Mandarin Learning Basic

The character for peace and contentment is made up of women and roof. Man conceived the idea that to attain peace he should have only one woman under the root or confine here within the house.

Example of use:
安定 an(1) ding(4) mean stable
安静 an(1) jing(4) mean quiet or peaceful
安乐 an(1) le(4) mean peace and happiness
安眠 an(1) mian(2) mean sleep peacefully
安宁 an(1) ning(2) mean peacefull; free from troubles
安排 an(1) pai(2) mean arrange
安全 an(1) quan(2) mean safe, secure
安慰 an(1) wei(4) mean comfort; console
安心 an(1) xin(1) mean feet at ease; free from worries
安装 an(1) zhuang(1) mean install; assemble
安分守己 an(1) fen(4) shou(3) ji(3) mean law abiding; be contented with one’s lot
安居乐业 an(10 ju(1) le(4) ye(4) mean live and work in contentment
不安 bu(4) an(1) mean uneasy; worried

Sample sentence:
用行人天桥过路最安全 yong(4) xing(2) ren(2) tian(1) qiao(2) guo(4) lu(4) zui(4) an(1) quan(2), it means “The safest way to cross the road is to use an overhead bridge”.

Man combined 女 (girl or daughter) with 子 (child or son) to form a character for goodness and excellence. From experience he must have found his greatest good in the possession of a wife and a child or a son and a daughter. It is also good that his wife sticks to his child.

Example Using:
好吃 hao(3) chi(1) delicious
好处 hao(3) chu(4) benefit, advantage
好感 hao(3) gan(3) good impression
好汉 hao(3) han(4) worthy man
好久 hao(3) jiu(3) a long time
好看 hao(3) kan(4) good looking
好听 hao(3) ting(1) pleasant to the ear
好像 hao(3) xiang(4) look alike
好笑 hao(3) xiao(4) funny
好心 hao(3) xin(1) kind-hearted
好意 hao(3) yi(4) means fortunately, thanks to
好转 hao(3) zhuan(3) means turn for the better
好人好事 hao(3) ren(2) hao(3) shi(4) means good personalities and good deeds

Sample sentence: 这首歌很好听 means “This song is very pleasant to the ear”

This character for child originated from a representation of an infant with outstrected arms and legs. Eventually it was modified to one with legs swalddled in cloth bands. Evidently, to the chinese parent, the secret of infant carelies in keeping one end wet and the other end dry.

Sample for this character use:
子弹 zi(3) dan(4) means bullet
子弟 zi(3) di(4) means young generations
子女 zi(3) nv(3) means children
子孙 zi(3) sun(1) means descendants
子夜 zi(3) ye(4) means midnight
子音 zi(3) yin(1) means consonant
子子孙孙 zi(3) zi(3) sun(1) sun(1) means descendants
孩子 hai(2) zi(3) means child

In sentence:
这个孩子很聪明 zhe(4) ge(4) hai(2) zi(3) hen(3) cong(1) ming(2) means “This child is very intelligent”

Now we will to talk about this “Woman” character using in Mandarin. The original pictograph for woman depicted her in a bowing position. Apparently, for ease in writing, man reduced this to a humbler form - a woman kneeling down, but not for long. The modern version nv(3) - 女 graphically portrays the big stride woman has taken to keep up with man.
Continue reading ‘Woman - Girl - Daughter in Mandarin’

As I promise at the last post about Commercial Terms, Now I will continue with same topic with other words for you. Right, see this below words:

发票 ‘fa(1) piao(4)’ means ‘invoice’
损失 ‘sun(3) shi(1)’ means ‘loss’
经理 ‘jing(1) li(3)’ means ‘manager’
市价 ‘mai(4) jia(4) means ‘market price’
迷

Long time no see, I think about more than a month I didn’t post anything. Sorry for that. Ok now we continue with another topic ‘Commercial Terms’ see the following words with related with it.

广告 ‘guang(3) gao(4)’ in English ‘advertisement’
恕不退换 ‘shu(4) bu(4) tui(4) huan(4)’ means ‘all sales final’
公债 ‘gong(1) zhai(4)’ means ‘bonds’
牌子 ‘pai(2) zi(3)’ means ‘brand’
买 ‘mai(3)’ means ‘buy’
计算机 ‘ji(4) suan(4) ji(1)’ means ‘calculator’
资本 ‘zi(1) ben(3)’ means ‘capital’
现金 ‘xian(4) jin(1)’ means ‘cash’
收银柜 ‘shou(1) yin(2) gui(4)’ means ‘cash register’
清货 ‘qing(1) huo(4)’ means ‘clearance’
商业的 ‘shang(1) ye(4) de’ means ‘commercial’
佣金 ‘yong(1) jin(1)’ means ‘commission’
公司 ‘gong(1) si(1)’ means ‘company, corporation’
电脑 ‘dian(4) nao(3)’ means ‘computer’
合同 ‘he(2) tong(2)’ means ‘contract’
Continue reading ‘Commercial Terms Part I’