Learn Chinese Everyday 每日学华语 » Others http://www.learnchineseeveryday.com Learn Chinese -- Learn a Chinese Character a Day -- Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:45:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Characters with Radical Hand (扌) http://www.learnchineseeveryday.com/2010/07/03/characters-with-radical-hand-%e6%89%8c/ http://www.learnchineseeveryday.com/2010/07/03/characters-with-radical-hand-%e6%89%8c/#comments Sat, 03 Jul 2010 07:00:25 +0000 Min Min http://www.learnchineseeveryday.com/?p=6369
  • We have learnt the character 手 (hand). When it acts as a radical, it is written as 扌and is read as 提手旁 (tí shǒu páng). (Radical I)

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  • Here is a list of characters with the radical 扌 that we have learnt so far:
    Character Pinyin Meaning Pronunciation Link
    打 dǎ beat [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Link
    摸 mō feel, touch [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Link
    推 tuī push [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Link
    拉 lā pull [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Link
    搬 bān move [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Link
    抓 zhuā grab, scratch [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Link
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    ]]>     http://www.learnchineseeveryday.com/2010/07/03/characters-with-radical-hand-%e6%89%8c/feed/ 0     Tongue Twister – 绕口令 http://www.learnchineseeveryday.com/2010/06/05/tongue-twister/ http://www.learnchineseeveryday.com/2010/06/05/tongue-twister/#comments Sat, 05 Jun 2010 08:00:45 +0000 Min Min http://www.learnchineseeveryday.com/?p=5930
  • 绕口令（ rào kǒu lìng ）, tongue twister / poem, is useful for you to practice Chinese pronunciation correctly.
  • While preparing my Pinyin ebook, I have included the following 绕口令 into the book. And I am going to share the 绕口令 here today.
  • Here are the 3 words that you need to pay attention to.
    • 兔子 (tù zi) rabbit [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    裤子 (kù zi) pants [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    肚子 (dù zi) stomach; belly [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    小 兔 子 做 裤 子
    xiǎo tù zi zuò kù zi
    Little rabbit makes pants
    [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    量 了 裤 子 量 肚 子
    liàng le kù zi liàng dù zi
    measured pants then measured belly
    [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    做 好 裤 子 提 不 上 肚 子
    zuò hǎo kù zi tí bú shàng dù zi
    made pants but can’t pull it over belly
    [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    小 兔 子 看 裤 子
    xiǎo tù zi kàn kù zi
    little rabbit looks at pants
    [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    不 知 是 没 量 准 裤 子
    bú zhī shì méi liàng zhǔn kù zi
    not sure if measured wrong pants
    [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    还 是 没 量 准 肚 子
    hái shì méi liàng zhǔn dù zi
    or measured wrong belly
    [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    • Here is the complete poem. Practice with the right pronunciation until you can read it with no mistakes.
      • 小兔子做裤子，
      量了裤子量肚子，
      做好裤子提不上肚子，
      小兔子看裤子，
      不知是没量准裤子，
      还是没量准肚子。

    • Female voice:
      [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    • Male voice
      [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    • For vocabulary, here are a few new words:
      量 : measure
      提 : carry, raise
      准 : accurate
    ]]>     http://www.learnchineseeveryday.com/2010/06/05/tongue-twister/feed/ 2     Characters with Radical Water (氵) http://www.learnchineseeveryday.com/2010/04/24/characters-with-radical-water-%e6%b0%b5/ http://www.learnchineseeveryday.com/2010/04/24/characters-with-radical-water-%e6%b0%b5/#comments Sat, 24 Apr 2010 07:00:17 +0000 Min Min http://www.learnchineseeveryday.com/?p=5194
  • We have learnt the character 水 (water). When the character 水 acts as a radical, it is written as 氵(literally means three drops of water) and is read as 三点水 (sān diǎn shuǐ). (Radical I)

