CHINESE POEMS 学诗词 Farewells on Grassland《赋得古原草送别》
Learning Chinese Poems is a great way to practice pronunciation, but also learn a bit about the culture and history. Today’s poem is from Tang Dynasty poet Bái jū yì on the topic of farewells.
Infographic: Tone Changes
Tone change is a very confusing subject, which is why as soon as I saw Karen from Vividchinese release her tone change infographic, I knew I had to do a video on it.
LEARN 10 WORDS A MONTH: Fruits 水果
June’s new words will be fruits! Vancouver summer usually starts around or shortly before June, and one of my favorite thing to do when the hot weather hits is to eat fruits. Fruits are so incredibly versatile that there seem…
Read Along: Why Don’t Things Fall Up? 《为什么东西不往天上掉？》
This is a lovely little story about gravity. Has your toddler been through the why phase? When they cannot stop asking why for everything they come across. It can be a rather stressful phase for parents but also a great…
Infographic: Different uses of 没 and 不
This is a video detailing the usage of the characters 没 and 不. They are similar, but used differently. They are also not interchangable. You can download the full infographic here.
Learn 10 Words a Month: Everyday Dialogue 日常用语
The May new words is about everyday dialogue, language we use most often everyday.
Hello and goodbye song 你好歌和再见歌
At our local library there’s a weekly storytime for babies and toddlers. At the start and end of every session the librarian would sing hello and good bye songs for the children.
March Idioms and Quotes Roundup 三月成语谚语翻译
Idioms and Quotes are a great way to make a language more interesting, this post includes our translated quotes for March. 成语谚语无论在什么语言都能代替形容词让文字鲜活起来，这里是三月的成语谚语翻译
CHINESE POEMS 学诗词 Clear Bright《清明》
Learning Chinese Poems is a great way to practice pronunciation, but also learn a bit about the culture and history. Today’s poem is from Tang Dynasty poet Dù Mù about a lone traveller’s thoughts around the time of Qīng Míng…
Learn Chinese with Infographics: Zeros in Numbers 数字里的零的读法
Numbers, especially large numbers are always confusing for English speaker learning Chinese and vice versa, because in English the counters are different than in Chinese beyond thousand. Today we look at how large numbers are translated when there are zeros…
