There is mini game featured on BBC language center. Two games are included: tones and characters. Both are very important for students to master.
The tones game has two parts: “Learn the Tones” and “Straight to Play”. In the “Learn the Tones” section, one can learn to pronounce symbols in 5 tones (4 basic tones [...]
It always takes time for young kids to learn all the names of months in English, especially with the right spelling. But for Chinese language, it is actually the easy part. As soon as a person learns the numbers, it is time to introduce the concept of 12 months. The only word one has [...]
中国（zhōng guó) means China.
中文（zhōng wén) means Chinese language.
These are the two important words for anybody who starts to learn Chinese language. Here are three clips showing how to write them in the right order.
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Many of the Chinese characters have two parts. If you know the meaning of each part, it is easier to memorize the symbol. Here is a simple song of the “spelling” of some Chinese symbols you might find interesting and helpful.
猪(zhū), pig, is the last animal in the Chinese zodiac cycle. In Chinese zodiac, pigs are believed to be sincere, noble, tolerant an pure. People born in Pig years (1971, 1983, 1995, 2007) are caring, careful, loyal and giving. They are in general lucky and a bit lazy.
Here let’s have a look at [...]
Different from most people, kids view wolves cute and lovely. The pronunciation is a bit challenging for some children since ang does not really exist in English. Below is a small clip showing the order of strokes writing the character as well its pronunciation. Make sure you click on the icon to listen to [...]
Spoken Chinese is not difficult. But writing is found by most people (yes, including Chinese people) difficult. Pupils in China have to spend hours practicing writing in order to memorize the characters plus the order of their strokes. As a teacher, I find it hard to teach students the order of strokes especially because asking [...]
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Dog in Chinese is 狗, pronounced as gǒu. Below you will learn how to write it.
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