This document discusses the difference between the Chinese characters 二 and 两. 二 is used for counting numbers from one to two digits, while 两 is used to measure quantities of two items, and must be used with a measure word. Some examples are provided of using 两 with different measure words to indicate quantities of two people from different countries or relationships.
This document discusses the Chinese measure word 个 (ge), which is used with people, things that don't have a specific measure word assigned, and intangible objects like movies or weeks. It provides examples of using 个 with numbers and people of different nationalities, as well as with the demonstrative pronouns 这个 and 那个. Learners are prompted to practice writing out phrases combining numbers, people, and 个 to check their understanding of its use.
This document is a YouTube video that discusses the Chinese character 家, which means "family" or "home". The video explores the pictographic origins of the character, showing how its design evolved from pictographs of a pig (猪) housed under a roof (宀). It provides insight into how some Chinese characters convey meaning through their component graphical parts.
This document discusses the difference between the Chinese characters 二 and 两. 二 is used for counting numbers from one to two digits, while 两 is used to measure quantities of two items, and must be used with a measure word. Some examples are provided of using 两 with different measure words to indicate quantities of two people from different countries or relationships.
This document discusses the Chinese measure word 个 (ge), which is used with people, things that don't have a specific measure word assigned, and intangible objects like movies or weeks. It provides examples of using 个 with numbers and people of different nationalities, as well as with the demonstrative pronouns 这个 and 那个. Learners are prompted to practice writing out phrases combining numbers, people, and 个 to check their understanding of its use.
This document is a YouTube video that discusses the Chinese character 家, which means "family" or "home". The video explores the pictographic origins of the character, showing how its design evolved from pictographs of a pig (猪) housed under a roof (宀). It provides insight into how some Chinese characters convey meaning through their component graphical parts.
Students choose an animal or character to draw and describe, and teachers assist them in transcribing/typing their descriptions. All pages are copied and put together to create a book for students to take home.
Frank, who was from France but enjoyed Chinese food, saw a famous Chinese restaurant in the newspaper and wanted to eat there. During his spring trip to China, he took a taxi to find the restaurant in Beijing. When he ordered baozi and Peking duck, the waiter misunderstood and brought him the food and a newspaper. Frank was upset and cried, saying he wanted to eat buns, not a newspaper.
The content of this presentation in Chinese was forwarded to me in an email.
The moral of this story is very good for personality cultivation.
English translation: teh kk
Music: 唢呐 百鸟朝凤
(Literally : Hundred Birds Facing The Phoenix)
The currency of China is the renminbi or yuan (RMB), represented by the symbol 元. The renminbi has a long history dating back to coins used in the Han Dynasty over 2,000 years ago. Today, the 100 yuan banknote features portraits of four important figures from early Chinese history. To prevent fraud, Chinese banknotes use unique Chinese characters for numeric values rather than standard characters. In 2012, the exchange rate between the Chinese renminbi and U.S. dollar was approximately 1 USD to 6.35 CNY. Chinese traditions include giving "lucky money" in red envelopes during New Years celebrations and coins known as "ya sheng coins" for prosperity.
The document provides instructions for students to make a Kongming lantern for a school assignment, including requirements that it be bigger than 50x50x100cm, designed in Chinese style, and tested by flying it at night and posting pictures online. It also gives some background history on Kongming lanterns and considerations for materials, design, and safe use.
The document discusses the existing conditions of leftover industrial and ecological spaces, including private buildings, lots, boundaries, public squares and walking paths. It outlines a spectrum of citizen engagement models from anarchist to autocratic and considers scenarios for intervening in consumer spaces and industrial leftovers. Transitioning ownership through political and spatial processes could involve volunteers, attracting developers, utilizing town labor and establishing collaborative use through dialogue.
The document outlines a group project to create a book in Chinese titled "海星汉语-SMAD Mandarin". It instructs students to design the cover, introduce themselves and their assignments in Part 1, include common Chinese phrases in Part 2, discuss the meaning of colors and numbers in Chinese culture in Part 3, share personal stories related to learning Chinese in Part 4, and leave personal messages in Part 5. It provides formatting details and sets an August 22nd deadline to be graded based on content, design, and timely submission.
Personal selected reading chinese history, songjiake92814
The Song dynasty achieved many accomplishments for China including developing important inventions like the compass and movable-type printing, introducing Jiaozi as the first paper money, and creating unprecedented wealth and prosperity.
This document outlines the importance of storytelling and how to engage an audience. It discusses key elements of an effective story, including characters, setting, plot, conflict and resolution. It also emphasizes the importance of understanding the audience's perspective and finding the sweet spot between the story and their beliefs and experiences. Finally, it discusses how to enable customers by empowering them to co-create stories and share their experiences with a brand through different channels. The goal is to engage people more and create a stronger impression rather than telling customers what to think.
Chinese and american families mandarin presentation (ella)lilaoshi2010
The document compares traditional and modern Chinese and American family values. Traditionally, Chinese families shared budgets and passed down surnames through males, while American families believed in God and had males work and wives stay home. Modern Chinese families treat children equally and are less strict, though surnames still pass through males, while modern American families have all adults working and accept divorce and sometimes cohabitation more.
This document discusses strokes and stroke order in written Chinese characters. It introduces the basic strokes - dot, horizontal, vertical, fall, rise, and hook strokes. It provides examples of characters and the strokes they contain. It explains that learning proper stroke order is important as it makes learning and writing characters easier and more effective. There are only eight basic stroke order rules to remember that dictate the sequencing of strokes from top to bottom, left to right, inside to outside etc. Mastering these rules from the beginning establishes a habit of writing characters correctly. The document concludes by noting Chinese characters can be broken down into single, top/bottom, left/right, and left/center/right structures.