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  • We have learnt some the characters that have the radical 口 and are related to mouth (click here). Today, we are going to review other characters that have the radical  氵(三点水) and are related to water:
    Character Pinyin Meaning Pronunciation Link
    河 hé river [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Link
    湖 hú lake [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Link
    池 chí pond [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Link
    海 hǎi sea [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Link
    浪 làng wave [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Link
    流 liú (of liquid) flow [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Link
    汗 hàn sweat [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Link
  • However, there are some characters with radical water, but are not related to water. For example : 没, 法。
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    ]]>     http://www.learnchineseeveryday.com/2010/04/24/characters-with-radical-water-%e6%b0%b5/feed/ 0     Characters with Radical Mouth (口) http://www.learnchineseeveryday.com/2010/04/10/characters-with-radical-mouth-%e5%8f%a3/ http://www.learnchineseeveryday.com/2010/04/10/characters-with-radical-mouth-%e5%8f%a3/#comments Sat, 10 Apr 2010 07:00:28 +0000 Min Min http://www.learnchineseeveryday.com/?p=5003
  • Radicals not only help you remember the graphic features of a character (making it easier for you to remember how to write it), but also provide you hints on pronunciation and meaning.
  • We have learnt the character 口 (mouth). And also we have learnt that this character  口  is a radical as well. (Radical I)

