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This is the materials of the schedule that I was referring to in the last post (This is the schedule I’m using for myself to build up my listening skills everyday)
Beginner’s :
Absolute beginner’s Chinesepod101
Absolute Beginner’s Popupchinese (Dialogue Only)
Developing Elementary listening skills
Little witch Mimi (Chinese podcast for kids)
Spoken Chinese (Youtube Channel)
Elementary Chinese Listening skills vol 2
Listening to Mandarin - Themes
Just Learn Chinese - Listening
Just Learn Chinese - Short stories
Lower Intermediate:
AA Zhi sheng huo - (Chinese drama)
yi ge ren ting - Chinese podcast
wu fa yong bao ni - I cannot hug you (Drama)
Yoyo Chinese listening clips on youtube
Intermediate:
Taiwanese College podcast
Disney movies (Chinese dub)
Nan sheng nv sheng zai ?? - Chinese talkshow
Advanced Chinesepod101
Advanced Popupchinese
Advanced:
Dramas and podcasts and videos of University lectures
LIST 01
a. In the mornings, before school Mum would wake up early to
__________________ lunch for me. (prepare)
b. What are the chances of being able to ____________what a goldfish princess is saying. (understand)
c. Because i’m a student, I survive on __________ eats. (cheap)
d. I am _____________ eating a delicious meal. Please do not disturb. (in the middle of)
e. I’m not sleeping. I just want to __________ my eyes. (rest)
f. Happy ______ Year! (new)
g. ________ through a supernatural bathhouse at midnight. (run)
h. Everytime I look at the stars I ___________ happiness. (wish for)
i. Watching a movie, allows you to escape to _____________ lands you never knew existed. (far away)
j. I would love to ____________ to Seoul one day. (travel)
LIST 02
a. _____! You surprised me! (Ah!)
b. I always forget to ___________ my library books. (return)
c. ________ my hand and don’t let go. (hold)
d. There is _______ one mouthful left. Take a bite! (only)
e. I keep making the same mistake. ______ and _______. (again)
f. He was knocked down ______ his opponent. (by)
g. You look thirsty mr. cat, you ___________ drink some water. (should)
h. Anywhere you go, I will ___________ you. (follow after)
i. I like to _______ chopsticks to eat. (use)
j. The film shot a beautiful __________. (scene)
k. I eat ramen ______the sake of convenience. (for/because)
l. Let me know ________ you’re coming or not. (if)
m. You should always make your ________your priority. (self)
n. Now i’ve grown up. I don’t _________ you anymore. (need)
o. You’ve only arrived _______, don’t leave yet! (just now)
p. The race has __________! Why aren’t you running?! (begin)
LIST 03
a. Can you ________ a loaf of bread from the shelf? (take)
b. Lately, the weather has gotten ________ colder! (even more)
c. We saw a film, ____________ we walked home. (and then)
d. She’s almost the __________ height as you! (same as)
e. Q: Can I borrow your pen? A: __________! (of course!)
f. I __________the truth. Please _________me. (believe/trust)
g. Cool right! What do you __________of it? (think/reckon)
h. I don’t _______________ what you mean? (understand)
i. It rained for three days _____________. (straight/continuously)
j. My bed takes up too much ___________ in my room. (area/place)
k. Are you sure?! Will you ____________ be there on Sunday? (definitely)
l. We __________the city, for the countryside. (to leave)
m. He is smart and __________ he is handsome! (furthermore)
o. Do you prefer eggs ________ bacon? (or)
p. Last week I __________ out some letters. (to send)
q. You ____________study hard to get into University. (have to)
r. You __________those chess pieces in the wrong order. (to place)
s. Oh sorry can you pay, I didn’t _________any money. (to bring)
LIST 04
a. I ate a sunny side up _____________ for breakfast. (chicken egg)
b. After school I used to ______________ (soccer)
c. Ms Wang Lao Shi is in the ____________(classroom)
d. Which _________ is the train station? Left or Right? (way)
e. _________ he lived in New York for many years, he still speaks with a Tokyo accent. (even though)
f. Singing or ___________, he is good at both (dancing)
g. Oops, I forgot to _________ my socks in the laundry. (wash)
h. Let me ___________ you to the owner of this bathhouse. (introduce)
i. Why is Huaze Lei so __________ all the time? (tired)
j. This English ________ is so boring. (lesson)
k. The stars are out, Good _________! (night/evening)
l. Ugh, I _____________ university again next Monday. (start)
m. Red pandas are very rare ______________ we should protect them. (therefore)
o. I was once a _____________, immature and naive. (child)
p. Sorry I must have called you by ____________. (mistake)
q. We have dinner at the dinner_____________. (table)
r. Here, take a seat in this __________. (chair)
s. I need to go to the ______________ to buy some food.
