Mandarin Weekly #33: Resources for students of Mandarin Chinese

Issue #33 of Mandarin Weekly, with links and resources for people learning Mandarin Chinese, is available at http://archive.aweber.com/awlist3707181/7AlDD/h/Mandarin_Weekly_33_a_digest.htm.

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  • A little bit
  • More pronunciation help
  • Useful phrases
  • What should you pay for?
  • Oh, my goodness!
  • Similar, but not identical
  • Colors
  • Eating vegetarian in China
  • Public transportation
  • Speak with your customers in Chinese
  • Here comes the sun
  • Doing things
  • At least you tried
  • Which country is the island nation?
  • Unfortunate, but true
  • Then and only then

Mandarin Weekly #32: Resources for students of Mandarin Chinese

Issue #32 of Mandarin Weekly, with links and resources for people learning Mandarin Chinese, is available at https://archive.aweber.com/awlist3707181.

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This week’s topics:

  • Chinese Valentine’s Day
  • What is “advanced learning” in Chinese?
  • Tones in Chinese
  • Why does Chinese use so much 很 (hěn)?
  • Parts of speech
  • Stress!
  • Clothes! Birds! 3D shapes!
  • Chinese online slang
  • Chinese Internet companies
  • “One thing” vs. “a thing”
  • What religion are you?
  • When 淘 (táo) means 买 (mǎi):
  • Pronouncing and using 粘
  • Looking up unknown characters

Mandarin Weekly #31: Resources for students of Mandarin Chinese

Issue #31 of Mandarin Weekly, with links and resources for people learning Mandarin Chinese, is available at http://archive.aweber.com/awlist3707181/EJbjT/h/Mandarin_Weekly_31_.htm.

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This week’s topics:

  • Talking about money in Chinese
  • Honestly…
  • Peppa Pig Practices PuTongHua
  • Rolling your eyes
  • The three types of “de”
  • Workaholic!
  • Internet resources in China
  • Using 些 (xiē)
  • That used to be
  • Indicating where something happened
  • Can you become fluent in Chinese as an adult?
  • When do you start to hear tones?
  • Enjoy your meal!
  • Who was first?
  • When do you (not) need “to be”?
  • Acquiring a taste
  • How do non-Asians learn Chinese characters?
  • English, using Chinese grammar

Mandarin Weekly #30: Resources for students of Mandarin Chinese

Issue #30 of Mandarin Weekly, with links and resources for people learning Mandarin Chinese, is available at http://archive.aweber.com/awlist3707181/7ym2j/h/Mandarin_Weekly_30_.htm.

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This week’s topics:

  • Improving your comprehension
  • Useful Chengyu (four-character idioms)
  • Shapes!
  • You’re so (insert compliment here)
  • South American countries
  • Different ways to say “the same”
  • Not my cup of tea
  • Tips for mastering Chinese
  • 树 (shù) vs 木 (mù)
  • Talking about adoption
  • 但是 vs. 可是
  • What do you like about studying Chinese?

Mandarin Weekly #29: Resources for students of Mandarin Chinese

Issue #29 of Mandarin Weekly, with links and resources for people learning Mandarin Chinese, is available at http://archive.aweber.com/awlist3707181/DIE2z/h/Mandarin_Weekly_29_.htm.

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  • Grocery shopping in China
  • Evolution of Chinese characters
  • Foreign words and brands in Chinese
  • Ordering food in China
  • Question words in Chinese
  • Improve your pronunciation through song
  • Help me out!
  • Recommending Pleco
  • Bone-breaking discounts
  • Affordable things
  • Are 同样 and 一样 the same?
  • The size of the moon
  • When did this happen?
  • Tone practice
  • Reserving a table
  • Learning to read characters
  • The importance (or not) of 一个 (yī ge)