨西哥 ‘mo(4) xi(1) ge(1)’ means ‘Mexico’
蒙古 ‘meng(2) gu(3)’ means ‘Mongolia’
满地可 ‘man(3) di(4) ke(3) means ‘Montreal’
摩洛哥 ‘mo(2) luo(4) ge(1) means ‘Morocco’
纽约 ‘niu(3) yue(1) means ‘New York’ (more…)

]]> http://osche.org/more-about-countries-name-in-mandarin/2007/03/23/feed/ Countries Name in Chinese http://osche.org/countries-name-in-chinese/2007/03/22/ http://osche.org/countries-name-in-chinese/2007/03/22/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2007 04:22:00 +0000 kar http://osche.org/countries-name-in-chinese/2007/03/22/ Where are you from? This is the today topic, it’s about geography. I want to talk the country name in mandarin now, maybe you live in these countries below, and want to know how to say it in chinese. Ok let’s start….

非洲 ‘fei(1) zhou(1)’ means ‘Africa’
亚洲 ‘ya(4) zhou(1)’ means ‘Asia’
澳洲 ‘’ao(4) zhou(1)’ means ‘Australia’
巴哈马群岛 ‘ba(1) ha(1) ma(3) qun(2) dao(3)’ means ‘Bahamas’
波士顿 ‘bo(1) shi(1) dun(4)’ means ‘Boston’
巴西 ‘ba(1) xi(1)’ means ‘Brazil’
缅甸 ‘mian(3) dian(4)’ means ‘Myanmar/Burma’

]]> http://osche.org/countries-name-in-chinese/2007/03/22/feed/ Animal Names in Mandarin Part II http://osche.org/animal-names-in-mandarin-part-ii/2007/03/22/ http://osche.org/animal-names-in-mandarin-part-ii/2007/03/22/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:43:23 +0000 kar http://osche.org/animal-names-in-mandarin-part-ii/2007/03/21/ Now, we continue our animals name lesson. At the last post about animal, we have learned the several vocabulary. In this lesson we will know more for this animals name, of course in mandarin.

山羊 ‘shan(1) yang(2)’ means ‘goat’
大猩猩 ‘da(4) xing(1) xing(1)’ means ‘gorilla’
马 ‘ma(3)’ means ‘horse’
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]]> http://osche.org/animal-names-in-mandarin-part-ii/2007/03/22/feed/ Animal How to Say in Mandarin Part I http://osche.org/animal-how-to-say-in-mandarin-part-i/2007/03/21/ http://osche.org/animal-how-to-say-in-mandarin-part-i/2007/03/21/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:42:35 +0000 kar http://osche.org/animal-how-to-say-in-mandarin-part-i/2007/03/21/ Do you know how to say the animals name in mandarin? There are so many animals in this world, so I will talk about the general animal we see around us.
Ok let’s begin our lesson..hehe

熊 ‘xiong(2)’ in English ‘bear’
鸟 ‘niao(3)’ in English ‘bird’
水牛 ‘shui(3) niu(2)’ in English ‘buffalo’
骆驼 ‘luo(4) tuo(2)’ in English ‘camel’
猫 ‘mao(1)’ in English ‘cat’
鸡 ‘ji(1)’ in English ‘chicken’
北美郊狼 ‘pei(2) mei(3) jiao(1) lang(2)’ in English ‘coyote’
鹿 ‘lu(4)’ in English ‘deer’
恐龙 ‘kong(3) long(2)’ in English ‘dinosour’
狗 ‘gou(3)’ in English ‘dog’ (more…)

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