LIST 05
a. _________________ to keep up appearances, they disguised themselves. (in order to)
b. Sunflowers turn ____________ the sun. (towards)
c. Stop standing and take a ___________. (seat)
d. Isn’t that style a bit ________ fashioned? (old)
e. This tiger seal belongs to the cat __________. (kind/type)
f. Neither of us wanted to say the words ____________. (first)
g. Seol’s here, do you know where the _____________ are? (others)
h. Are you prepared for the ________________ exams? (final)
i. Hurry up, we could _____________ catch up with them yet! (maybe)
j. I am amnesia, I don’t ______________ anything. (to remember)
k. It’s done. The past is the ________. (past)
l. Don’t _____________. Be happy. (to worry)
m. I am Mrs. Wu, ___________ known as Ms. Ying. Before I married. (formerly)
o. I own one ________ long pet arbok. (mw. for long objects/things)
p. I think my hair is too short, I want to ____________ it out. (to grow)
q. How do you know catbus?! What a small ____________. (world)
r. I can tell by his aura, he seems like a very _____________ man. (important)
LIST 06
Translate
a. Four o’clock in the afternoon
b. I go by train to the city
c. town/city
d. big city
e. to meet/see
f. common/commonly seen
g. first
h. We see each other quite a lot/quite often
i. We met for the first time
j. A potted plant
k. A plant (to grow)
l. to water
m. other people
n. be careful! take care!
o. opportunity
Part two here
Part three here
I was finding it hard to naturally assimilate certain new vocab into muscle memory/everyday use. So I thought I would try an approach that would allow me to remember vocab + as well as characters, in the long term. And be able to integrate it into my everyday life contextually.
I will be doing the same for my korean vocab under the K-SERIES!
Credit: vocab list from lilpieceofmyworld
感情- emotion [gǎnqíng]
易动感情的 - emotional [yì dòng gǎnqíng de]
动感情的 - to get emotional [dòng gǎnqíng de]
觉得- to feel [juéde]
爱 - to love/love [ài]
喜爱 - affection [xǐ'ài]
喜欢- to like [xǐhuan]
恨- to hate [hèn]
不喜欢- to dislike [bù xǐhuan]
仇恨 - hatred [chóuhèn]
悲痛 - grief [bēitòng]
伤心 - to grieve/to be sad [shāngxīn]
因某事伤心 - to grieve over something [yīn mǒushì shāngxīn]
生气- anger [shēngqì]
对某人/某事生气 - to be angry with/about [duì mǒurén/mǒushì shēngqì]
厌烦的 - annoyed [yànfán de]
对某事厌烦 - to be annoyed about [duì mǒushì yànfán]
好奇的 - curious [hàoqí de]
好奇心- curiosity [hàoqíxīn]
冷静的- calm [lěngjìng de]
焦虑症 - anxiety [jiāolǜzhèng]
忧虑的- anxious [yōulǜ de]
困惑的- confused [kùnhuò de]
糊涂- to get confused [hútu]
反应- to react/reaction [fǎnyìng]
感到孤独- to feel lonely [gǎndào gūdú]
同情某人- to feel sorry for somebody [tóngqíng mǒurén]
过于敏感的 - sensitive [guòyú mǐngǎn de]
高兴的- happy [gāoxìng de]
极感兴趣的- enthusiastic [jí gǎn xìngqù de]
兴奋的- excited - [xīngfèn de]
累的- tired [lèi de]
有同情心的 - sympathetic [yǒu tóngqíngxīn de]
害怕 - fear [hàipà]
害怕- to be afraid of [hàipà]
羞耻- shame [xiūchǐ]
内疚 - guilt [nèijiù]
妒忌 - jealousy [dùjì]
what kind of girls do you like? 你喜欢 什么样 女生儿？
什么样 - what kind of
最好 - best
女生儿 - girls
高鼻脸 - high nose
是瓜子脸 - melon seed shaped face (oval face)
皮肤好的 - good skin
而且 长得很白 - in addition looks very white (skin)
我 比较 喜欢 长头发的 - I like it more/I prefer long hair
又高 又瘦 - tall and skinny
大眼 - big eyed
美女 -beauty
你又聪明又漂亮 - you are smart and pretty
Nǐ yòu cōng míng yòu piào liang.
Lesson from Yoyo Chinese:HERE
In my last post about hello talk HERE
I discussed my experience with the app, all the useful phrases I had collected. From native speakers of the Chinese language. So I thought i’d compile another list, this time focusing on vocabulary around what the young people these days are using to text online, or say to each other!
*for future reference the masterlist link should be under my profile pic on my homepage!
FLASHCARDS
C-SERIES INTEGRATED CONTEXT VOCAB
RADICAL VOCAB
HELLO TALK - Real life Chinese Conversations with Native Speakers
Part O1
OTHER VOCAB
EMOTIONS
APPEARANCE
What type of boys do you like?
What type of girls do you like?
CHINESE PARTICLES
MISCELLANEOUS VOCAB
01_My Mr. Mermaid + Body Parts
03_My Mr. Mermaid + Body Parts PT2
05_My Mr. Mermaid ep 3 + Chinese Pod describing drinks
06_PETS (describing animals/pets)
07_My Mr. Mermaid ep 4 + Home vocab
Sentence Order
Test Yourself:
Hello! This is all the Chinese learning content i’ve created so far! I hope you are all learning well and enjoying your language journeys!
