Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Chinese Language Learning Program Lesson 152 – The answers to lesson 151

Chinese Language Learning Program
Lesson 152 – The answers to lesson 151


Hello, everyone. Welcome back. This is Baixue’s Chinese Language Learning Program. Last time we talked about a foreigner experience when he was taking a bus in Beijing, in China. I did not exlain too much in our last lesson. Today, we will have the answers for our lesson 151.

běi jīng xī zhàn nán guǎng chǎng dōng
      西              广                 
(The east of the South Square of the Beijing West Railway station.)

ān huì qiáo dōng                       ān huì qiáo xī
                                              西
(The east of An Hui bridge.)     (The west of An Hui bridge)

ān huì dōng qiáo dōng      
                         
(The east of the east An Hui bridge)

ān huì dōng qiáo xī
               西
(The west of the east An Hui bridge)

ān huì xī qiáo dōng             
   西                     
(The east of the west An Hui bridge)

ān huì xī qiáo xī
   西     西
(The west of the west An Hui bridge)

Ok,here is a Bus-stop announcement:

qián mén dào le, qǐng nín cóng hòu mén xià chē.
             了,                         车。
(We are approaching Qianmen stop, please get off from the rear door.)


Example 1:

chē liàng jìn zhàn, qǐng zhù yì ān quán. chéng kè nín hǎo,300 
              ,               .                   ,  300
lù wài huán qì chē kāi wǎng shí lǐ hé qiáo nán.
路                                .
(The bus is arriving at the station. Please be careful. Hello, everyone. No. 300 bus is going to the south of Shi Li He bridge.)

Example2:

gè wèi chéng kè, zhōng diǎn zhàn shí lǐ hé qiáo nán dào le, 
             客,                               了,

qǐng nín dài hǎo suí shēn wù pǐn, zhǔn bèi xià chē, huān yíng 
  请                      品,            车,           

nín zài lái chéng zuò 300 lù wài huán qì chē, xià cì chéng 
  再               300              车,下          

chē zài jiàn!
 车     见!

(Hello, everyone. We are arriving at our terminal stop-- the south of Shi Li He bridge. Please prepare to get off the bus with your personal belongs. And welcome to take our bus again! )

Example3:

chē liàng qǐ bù, qǐng fú wěn zuò hǎo, gāng shàng chē de 
           ,                ,                           

chéng kè qǐng wǎng lǐ zǒu, méi kǎ chéng kè qǐng mǎi piào, 
  乘  客              ,                           ,     

qián fāng dào zhàn shì jìng ān zhuāng.
      方                       .

(The bus is leaving the station now, please Please hold on tight and sit securely. Passengers who just got on the bus please move inside. Please purchase tickets if you do not have card.)

Ok, that is all for today.

xiè  xiè!
    ! (Thanks!)

xià  cì  jiàn
     !  (See you next time!)


Monday, October 27, 2014

Chinese Language Learning Program Lesson 151 – Do you understand the Bus stops in Beijing, China?

Chinese Language Learning Program
Lesson 151 – Do you understand the Bus stops in Beijing, China?


Hello, everyone. Welcome back. This is Baixue’s Chinese Language Learning Program. Last time we talked about A Chinese tongue twister to practice how to pronounce can, chan, cang and chang. Today, we will talk about a foreigner experience when he was taking a bus in Beijing, in China.

Ok, when you visit China, you might take the bus to go around. So, today, let’s see some bus stops in Beijing of China. You may say, well this is a very easy. Actually, I think it is also very easy, because you know each these words in Chinese. We talked about directions in Chinese in our lesson 24.

Ok, please try your best to understand the following bus stops first.  Today, I will not explain them. I will leave the answer for the next lesson.

běi jīng xī zhàn nán guǎng chǎng dōng
      西              广              

ān huì qiáo dōng,                  ān huì qiáo xī,
            东,                           西,

ān huì dōng qiáo dōng,        ān huì dōng qiáo xī,
                  东,                       西,

ān huì xī qiáo dōng,               ān huì xī qiáo xī,
   西         东,                 西      西,

Ok,here is a Bus-stop announcement:

qián mén dào le, qǐng nín cóng hòu mén xià chē.
             了,                          车。

Ok, now please listen to the bus stop announcement and try to catch what she is talking about and write what information you get from the announcement. I will give you the answer in our next lesson too.

Ok, that is all for today.

xiè  xiè!
    ! (Thanks!)

xià  cì  jiàn
     !  (See you next time!)

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Chinese Language Learning Program Lesson 150 – A Chinese tongue twister to practice "can, chan, cang and chang" pronunciation

Chinese Language Learning Program
Lesson 150 – A Chinese tongue twister to practice  
can, chan, cang and chang pronunciation


Hello, everyone. Welcome back. This is Baixue’s Chinese Language Learning Program. Last time we talked about Onomatopoeia in Chinese. Today, we will talk about A Chinese tongue twister to practice how to pronounce can, chan, cang and chang.

cán hé chán
        (Silkworm and cicada)

pá lái pá qù shì cán,
         蚕,(The crawling one is the silkworm,)

fēi lái fēi qù shì chán.
           .  (The Flying one is the cicada.)

cán cháng zài sāng yè lǐ cáng,
                     叶里   藏,
(The silkworm is usually hiding in the mulberry leaves.)

chán cáng zài shù lín lǐ chàng.
                   林里    唱。
(The cicada is always singing  in the woods)