Students choose an animal or character to draw and describe, and teachers assist them in transcribing/typing their descriptions. All pages are copied and put together to create a book for students to take home.
Frank, who was from France but enjoyed Chinese food, saw a famous Chinese restaurant in the newspaper and wanted to eat there. During his spring trip to China, he took a taxi to find the restaurant in Beijing. When he ordered baozi and Peking duck, the waiter misunderstood and brought him the food and a newspaper. Frank was upset and cried, saying he wanted to eat buns, not a newspaper.
The content of this presentation in Chinese was forwarded to me in an email.
The moral of this story is very good for personality cultivation.
English translation: teh kk
Music: 唢呐 百鸟朝凤
(Literally : Hundred Birds Facing The Phoenix)
The currency of China is the renminbi or yuan (RMB), represented by the symbol 元. The renminbi has a long history dating back to coins used in the Han Dynasty over 2,000 years ago. Today, the 100 yuan banknote features portraits of four important figures from early Chinese history. To prevent fraud, Chinese banknotes use unique Chinese characters for numeric values rather than standard characters. In 2012, the exchange rate between the Chinese renminbi and U.S. dollar was approximately 1 USD to 6.35 CNY. Chinese traditions include giving "lucky money" in red envelopes during New Years celebrations and coins known as "ya sheng coins" for prosperity.
The document provides instructions for students to make a Kongming lantern for a school assignment, including requirements that it be bigger than 50x50x100cm, designed in Chinese style, and tested by flying it at night and posting pictures online. It also gives some background history on Kongming lanterns and considerations for materials, design, and safe use.
The document discusses the existing conditions of leftover industrial and ecological spaces, including private buildings, lots, boundaries, public squares and walking paths. It outlines a spectrum of citizen engagement models from anarchist to autocratic and considers scenarios for intervening in consumer spaces and industrial leftovers. Transitioning ownership through political and spatial processes could involve volunteers, attracting developers, utilizing town labor and establishing collaborative use through dialogue.
The document outlines a group project to create a book in Chinese titled "海星汉语-SMAD Mandarin". It instructs students to design the cover, introduce themselves and their assignments in Part 1, include common Chinese phrases in Part 2, discuss the meaning of colors and numbers in Chinese culture in Part 3, share personal stories related to learning Chinese in Part 4, and leave personal messages in Part 5. It provides formatting details and sets an August 22nd deadline to be graded based on content, design, and timely submission.
Personal selected reading chinese history, songjiake92814
The Song dynasty achieved many accomplishments for China including developing important inventions like the compass and movable-type printing, introducing Jiaozi as the first paper money, and creating unprecedented wealth and prosperity.
This document outlines the importance of storytelling and how to engage an audience. It discusses key elements of an effective story, including characters, setting, plot, conflict and resolution. It also emphasizes the importance of understanding the audience's perspective and finding the sweet spot between the story and their beliefs and experiences. Finally, it discusses how to enable customers by empowering them to co-create stories and share their experiences with a brand through different channels. The goal is to engage people more and create a stronger impression rather than telling customers what to think.
Chinese and american families mandarin presentation (ella)lilaoshi2010
The document compares traditional and modern Chinese and American family values. Traditionally, Chinese families shared budgets and passed down surnames through males, while American families believed in God and had males work and wives stay home. Modern Chinese families treat children equally and are less strict, though surnames still pass through males, while modern American families have all adults working and accept divorce and sometimes cohabitation more.
This document discusses strokes and stroke order in written Chinese characters. It introduces the basic strokes - dot, horizontal, vertical, fall, rise, and hook strokes. It provides examples of characters and the strokes they contain. It explains that learning proper stroke order is important as it makes learning and writing characters easier and more effective. There are only eight basic stroke order rules to remember that dictate the sequencing of strokes from top to bottom, left to right, inside to outside etc. Mastering these rules from the beginning establishes a habit of writing characters correctly. The document concludes by noting Chinese characters can be broken down into single, top/bottom, left/right, and left/center/right structures.
The document contains examples of conversations in Chinese where speakers ask how many family members, pets, brothers, sisters, cats, or dogs another person has. Sample responses are provided such as "I have 3 people in my family", "I have 2 younger sisters", or "I have 1 cat". The conversations follow a pattern where one person asks "你有几个/只 [noun]" and the other responds with "我有[number] [noun]" to indicate quantity.
The document discusses the Chinese measure word "kou" which is used in northern China to refer to the number of family members. It provides three examples sentences using kou to describe families with 3, 6, and 8 members respectively, including parents, siblings, pets. The word "ge" is used instead of "kou" in southern China for counting family members.
This document discusses how to ask and answer questions about who someone is in Chinese. It provides examples of asking "who is he?" and the answers using the names Liu Laoshi, Jackie Chan, Lin Shuhao, Yao Ming, and Bruce Lee. Short biographies are included for Lin Shuhao, Yao Ming, and Bruce Lee.
2.2 ask and answer about someone’s name part 1 grammarYanxinliu
This document provides examples of how to ask for and provide someone's surname or family name in Mandarin Chinese. It gives two polite ways to ask for someone's surname, how to answer by providing your own surname, and examples of asking and answering for the surnames of yourself, a male, and a female. Responses follow a common question and answer format with the question beginning with "你/他/她姓什么" and the answer stating "我/他/她姓_____."