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Radical Vocabulary Valentines edition! Taking a slightly different approach with the words that have more than one character.
HOP to the base of the post for a “how-to” use the flashcards (they are a little out of the box)
Quick Guide:
Word meaning in CAPITALS, & literal character meanings in bold.
Literal character meanings in CAPITALS, and radical components inBOLD CAPITALS.
A little how-to on how to read/use the flashcards, as they are a little different:
WORD + CHARACTER MEANING
The top sentence approaches the word from a character based perspective. Breaking down each word into the individual characters and their root meanings. (Good if you already know these characters).
Word meaning in CAPITALS, & character meanings in bold
RADICAL COMPONENTS within characters
The bottom sentences, reference the numbered characters in the image. They tackle the word from a radical approach. These sentences are used for primarily memorising the stroke composition within each character.
Individual character meaning in CAPITALS, and radicalsinBOLD CAPITALS.
I hope it makes sense, i feel like it may be a little convoluted but room for improvement!
Let me know what you think.
Check out my other Radical Colour Flashcards: HERE
and vocab pack 01 HERE
Thought i’d try a slightly different approach, particularly for the nouns to remember them. By breaking down individual meanings of the radicals within each character + pairing with a context driving trigger sentence. With Chinese, the radicals tell a story of how the word came to be, so perhaps looking at Chinese characters through that approach will encourage another level of long-term memory.
**Radical meanings are in bold + the vocabulary is CAPITALISED
Thought i’d try a slightly different approach, particularly for the nouns to remember them. By breaking down individual meanings of the radicals within each character + pairing with a context driving trigger sentence. With Chinese, the radicals tell a story of how the word came to be, so perhaps looking at Chinese characters through that approach will encourage another level of long-term memory.
**Radical meanings are in bold + the vocabulary is CAPITALISED
See previous C-SERIES flashcards and other vocab lists in my Chinese Masterlist HERE
1st flashcard image cred: bysheer-madness@deviantart
*for future reference the masterlist link should be under my profile pic on my homepage!
FLASHCARDS
C-SERIES INTEGRATED CONTEXT VOCAB
RADICAL VOCAB
HELLO TALK - Real life Chinese Conversations with Native Speakers
Part O1
OTHER VOCAB
EMOTIONS
APPEARANCE
What type of boys do you like?
What type of girls do you like?
CHINESE PARTICLES
MISCELLANEOUS VOCAB
01_My Mr. Mermaid + Body Parts
03_My Mr. Mermaid + Body Parts PT2
05_My Mr. Mermaid ep 3 + Chinese Pod describing drinks
06_PETS (describing animals/pets)
07_My Mr. Mermaid ep 4 + Home vocab
Sentence Order
Test Yourself:
3月到了
(3 yuè dàole)
March is here
你是我的愿望
(nǐ shì wǒ de yuànwàng)
You are my desire
1.)练习
(liànxí)
To practice
Ex.)我每天都练习中文。
(wǒ měitiān dōu liànxí zhōngwén.)
I practice Chinese everyday.
2.)复习
(fùxí)
To review
Ex.)你应该复习语法。
(nǐ yīnggāi fùxí yǔfǎ.)
You should review grammar.
3.)学习
(xuéxí)
To study
Ex.)他整天学习英文。
(tā zhěng tiān xuéxí yīngwén.)
He studies English all day.
4.) 预习
(yùxí)
To preview/ (of students) prepare lessons before class
Ex.) 学生们都需要预习功课。
(Xuéshēngmen dōu xūyào yùxí gōngkè.)
All of the students need to preview(and prepare) the homework.
慢慢来
(mànmànlái)
Take your time
Idiom
一日三秋
(yīrìsānqiū)
one day apart seems like three years—miss sb. very much
The difference between 感冒and生病
感冒
(gǎnmào)
common cold
Ex.) 我感冒了。
(Wǒ gǎnmàole)
I caught a cold.
生病
(shēngbìng)
fall ill, be sick
Ex.) 我听说你生病了。
(Wǒ tīngshuō nǐ shēngbìngle)
I heard you were ill.
浪费时间
(làngfèi shíjiān)
waste time; fritter away one’s time
节日快乐
(jiérìkuàilè)
Happy holidays
Learn some holiday vocabulary words!
睡不着
(shuìbuzháo)
cannot fall asleep
Hear the pronunciation! Learn the character stroke order!
Source: Pleco
Chinese Measure Words Usage | Language Realm
Measure words!
Here’s a list of some string instruments and examples!
Happy New Years, everyone!!!! I can’t thank you guys enough for your support since starting my new blog. There have been some hiccups along the way, but I’m learning and always growing thanks to you all! One of my resolutions this year is to be more transparent with you guys and really let you into my world and into my mind more, no matter how crazy it is! I have an insane mind but it’s full of ideas and tips for you, so I’m going to try to open it up to you guys more. I hope that you all had a good New Years! Look out for the masterlist of language learning blogs and Tumblrs! I’ll be posting it soon!
