四十四隻石獅子 ，一個中文繞口令 (四十)(四)(隻)(石)(獅子) ，(一個)(中文)(繞口令) (ㄙˋ ㄕˊ) (ㄙˋ) (ㄓ) (ㄕˊ) (ㄕ ㄗ) ， (ㄧ ㄍㄜ˙) (ㄓㄨㄥ ㄨㄣˊ) (ㄖㄠˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄌㄧㄥˋ) (si4 shi2) (si4) (zhi1) (shi2) (shi1 zi.), (yi1 ge.) (zhong1 wen2) (rao4 kou3 ling4) (four tens) (four) (MW❶ for lion) (rock, stone) (lion), (a, one) (Chinese) (to go around + mouth + to cause) Forty-four rock […]
What TV Program Would You Like to Watch 你喜歡看什麼電視節目 in Chinese
你喜歡看什麼電視節目？ (你)(喜歡)(看)(什麼)(電視)(節目) (ㄋㄧˇ) (ㄒㄧˇ ㄏㄨㄢ) (ㄎㄢˋ)(ㄕㄣˊ ㄇㄜ˙) (ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ) (ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄇㄨˋ) (ni3) (xi3 huan1) (kan4) (shen2 me.) (dian4 shi4) (jie2 mu4) (you) (to like) (to watch) (what) (TV) (program) What TV program would you like to watch? You can also ask it like this: 你想看什麼電視節目？ (你)(想看)(什麼)(電視)(節目) (ㄋㄧˇ) (ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄎㄢˋ) (ㄕㄣˊ ㄇㄜˊ) (ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ) […]
What Are You Not Used To 你對什麼不習慣 in Chinese
If you are asking generally what sorts of things that someone is not used to, you ask: 你對什麼不習慣？ (你) (對) (什麼) (不) (習慣 (ㄋㄧˇ) (ㄉㄨㄟˋ) (ㄕㄣˊ ㄇㄜ˙) (ㄅㄨˋ) (ㄒㄧˊ ㄍㄨㄢˋ) (ni3) (dui4) (shen2 me.) (bu4) (xi2 guan4) (you) (toward, with regard to) (what) (not) (used to, habit) What are you not used to? […]
How to Get a Boyfriend 如何獲得男朋友 in Chinese
如何獲得男朋友 (如何) (獲得)❶ (男) (朋友) (ㄖㄨˊ ㄏㄜˊ) (ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄜˊ) (ㄋㄢˊ) (ㄆㄥˊ ㄧㄡˇ) (ru2 he2) (huo4 de2) (nan2) (peng2 you3) (how to) (obtain, get) (boy) (friend) How […]
Chinese BoPoMoFo Stickers for My Computer Keyboard
I have been using bopomofo more in my Chinese learning lately. In case you haven’t heard of it, it is a phonetic system for Chinese sounds that was designed to teach Chinese-speaking children how to read. I wrote a few weeks ago about how using bopomofo helps my brain switch to Chinese more thoroughly. When […]
Talking About Picking Up Chicks 談論關於把馬子 in Chinese
談論關於把馬子 (談論) (關於)❶ (把)❷ (馬子) (ㄊㄢˊ ㄌㄨㄣˋ) (ㄍㄨㄢ ㄩˊ) (ㄅㄚˇ) (ㄇㄡˇ ㄗ˙) (tan2 lun4) (guan1 yu2) (ba3) (ma3 zi.) (to discuss, talk about) (pertaining to, a matter of)(girl, chick, babe) 談論關於把妹❸ (談論) (關於) […]
How to Take a Photo 如何拍照片 in Chinese
如何拍照片 (如何) (拍) (照片) (ㄖㄨˊ ㄏㄜˊ) (ㄆㄞ) (ㄓㄠˋ ㄆㄧㄢˋ) (ru2 he2) (pai1) (zhao4 pian4) (how) (to pat, to clap, to take) (photograph) You can speak of taking photos generally, as in the above sentence, or you can speak very specifically of taking a photo at the moment by saying: 如何按下快門拍照片 (如何) […]
Daoism 無為 versus Nike 做就對了 in Old Chinese Script
The photo below showed up in my Facebook feed, so I figured I would try to translate it. It looks like a photo of a section of an ancient Chinese document. (I added the text/explanations to the original photo. There will be a couple more variations of the photo below) click any photo to […]
A Simple BoPoMoFo Chart Helps Me Learn Chinese
When I was first learning Chinese, I asked a semi-native Chinese speaker what her recommendation was for learning to read and pronounce Chinese. Was pinyin sufficient or was bopomofo worth pursuing? Her answer was that she didn’t think bopomofo was necessary and might even be confusing. To put things in perspective, she had learned Chinese […]
How to Know if You Are Off the Scale Hot 怎麼知道你自己熱的指數破表了 in Chinese
How to Know if You Are Off the Scale Hot in Chinese 怎麼知道你自己熱的指數破表了 (怎麼)(知道)(你)(自己)(熱)(的)❶(指數)(破表)(了) (zen3 me.) (zhi1 dao4) (ni3) (zi4 ji3) (re4) (de.) (zhi3 shu4) (po4 biao3) (le.) (how) (to know) (you) (oneself) (hot) (adjective marker) (index) (broke scale) (emphasize completion) My […]