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  • Today, we are going to review some of the characters that have the radical 口 and are related to mouth:
    Character Pinyin Meaning Pronunciation Link
    吹 chuī blow [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Link
    喊 hǎn shout [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Link
    吃 chī eat [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Link
    喝 hē drink [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Link
    呼 hū exhale [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Link
    吸 xī inhale [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Link
    哈 hā ha ha [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Link
    嘴 zuǐ mouth [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Link
    哭 kū cry [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Link
    問（问）* wèn ask [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Link
  • * Sometimes, radicals for Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese are not the same. According to this dictionary, Simplified Chinese 问 has radical 门, while Traditional Chinese 問 has radical 口.
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    ]]>     http://www.learnchineseeveryday.com/2010/04/10/characters-with-radical-mouth-%e5%8f%a3/feed/ 0     100 Most Common Chinese Characters http://www.learnchineseeveryday.com/2010/02/27/100-most-common-chinese-characters/ http://www.learnchineseeveryday.com/2010/02/27/100-most-common-chinese-characters/#comments Sat, 27 Feb 2010 07:00:23 +0000 Min Min http://www.learnchineseeveryday.com/?p=4292
  • From past to present, there is no accurate counting of Chinese characters. Depending upon how one counts variants, 50,000+ is a good approximation for the current total number.
  • However, it is generally accepted that one needs to know between 2,000 to 3500 characters for basic literacy in Chinese (for example, to read a Chinese newspaper), and a well-educated person will know well in excess of 4,000 to 5,000 characters.
  • There have been several attempt to identify the most frequently used Chinese characters.  In 1988,  the Chinese government has published a list of the 3,500 most frequently used Simplified Chinese characters : 现代汉语常用字表 (“List of Frequently Used Characters in Modern Chinese”).
  • As you may notice, each daily character post found in this website includes the usage of the character. The usage/frequency that I used in this website is based on the statistic found in here :  Frequency Statistics 频率统计
  • To maximize the speed to achieve reading literacy, the student should learn the most commonly used characters first.
  • According to a survey on the current situation of Chinese language, to understand 90% of the content in Chinese publications, students have to learn only about 900 Chinese characters and 11,000 phrases/words
  • Chinese characters should not be confused with Chinese words. Most Chinese words are written with one or more characters; each character representing one syllable. Knowing the meanings of the individual characters of a word will often allow the general meaning of the word to be inferred, but this is not invariably the case.
  • Here are the 100 most frequently used characters that we have learnt, making up around 40% of the usage of Chinese.
    • Character Usage Pinyin Pronunciation Date/Link
    1 的 95.9 de [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 04-Sep-2009
    2 一 94.3 yī [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 11-Jul-2009
    3 是 93.0 shì [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 28-Jul-2009
    4 不 91.8 bù [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 08-May-2009
    5 了 90.7 le [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 30-Jun-2009
    6 在 89.7 zài [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 16-Sep-2009
    7 人 88.7 rén [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 29-Jun-2009
    8 有 87.8 yǒu [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 23-Feb-2010
    9 我 86.9 wǒ [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 21-May-2009
    10 他 86.1 tā [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 25-May-2009
    11 这 85.3 zhè [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 03-Aug-2009
    12 个 84.7 gè [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 31-Jul-2009
    13 们 84.1 men [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 29-May-2009
    14 中 83.5 zhōng [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 02-Nov-2009
    15 来 82.9 lái [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 05-Jun-2009
    16 上 82.4 shàng [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 12-May-2009
    17 大 81.8 dà [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 02-Sep-2009
    18 为 81.3 wèi [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 03-Nov-2009
    19 和 80.8 hé [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 04-Nov-2009
    20 国 80.3 guó [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 09-Nov-2009
    21 地 79.8 dì [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 20-Nov-2009
    22 到 79.3 dào [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 27-Nov-2009
    23 以 78.8 yǐ [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 09-Dec-2009
    24 说 78.4 shuō [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 05-Nov-2009
    25 时 77.9 shí [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 10-Nov-2009
    26 要 77.5 yào [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 30-Oct-2009
    27 就 77.1 jiù [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 18-Dec-2009
    28 出 76.7 chū [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 18-Sep-2009
    29 会 76.3 huì [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 11-Nov-2009
    30 可 76.0 kě [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 12-Nov-2009
    31 也 75.6 yě [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 03-Jun-2009
    32 你 75.2 nǐ [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 22-May-2009
    33 对 74.9 duì [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 13-Nov-2009
    34 生 74.5 shēng [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 30-Jul-2009
    35 能 74.2 néng [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 30-Nov-2009
    36 而 73.8 ér [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 07-Jan-2010
    37 子 73.5 zǐ [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 24-Feb-2010
    38 那 73.2 nà [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 04-Aug-2009
    39 得 72.8 dé [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 11-Dec-2009
    40 于 72.5 yú [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 08-Feb-2010
    41 着 72.2 zhe [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 01-Dec-2009
    42 下 71.9 xià [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 13-May-2009
    43 自 71.6 zì [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 26-Jan-2010
    44 之 71.2 zhī [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 20-Jan-2010
    45 年 70.9 nián [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 07-Sep-2009
    46 过 70.6 guò [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 19-Nov-2009
