你的蠟筆是什麼顏色 (你的)(蠟筆)(是)(什麼)(顏色) (ㄋㄧˇ ㄉㄜ˙) (ㄌㄚˋ ㄅㄧˇ) (ㄕˋ) (ㄕㄣˊ ㄇㄜ˙) (ㄧㄢˊ ㄙㄜˋ) (nǐ de.)(là bǐ)(shì)(shén me.)(yán sè) (your)(wax + pen, pencil, or brush = crayon)(to Continue Reading
What Mood Are You In 你今天的心情怎麼樣 in Chinese
Like it or not, there are stereotypes and bantering between men and women of all cultures. Sometimes it can be quite entertaining, like in some of the sentences that my tutor taught me recently as Continue Reading
How Things Are Made 如何製成物品 in Chinese
如何製成物品 (如何)(製成)(物品) (ㄖㄨˊ ㄏㄜˊ)(ㄓˋ ㄔㄥˊ)(ㄨˋ ㄆㄧㄣˇ) (rú hé)(zhì chéng)(wù pǐn) (how to, in what way)(to turn out [a product])(thing, object + product, good) How to make things (or How things are Continue Reading
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) (nǐ)(duì)(shen me.)(bù)(xí guàn) (you)(toward, Continue Reading
Chinese Breakfast Vocabulary
Temporary audio below This is vocabulary that came up while we were discussing breakfast recently, which I used to write the blog about Deciding What to Eat for Breakfast. To help me practice Continue Reading
Chinese Shopping Vocabulary
Temporary audio below Shopping vocabulary is something that helped me practice speaking Chinese because when we lived in Taiwan for a few months, most people I came across while shopping did not Continue Reading