| lìli: | wŏ duì jīng jù fēi cháng găn xìng qù. |
| 丽丽: | 我对京剧非常感兴趣。 |
| Lili: | I’m very interested in Peking Opera. |
| mài kè: | wŏ yĕ shì, wŏ hěn xiăng xué yī xià. |
| 麦克: | 我也是,我很想学一下。 |
| Mike: | Me too, and I would like to learn it. |
| lìli: | xià xīng qī cháng ān dà xì yuàn yŏu jīng jù. |
| 丽丽: | 下星期长安大戏院有京剧。 |
| Lili: | There will be a Peking Opera show at Changan Theater next week. |
| mài kè: | shì ma, shén me xì? |
| 麦克: | 是吗,什么戏? |
| Mike: | Really? What’s on? |
| lìli: | chá yi xià 《bĕi jīng rì bào》, lĭ miàn yī dīng yŏu guăng gào. |
| 丽丽: | 查一下《北京日报》,里面一定有广告。 |
| Lili: | We’d better look at the advertisement in Beijing Daily. |
| mài kè: | wŏ mén yī qĭ qù kàn jīng jù hăo ma? |
| 麦克: | 我们一起去看京剧好吗? |
| Mike: | Let’s go to watch Peking Opera, okay? |
| lìli: | hăo, wŏ gěi nĭ măi xì piào ba. |
| 丽丽: | 好,我给你买戏票吧。 |
| Lili: | Okay, I’ll buy a ticket for you. |
| mài kè: | xiè xiè, măi hăo hòu gào sù wŏ yī shēng. |
| 麦克: | 谢谢,买好后告诉我一声。 |
| Mike: | Thank you. Please let me know when you buy it. |
| lìli: | fàng xīn ba. |
| 丽丽: | 放心吧。 |
| Lili: | Don’t worry.
1. 京剧jīng jù: Peking Opera 2. 兴趣xìng qù: interest 3. 戏院 xì yuàn: theater 4. 查 chá: look up 5. 广告 guăng gào: advertisement 6. 戏票 xì piào: ticket 7. 告诉 gào sù: let sb. know 8. 放心 fàng xīn: don’t worry (Source: china.org.cn) |
Archive for May, 2010
Chinese Online Class – Eleven Watching Peking Opera
Sunday, May 16th, 2010Chinese Grammar – The Two Mandarin Twos
Sunday, May 16th, 2010There are two ways to say “two” in Mandarin Chinese:
èr – 二
liǎng – 兩 (trad) 两 (simp)
Liang
Liǎng is used with measure words such as ge 個/个 or běn 本:
liǎng ge rén – two people
liǎng běn shū – two books
Some numbers are also measure words:
bǎi – hundred
qiān – thousand
wàn – ten thousand
Numbers such as two-hundred, two-thousand, and twenty-thousand take the liǎng form:
liǎng bǎi – 200
liǎng qiān – 2,000
liǎng wàn – 20,000
Er
Èr is used when counting without measure words:
yī, èr, sān – one, two, three
When a measure word is used for number ending in two (22, 102, 542 etc), the èr form of two is used:
èr shí èr ge rén – twenty-two people
yī bǎi líng èr běn shū – one-hundred and two books
liǎng qiān wǔ bǎi sì shí èr kuài qián – two-thousand, five-hundred and fourty-two dollars
Er Liang Quiz
Have you mastered the Mandarin number two? Take the Liang Er quiz to test your knowledge:
(Source: mandarin.about.com)
Chinese language – Learn to Speak and Read Mandarin Chinese
Saturday, May 15th, 2010Interested in learning Mandarin Chinese? You’re not alone. Mandarin is one of the most popular languages for business, travel, and pleasure.
Many people think that learning Mandarin Chinese is difficult. There is no doubt that learning to write Mandarin Chinese characters presents a formidable challenge that can take years to master. Learning to speak Mandarin Chinese, however, is fairly simple because there are none of the verb conjugations that are found in many Western languages.
Mandarin Chinese is a tonal language, which means that the pitch of a syllable can change its meaning. There are four tones in spoken Mandarin: high; rising; falling and rising; and falling.
These kinds of tones are also used in English for emphasis or inflection, but Mandarin tones are entirely different. The tones are the most challenging part of spoken Mandarin, but once the concept has been absorbed, Mandarin vocabulary and grammar is surprisingly easy.
Learning Mandarin Tones
We have several articles and exercises to help you master the four Mandarin tones. You should practice your tones every day until you can pronounce them and recognize them easily.
Take advantage of the sound files that are included in these tone lessons by repeating them until you can accurately produce the four tones.
(Source: mandarin.about.com)