    47 发 70.3 fā [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 23-Nov-2009
    48 后 70.0 hòu [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 19-Jun-2009
    49 作 69.8 zuò [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 24-Jun-2009
    50 里 69.5 lǐ [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 09-Feb-2010
    51 用 69.2 yòng [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 25-Jan-2010
    52 道 68.9 dào [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 18-Feb-2010
    53 行 68.7 xíng [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 23-Oct-2009
    54 所 68.4 suǒ [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 15-Feb-2010
    55 然 68.1 rán [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 05-Feb-2010
    56 家 67.9 jiā [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 14-Aug-2009
    57 种 67.6 zhòng [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 11-Jan-2010
    58 事 67.3 shì [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 01-Feb-2010
    59 成 67.1 chéng [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 28-Jan-2010
    60 方 66.8 fāng [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 24-Nov-2009
    61 多 66.6 duō [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 17-Nov-2009
    62 经 66.3 jīng [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 10-Feb-2010
    63 么 66.1 me [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 23-Jul-2009
    64 去 65.8 qù [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 12-Aug-2009
    65 法 65.5 fǎ [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 10-Dec-2009
    66 学 65.4 xué [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 29-Jul-2009
    67 如 65.1 rú [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 12-Jan-2010
    68 都 64.9 dōu [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 04-Jun-2009
    69 同 64.7 tóng [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 16-Nov-2009
    70 现 64.4 xiàn [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 04-Jan-2010
    71 当 64.2 dāng [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 25-Feb-2010
    72 没 64.0 méi [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 22-Feb-2010
    73 动 63.8 dòng [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 07-Dec-2009
    74 面 63.6 miàn [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 17-Dec-2009
    75 起 63.3 qǐ [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 22-Jan-2010
    76 看 63.1 kàn [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 20-Aug-2009
    77 定 62.9 dìng [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 05-Jan-2010
    78 天 62.7 tiān [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 17-Jun-2009
    79 分 62.5 fēn [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 19-Jan-2010
    80 还 62.3 hái [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 06-Jan-2010
    81 进 62.0 jìn [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 17-Sep-2009
    82 好 61.8 hǎo [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 04-May-2009
    83 小 61.6 xiǎo [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 03-Sep-2009
    84 部 61.4 bù [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 12-Feb-2010
    85 其 61.2 qí [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 04-Dec-2009
    86 些 61.0 xiē [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 03-Feb-2010
    87 主 60.8 zhǔ [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 29-Jan-2010
    88 样 60.6 yàng [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 08-Jan-2010
    89 理 60.4 lǐ [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 27-Jan-2010
    90 心 60.2 xīn [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 26-Nov-2009
    91 她 60.0 tā [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 26-May-2009
    92 本 59.8 běn [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 08-Dec-2009
    93 前 59.6 qián [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 18-Jun-2009
    94 开 59.4 kāi [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 25-Nov-2009
    95 但 59.2 dàn [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 02-Dec-2009
    96 因 59.0 yīn [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 15-Jan-2010
    97 只 58.8 zhǐ [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 03-Dec-2009
    98 从 58.6 cóng [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 06-Nov-2009
    99 想 58.4 xiǎng [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 18-Aug-2009
    100 实 58.2 shí [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 14-Dec-2009
    ]]>     http://www.learnchineseeveryday.com/2010/02/27/100-most-common-chinese-characters/feed/ 8     Chinese New Year Greetings http://www.learnchineseeveryday.com/2010/02/13/chinese-new-year-greetings/ http://www.learnchineseeveryday.com/2010/02/13/chinese-new-year-greetings/#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2010 07:00:11 +0000 Min Min http://www.learnchineseeveryday.com/?p=4075
  • 新年快乐。恭喜发财。Happy Chinese New Year.
  • Today is Chinese New Year’s Eve, which is known as 除夕（chú xī）in Chinese.
  • 除 means remove or replace; 夕 means evening or night.
    [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
  • On the eve of the festival, the whole family will gather together for the reunion dinner, which is known 团圆饭（tuán yuán fàn）.
  • 团圆 means reunion (of family members); 饭 means meal or rice.
    [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
  • On Chinese New Year, you can hear all kinds of sayings and greetings associated with the Chinese New Year.Here are a few common greetings:
    Greetings Pronunciation Meaning
    恭喜发财 gōng xǐ fā cái
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    		 Congratulations and Prosperity!
    新年快乐 xīn nián kuài lè
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    		 Happy New Year!
    心想事成 xīn xiǎng shì chéng
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    		 Wish you have everything succeed as you wish!
    万事如意 wàn shì rú yì
    [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    		 Everything goes smoothly as you wish!
    身体健康 shēn tǐ jiàn kāng
    [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    		 Good Health
    年年有馀 nián nián yǒu yú
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    		 Wishing you prosperity every year!
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    • ]]>     http://www.learnchineseeveryday.com/2010/02/13/chinese-new-year-greetings/feed/ 0     Radical III http://www.learnchineseeveryday.com/2010/01/16/radical-iii/ http://www.learnchineseeveryday.com/2010/01/16/radical-iii/#comments Sat, 16 Jan 2010 07:00:25 +0000 Min Min http://www.learnchineseeveryday.com/?p=3581
  • All Chinese characters have a radical or are a radial in it self.
  • As mentioned before, radical is used to look up a character in a dictionary.
  • Beside, radical is used to tell something about the meaning of the character.
  • e.g. 口.
    It is the character for “mouth”. It is also the radical for many things related to mouth, such as 吃 = eat, 喝 = drink, etc.
  • Thus, learning radicals will help you to understand the characters more.
  • Here are another 7 new common radicals.

