Mandarin Chinese-- Lesson 27 (Opposites in Chinese)

Chinese Language Learning Program

Lesson 27 – Opposites in Chinese 

Hello, everyone. It is so nice to see you again today. This is Baixue’s Chinese Language Learning Program. Last time, we learned colors in mandarin Chinese. Today, we are going to learn opposites in mandarin Chinese.

Before we start to learn opposites in mandarin, we need to check the homework I gave to you last time.

dà   xiǎo  duō  shǎo

大     小      多     少

We use a lot of opposite words in our lives. Today we are going to learn some opposite words in mandarin Chinese. Let’s see the text.

dà,   xiǎo                                                  duō,  shǎo

大     小   (big/large, small/little)             多      少   (Many, little/few)

qiáng,   ruò                                              yìng,  ruán             

    强       弱 (strong, weak)                      硬       软 (hard, soft)      

gāo,  dī (ái)                                               zāng,  gān  jìng

  高    低(矮) (tall, short)                            脏,      干     净 (dirty, clean)

nán,  róng yì                                            chōu,  méi

   难， 容   易 (difficult, easy)                 丑，  美  (ugly, beautiful)

guì,  pián yì                                               zhòng,  qīng

 贵， 便   宜 (expensive, cheap)            重，      轻 (heavy, light)

pàng,  shòu/miáo tiáo                             fù yōu, pín qióng

   胖，    瘦  /   苗    条 (fat, thin/slim)     富  有， 贫    穷 (rich, poor)

jīn tiān tiān qì hén rè / lēng.

今   天   天   气  很   热 /  冷。(Today is hot/cold.)

zhè shì bēn xīn / jiù shū.

  这   是   本   新 / 旧   书。(This is a new/old book.)

wǒ páo de hén kuài / màn.

 我   跑  的   很    快  /   慢 。(I ran very fast/slow.)

qīng  (guān shàng) / (dā kái)  mén.

  请        关       上   /     打  开      门。(Please close/ open the door.)

tài cháo / (ān jìng) le.

太    吵   /   安   静  了。(It is too loud/ quiet.)

zhè gè píng zì mān/kōng le.

  这  个   瓶   子  满  /  空   了。(The bottle is full/empty.)

Homework for today.

Just practice the opposite words and sentences we learned today.

Ok, that is all for today. We will have a quiz for our lesson 21-27 in our next class.

We will have the quiz in three days, so you have enough time for preparing for it. Good luck!

xiè  xiè 

谢    谢 (Thanks!)

xià   cì   jiàn 

 下   次   见! (See you next time!)

Mandarin Chinese-- Lesson 26 (Colors in Chinese)

Chinese Language Learning Program

Lesson 26 – Colors in Chinese

Hello, everyone. It is so nice to see you again today. This is Baixue’s Chinese Language Learning Program. Last time, we learned week days and months in mandarin Chinese. Today, we are going to learn colors in mandarin Chinese.

Before we start to colors in mandarin, we need to check the homework I gave to you last time.

hóng   huáng   lǜ

   红        黄        绿

Now we can start to learn colors in mandarin.

hóng sè      huáng sè      lǜ  sè         chéng  sè        fén hóng sè

   红    色         黄     色       绿  色             橙     色          粉    红    色

    (red)           (yellow)     (green)          (orange)             (pink)

lán sè          zǐ  sè              hēi  sè          bái  sè             huī  sè

 蓝  色          紫  色              黑   色         白    色              灰   色

(blue)        (purple)            (black)        (white)              (gray)

yín sè          zōng  sè         jīn  sè       

银   色              棕   色         金   色

(Silver)         (brown)         (gold)

nǐ   de  chē shì  shēn me  yán  sè?

你   的   车   是      什    么    颜    色？(What color is your car?)

wǒ de chē shì bái sè  de.

 我  的   车   是  白  色  的。 (My car is white.)

wǒ xí  huān  lǜ sè de xié  zi.

 我  喜   欢    绿 色  的  鞋 子。(I like green shoes.)

Homework for today.

Please read the following Chinese characters by using the Chinese pinyin you have learned. I will read them in our next class, so you can check if your pronunciation is correct.

dà   xiǎo  duō  shǎo

大     小      多     少

Ok, that is all for today. We will learn opposites in Chinese in our next class.

xiè  xiè 

谢    谢 (Thanks!)

xià   cì   jiàn 

 下   次  见! (See you next time!)

Mandarin Chinese-- Lesson 25 (week days and months in Chinese)

Chinese Language Learning Program

Lesson 25 – week days and months in Chinese

Hello, everyone. It is so nice to see you again today. This is Baixue’s Chinese Language Learning Program. Last time, we learned directions in mandarin Chinese. Today, we are going to learn how to say week days and months in mandarin Chinese.

Before we start to learn week days and months in mandarin, we need to check the homework I gave to you last time.

 xīng  qí   yī         yī yuè fèn

   星    期  一        一  月  份

Did you read them correctly? Good. Now we can start to learn weeks and months in mandarin. Saying week day and months in Chinese is very easy. Let’s see the text and see how easy it is.

xīng  qí   rì                                  xīng  qí   tiān

 星    期  日 (Sunday)                 星    期   天 (Sunday)

xīng  qí   yī                                  xīng  qí    sì

  星    期  一  (Monday)               星    期   四(Thursday)

xīng  qí  èr                                  xīng  qí  wǔ

 星    期  二  (Tuesday)               星    期  五 (Friday)

xīng  qí  sān                                xīng  qí   liù

  星    期  三  (Wednesday)         星    期   六 (Saturday)

So, now you can see, when you say week day you just need to put number behind the words xīng  qí (week). For example, Monday, you only need to put yī (one) behind xīng qí(week)--- xīng qí yī; For Tuesday, you need to put èr (two) behind xīng qí(week)--- xīng qí èr. Use the same logic, you say Wednesday as xīng  qí sān; Thursday as xīng  qí sì, etc. Only Sunday is different, you say Sunday as xīng  qí  rì or xīng  qí  tiān. Some times we say xīng qí as zhōu (周). For example, we say xīng qí yī as zhōu yī, xīng qí èr as zhōu èr, etc. But when we say xīng  qí  tiān (rì), we say zhōu rì not zhōu tiān.

yī  yuè fèn                             qī  yuè fèn

一  月  份 (January)            七   月   份 (July)

èr  yuè fèn                             bā  yuè fèn

二   月   份 (February)         八   月   份 (August)

sān yuè fèn                           jiǔ  yuè fèn

三    月   份(March)               九   月   份 (September)

sì  yuè  fèn                             shí  yuè fèn

四   月   份(April)                    十   月   份 (October)

wǔ yuè  fèn                             shí  yī  yuè fèn

五    月   份(May)                      十  一  月   份 (November)

liù  yuè fèn                              shí  èr  yuè fèn

六    月   份(June)                   十  二   月   份 (December)

Notice that when you say Month you only need to put number in front of the words yuè fèn (month). For example, whe you say January, you put one (yī) in front of yuè fèn (month)--- yī yuè fèn, so use the same logic to say February, you put two (èr) in front of yuè fèn--- sān yuè fèn, March, you put three (sān) in front of yuè fèn --- sān yuè fèn, etc. Pretty easy, right?

Homework for today.

Please read the following Chinese characters by using the Chinese pinyin you have learned. I will read them in our next class, so you can check if your pronunciation is correct.

hóng   huáng   lǜ

   红        黄        绿

Ok, that is all for today. We will learn colors in Chinese in our next class.

xiè  xiè 

谢    谢 (Thanks!)

xià   cì   jiàn 

 下   次  见! (See you next time!)