Wednesday, September 28, 2011

第二十六课的录音:Lesson 26 Recording

王小文的妈妈做什么工作?她的妈妈是商人。

王小文的爸爸做什么工作?她的爸爸是老师。

王小文的爷爷做什么工作?她的爷爷是医生。

王小文的奶奶做什么工作?她的奶奶是家庭主妇。

王小文是中学生还是小学生?她是中学生。

王小文的弟弟也是中学生吗?不,他不是中学生。他是小学生。

Friday, September 23, 2011

第二十五课:Lesson 25

春天在哪里?春天在哪里?
春天在我们的眼睛里,
看见红的花,看见绿的草,
还有会唱歌的布谷鸟。

Friday, September 16, 2011

第二十四课:Lesson 24

姐姐比妹妹高。妹妹比姐姐矮。

花猫比白猫胖。 白猫比花猫瘦。
飞机比火车块。 火车比飞机慢。

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白玛丽的头发比白大卫的头发长。

白大卫的头发比白玛丽的头发短。
王小文的水果比李大中的水果多。

李大中的水果比王小文的水果少。

Monday, September 12, 2011

中秋快乐!Zhōng Qiū Kuài Lè

Mid Autumn Festival (Moon Festival) takes place on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar. That's today, September 12th, 2011!

for an overview of Mid Autumn Festival, follow the links here below. they'll take you to some helpful articles on the subject:

http://taoism.about.com/od/holidays/a/MidAutumn_Festival.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_Festival

Important Festival Vocabulary:
zhōng 中 center, middle
qiū 秋 autumn, fall
jié 节 festival
zhōng qiū jié 中秋节 mid autumn festival
kuài lè 快乐 happy, joyous
zhōng qiū kuài lè 中秋快乐 happy mid autumn festival
yuè bǐng 月饼 moon cake
shǎng yuè 赏月 to admire the moon



Friday, September 2, 2011

找名字:Name Search

First step - finding a compatible surname.  You might pick one that sounds like your English last name.  Or you can pick based on the meaning of the character.

You can investigate the most common family names (surnames) and their meanings: here

Here's a very good tool to help you explore a given name that suits you: here
And another: here
This tool also provides several options: here

There's also the classic phonetic way (transliteration) for a foreigner to convert their name to Chinese: here

Lastly, I'd like to share a nice blog post by ChinesePod superstar Jenny Zhu on the nature of Chinese names: here