    • List of Chinese Radicals

    Radical English Name Chinese Name Pronunciation
    刂 Knife 立刀旁
    lì dāo páng     		[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    卩 Seal 单耳旁
    dān ěr páng    		 [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    辶 Walk 走之
    zǒu zhī     		[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    彳 Step 双人旁
    shuāng rén páng    		 [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    犭 Dog 反犬旁
    fǎn quǎn páng    		 [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    饣 Eat 食字旁
    shí zì páng    		 [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    纟 Silk 绞丝旁
    jiǎo sī páng    		 [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    • This week exercise :
      Try to write few Chinese characters that you know using the above radicals.
    • Happy learning.
    ]]>     http://www.learnchineseeveryday.com/2010/01/16/radical-iii/feed/ 0     Radical II http://www.learnchineseeveryday.com/2009/11/21/radical-ii/ http://www.learnchineseeveryday.com/2009/11/21/radical-ii/#comments Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:00:21 +0000 Min Min http://www.learnchineseeveryday.com/?p=2966
  • Radical (in Chinese : 部首) is an essential element of the Chinese dictionary. Every Chinese character is classified under a radical and characters with the same radical are sorted by the number of strokes.
  • We have learnt 7 radicals in Radical I. Today we are going to learn another 7 new common radicals.

    • List of Chinese Radicals

    Radical English Name Chinese Name Pronunciation
    亻 Man, a person 单立人
    dān lì rén    		 [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    亠 Lid 点横头
    diǎn héng tóu    		 [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    讠 Speech 言字旁
    yán zì páng    		 [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    阝 Plenty 双耳旁
    shuāng ěr páng    		 [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    女 Woman 女字旁
    nǚ zì páng    		 [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    土 Earth, Soil 提土旁
    tí tǔ páng    		 [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    宀 Roof, Cover 宝盖
    bǎo gài    		 [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    • This week exercise :
      Try to write few Chinese characters that you know using the above radicals.
    • Happy learning.
    ]]>     http://www.learnchineseeveryday.com/2009/11/21/radical-ii/feed/ 0     Date and Time – Months Of The Year http://www.learnchineseeveryday.com/2009/09/19/date-and-time-months-of-the-year/ http://www.learnchineseeveryday.com/2009/09/19/date-and-time-months-of-the-year/#comments Sat, 19 Sep 2009 07:00:43 +0000 Min Min http://www.learnchineseeveryday.com/?p=2140
  • The months of the years in chinese are straightforward.
  • Month is 月 (yuè), also the Classical Chinese word for “moon”.
    • Months Chinese Character Pinyin Pronunciation
    January 一月 yī yuè [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    February 二月 èr yuè [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    March 三月 sān yuè [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    April 四月 sì yuè [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    May 五月 wǔ yuè [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    June 六月 liù yuè [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    July 七月 qī yuè [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    August 八月 bā yuè [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    September 九月 jiǔ yuè [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    October 十月 shí yuè [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    November 十一月 shí yī yuè [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    December 十二月 shí èr yuè [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
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  • Chinese characters can be decomposed into components called radicals.
  • The most commonly accepted table of radicals for traditional Chinese characters consists of 214 entries.
  • Today we are going to learn 7 out of the 214 radicals, which form more than 1,000 characters each.

    • List of Chinese Radicals

    Radical English Name Chinese Name Pronunciation
    艹 Grass 草字头
    cǎo zì tóu    		 [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    氵(水) Water (literally means three drops of water.) 三点水
    sān diǎn shuǐ    		 [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    木 Wood 木字旁
    mù zì páng    		 [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    扌(手) Hand 提手旁
    tí shǒu páng    		 [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    口 Mouth 口字旁
    kǒu zì páng    		 [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    忄(心) Heart 竖心旁
    shù xīn páng    		 [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    虫 Insect 虫字旁
    chóng zì páng    		 [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

    More Reference:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Kangxi_radicals

