Archive for November, 2007

Talking to Chinese strangers

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

Yesterday I had Chinese course. We were only 2 students and our teacher that day. It was very cool with such a small group, we could learn lots of things. At the break we went to get some Coffee. We were sitting at a window with our Coffee when suddenly a ...

What to do on a holiday trip to China?

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

There are countless offers for trips to China. Most read like this: Monday: Visit to Temple of the Heavens, then a short excursion to the endless flowers park. At the way back You will seethe famous Golden Temple. Tuesday: You start with the Southern Temple, go over to the Temple of the ...

All Your base are belong to the Chinese

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

This year China made long term contracts with Africa to buy resources. China is building its space program. China buys all kind of resources from anyone who is willing to sell. At the same time only those Chinese who are living in cities are actually buying stuff from other countries. ...

I want to go to China again

Sunday, November 11th, 2007

It's been a long time since i was in China last time. 2 Months already and I want to go back there. Just catch the next plane.... Airplane at Beijing airport 2 am.... Plans are the thing that make use work harder. What are Your plans?

Very basic mandarin

Sunday, November 11th, 2007

Here is a list of 10 helpful, yet very basic Chinese expressions. 你好。Nǐ hǎo. - Hi, Hello (lit.: You good) 你好吗? Nǐ hǎo ma? - How are You? (lit. You good, or not?) 我很好。Wǒ hěn hǎo. - I'm fine. 谢谢。Xiè Xiè. - Thanks 多少钱? Duō shao qián? - How much is it (Asking for the ...

Chinese Pera Kun

Sunday, November 11th, 2007

Hello fellow Chinese learners. There is a nice Firefox plugin named ChinesePera-Kun that enhances Your learning speed by helping You translate characters. While browsing just move Your mouse over a character and You will see a nice translation. Very convenient. It seems to me, that they use the same dictionary ...

Why to learn Chinese at a University

Saturday, November 10th, 2007

I just stumbled upon a post on the humanaught blog. He is talking about why it's no good idea to learn Chinese at an university in China. His main argument is, that there are plenty of Japanese and Korean students, who already got the characters down in form of Kanji ...

40 most common radicals

Saturday, November 10th, 2007

When I started learning Chinese my teacher gave me a list of the most 40 common Chinese radicals. Might be helpful for anyone. 人 rén - man, person 刀 dāo - knife 力 lì - power 又 yòu - right hand side 口kǒu - mouth 囗 wéi - enclosure Used as a radical only, not as ...

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