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Hello in Chinese

A lot of people know “你好“ (nǐ hǎo) as a greeting phrase in Chinese. I myself have been greeted many times in the street in Europe. Like “hello”, “你好“ (nǐ hǎo) is probably the most popular Chinese phrase known and used by foreigners.
However, do you know, actually there are a couple more greeting phrases in [...]

10 American Indian Little Children

This song helps kids to count from 1 to 10. Here is one video clip featuring this song.


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How old are you Flash


This is a clip from Linese.com. It is a conversation between two kids.
Nǐ jǐ suì?
——你 几 岁?
How old are you?
Wǒ shísì suì 。
我 十四 岁。
I am 14 years old.
Nǐ de shēngrì shì jǐ yuè jǐ hào ?
你 的 生日 是 几 月 [...]

How Old Are You?

When I passed today’s lesson to the LP’s, they showed surprise: “How come there are two different questions to ask the same ‘How old are you’ ?” Their surprise is reasonable, but there actually more ways asking “How old are you” in Chinese. The choice of how to ask depends on the age of the [...]

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