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    • Today we are going to learn three new words that indicate a period of time after a certain moment.
    • The words are 将来, 今后 and 以后.
    • In general, all these three words mean future.
    • 将来 and 今后 indicate the time after the present moment, while 以后 can also indicate the time after a moment in the past.
    Word Chinese Character Pinyin Pronunciation
    Future 将来 jiāng lái [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    Sentence:
    He will certainly be successful in the future.
    他 将来/以后/今后 一定会成功。
    tā jiāng lái （yǐ hòu /jīn hòu ）yī dìng huì chéng gōng。
    [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    Hereafter 以后 yǐ hòu [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    Sentence:
    Two years later, he did indeed go on a round-the-world tour.
    两年以后，他果然去周游世界了。
    liǎng nián yǐ hòu，tā guǒ rán qù zhōu yóu shì jiè le。
    [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    From now on 今后 jīn hòu [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    Sentence:
    We hope from now on there will be more exchanges between our two peoples.
    希望今后两国人民之间有更多的交往。
    xī wàng jīn hòu liǎng guó rén mín zhī jiān yǒu gèng duō de jiāo wǎng。
    [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
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  • Today we are going to learn about basic conversation for date and time.
  • Let’s revise some of the words that we had learned previously （click to open a new window):
    今 明 后 昨 前 天
  • And, assume today is Monday.
    • Day Chinese Character Pinyin Pronunciation
    Today 今天 jīn tiān [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    Sentence:
    Today is Monday.
    今天是星期一。
    jīn tiān shì xīng qī yī。
    [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    Tommorrow 明天 míng tiān [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    Sentence:
    Tomorrow is Tuesday.
    明天是星期二。
    míng tiān shì xīng qī èr。
    [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    The day after tomorrow 后天 hòu tiān [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    Sentence:
    The day after tomorrow is Wednesday.
    后天是星期三。
    hòu tiān shì xīng qī sān。
    [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    Yesterday 昨天 zuó tiān [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    Sentence:
    Yesterday was Sunday.
    昨天是星期日。
    zuó tiān shì xīng qī rì。
    [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    The day before yesterday 前天 qián tiān [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    Sentence:
    The day before yesterday was Saturday.
    前天是星期六。
    qián tiān shì xīng qī liù 。
    [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
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  • In Chinese, names for days of the week are based on a simple numerical sequence.
  • The word for ‘week’ is followed by a number indicating the day: ‘Monday’ is literally ‘week one’, ‘Tuesday’ is ‘week two’, etc.

    • Days of the Week

    Weekdays Chinese Character Pinyin Pronunciation
    Monday 星期一 xīng qī yī [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    Tuesday 星期二 xīng qī èr [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    Wednesday 星期三 xīng qī sān [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    Thursday 星期四 xīng qī sì [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    Friday 星期五 xīng qī wǔ [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    Saturday 星期六 xīng qī liù [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    Sunday 星期日 xīng qī rì [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    星期天 xīng qī tiān [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

    Notes:

    • 星期(xīng qī) means week.
    • A week is a 星期, literally a “star period”.
    • Sunday is slightly different, giving us two choices: 星期日 and 星期天.
    • There are two other ways to express weeks and days, they are 周(zhōu) and 礼拜(lǐ bài). Both of these have the day number appended in the same way as for 星期.
    • For weekend, we say 周末 (zhōu mò).
    Watch Videos to Learn
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  • Last two weeks, we have learned a few words about family members.
  • Today, we are going to revise the words.
  • I have created a picture so that you will have a better understanding.

    • Family Member

    Relationship Chinese Character Pinyin Pronunciation
    Father’s father （Grandpa) 公公/祖父 gōng gong / zǔ fù [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    Father’s mother (Grandma) 婆婆/祖母 pó po /zǔ mǔ [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    Mother’s father (Grandpa) 外公 wài gōng [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    Mother’s mother (Grandma) 外婆 wài pó [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    Father 爸爸 bà ba [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    Mother 妈妈 mā ma [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    Elder brother 哥哥 gē ge [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    Younger brother 弟弟 dì di [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    Elder sister 姐姐 jiě jie [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
    Younger sister 妹妹 mèi mei [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

    Notes:

    • 父亲 (fù qīn) is a more formal word for 爸爸 (father)
    • 母亲 (mǔ qīn) is a more formal word for 妈妈 (mother)
    • 爷爷 (yé ye) is sometimes used to mean father’s father (Grandpa)
    • 奶奶 (nǎi nai) is sometimes used to mean father’s mother (Grandma).
    Watch Videos to Learn

    More references:
    A more complete list of Chinese family titles

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