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Happy New Year Wishes in Chinese

Chinese Pinyin Translation 新年到了,最想做的是回到您的身边,最想看的是您的笑脸,最想听的是您的唠叨,最想说的是:祝您一生平安。 Xīnnián dàole, zuì xiǎng zuò de shì huí dào nín de shēnbiān, zuì xiǎng kàn de shì nín de xiàoliǎn, zuì xiǎng tīng de shì nín de láo dāo, zuì xiǎng shuō de shì: Zhù nín yīshēng píng’ān. The new year is here, what I want to do most is to […]

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Learn to Read Chinese: Final Sounds (Occupation), Asking Questions with 吗 (ma), 们 (men) for Plural

A final* is a sound (or sounds) that ends a Chinese syllable*. All finals contain at least one vowel* (for example, a, ao, ing). Let’s look at some of the simplest finals first. 八 bā eight (as in “father” 我 wǒ I (as in “or”) 喝 hē drink (as in “about”) 你 nǐ you (as in

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Learn to Read Chinese: Initial sounds (Food), 也 (yě, also), 不 (bù, not)

Initial sounds Pinyin* letters g, k, h, and s are pronounced similarly to sounds in English. 国 guó country (as in “skin”) 客 kè guest (as in “kangaroo”) 好 hǎo good (as in “hall”) 三 sān three (as in “sand”) 也 (yě, also) You already know that 也, (yě) which means also or too, always

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Family vocabulary in English

family Ancestor Great grandfather maternal great-grandfather great-grandmother father’s grandfather maternal grandfather parents (father and mother) father mother dad mom uncle (father’s younger brother) maternal uncle older brother younger brother older sister younger sister a son Foster-son daughter stepdaughter nephew niece cousin older cousin grandson granddaughter great-grandson great granddaughter father-in-law mother-in-law spouse wife son-in-law daughter-in-law stepfather

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