Monday, August 31, 2015
Saturday, August 29, 2015
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Interesting Chinese characters 十shí ten - 百bǎi hundred - 千qiān shousand
We will learn 3 charcaters which are related to
numbers today,
十shí ten - 百bǎi hundred - 千qiān shousand
十shí means ten in Chinese. Originally it
was a knot, please look at the oracle bone character
Some words with 十
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十一（shíyī） 11
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十二（shíèr） 12
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十三（shísān）13
百bǎi means hundred. It looks like a head
in old character, please have a look. Ancient Chinese people use the image of
head to show the meaning of hundred.
Words with 百
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一百（yì bǎi） 100
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二百（èr bǎi） 200
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三百（sān bǎi） 300
千qiān means thousand. Since we use a head
to show Hundred, how do we show Thousand?
It must be bigger than a head, isn’t it? It is a person with a horizontal
line.
Words with 千
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一千（yì qiān） 1000
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一千人（yì qiān rén） 1000 people
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几千人（jǐ qiān rén） thousands of
people
Here is the video
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Friday, August 21, 2015
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Interesting Chinese characters 白bái white - 月yuè moon - 明mínɡ bright
We will learn 3 charcaters which are
related to SUN today,
白bái white - 月yuè moon - 明mínɡ bright
We know 日means sun in Chinese, if you put one more stroke on the sun to show
the light of the sun, you got the character 白which means white, just the color of the light of the sun.
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白天（báitiān） day time
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白酒（báijiǔ） white
spirit
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白色（báisè） white(color)
月，doesn’t it
look like a moon? Yes, it does! Let’s look at the oracle bone character 3000
years ago.
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| oracle bone character moon |
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一月（yīyuè） January
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一个月（yí ɡe yuè） one month
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月饼（yuèbǐnɡ） mooncake
明=日+月. The sun and the moon which are the brightest stars in the sky, so
we put them together to mean Bright. This character also got the meaning of
Next.
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| oracle bone character bright |
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明天（mínɡtiān） tomorrow
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明年（mínɡnián） next
year
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明珠（mínɡzhū） bright
pearl
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Monday, August 17, 2015
Friday, August 14, 2015
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Interesting Chinese characters 水 water 川 river 州 state
We will learn 3 charcaters which are
related to WATER today, 水，川，州。
Please look at the ancient characters.
水looks like flowing water. 川 looks like a river. 州 looks like an island in a river.
So 水 means water，川means river and 州 means state
Some words with 水 shuǐ
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热水（rèshuǐ）hot water
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冰水（bīnɡshuǐ）cold water
A word with 川 chuān
四川（sìchuān） A province
in China famous for spicy food
Look at this spicy fish！
And you might know Kung Pao Chicken，it is one of the most favourite
food chosen by Westerners in China！
Some words with 州 zhōu
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加州（jiāzhōu）
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九州（jiǔzhōu）
Here is the video
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Monday, August 10, 2015
Thursday, August 6, 2015
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Learn interesting Chinese characters 口kǒu，日rì，电diàn- Chinese symbols
Today We will learn three new characters 口kǒu，日rì，电diàn, let's start.
口kǒu means mouth, hole, doesn't it look like a mouth. Let's look at the oracle bone character for 口kǒu 3000 years ago
Some words with 日rì
口kǒu means mouth, hole, doesn't it look like a mouth. Let's look at the oracle bone character for 口kǒu 3000 years ago
Some words with 口kǒu
•门口（ménkǒu）
doorway
•入口（rùkǒu）
entrance
•出口（chūkǒu）exit
日rì means Sun in Chinese, we just add a line in the character 口 to make a difference.
oracle bone character for 日rì 3000 years ago
Some words with 日rì
•日出（rìchū）
sunrise
•s日落（rìluò）
sunset
•日本（rìběn）
Japan
电diàn means electricity. It looks like a lightning coming from the sky shining as a sun.
Some words with 电diàn
•电力（diànlì）
electricity power
•闪电（shǎndiàn）
lightning
•电话（diànhuà）telephone
The order of the characters
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