We put together a quick list of the Olympic Sports that may be useful for learners on StudyMoreChinese

Hope is handy for the sports fans ;-)

• Aquatics - 水上运动 (shuǐ shàng yùndòng)
• Swimming – 游泳 (yóuyǒng)
• Synchronized Swimming - 花样游泳 (huāyàng…

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A friend once told me a funny story about himself ordering in a Chinese restaurant. He just started Chinese learning then, and did not know how to say the numbers in Chinese. He wanted to eat fish. And the waiter asked how many fish he needed (服务员问他要几条鱼 fú wù yuán wèn tā yào jǐ tiáo yú). So he held out two fingers – the thumb (拇指 mǔ zhǐ) and the forefinger (食指 shízhǐ) of his right…

On my way home yesterday, I heard a girl was humming a Chinese song called “辣妹子 (là mèi zi)” which means “Spicy Girls” in English. This is a…

I know this is going to happen to me...Funny if it wasn't true : (

Why I am Learning Chinese…

Chinese Superman, HorseDraonFish, Chinese Memes...

When I found this I thought it was great...I wish I could make such excellent explanations and present them like this. …

Free E-book talk to your ayi

Keeping my staff busy working on free services to help people learn Chinese. The next project with have is a book for teaching people how…

Did you wash your hands before eating? No, do it now, what have I told you so many times.

吃饭前洗手了吗(chī fàn qián xǐ shǒu le ma)？没有是吧(méi yǒu shì ba)，马上去洗(mǎ shàng qù xǐ)。都跟你说过多少遍了(dōu gēn nǐ shuō guò duō shǎo biàn le)。

Did you pee before going to bed ?

睡前尿尿了没(shuì qián niào…

Questio n: What kind of expression would a Chinese mother use for the little child during the day, for example, wake up, you are late, eat your breakfast ,etc..

 

Answer: That depends on the mother’s mood.…

Learn Chinese online - How to Use the “verb + 上 (shàng)” Pattern?

Yesterday, someone asked me which verbs can be combined with the word “上(shàng)”. To be precise, which verbs can be followed by the word “shang”.  I was…

For two months I've been fortunate to live in Wuxi, Jiangsu. It is big enough to have a convenient and reasonably priced Mandarin school. At my age, learners face some special challenges--loss of short-term memory a major one.

Decades ago I taught myself enough spoken and…

Why do people learn a new language?

Tiān kōng shì lán sè de.

A couple of months ago, I found myself suddenly awash in a lot of extra time, i.e. unemployed. Since idle hands make the devil’s work and all, I thought it would be…

Today I decided to start writing a blog here on SMC. Actually I'm thinking of doing this for a long time. I've talked to a lot of foreigners before. Some of them are really good at speaking Chinese already, but still make some very common mistakes. Native Chinese speakers probably…

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I am looking for an Online Chinese Language school / college.  I know I could just Google for this…