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’
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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’
As I mention as the last post about mandarin prepositions, this prepositions topic will continue, today I will finish it. But it doesn’t mean, that already contain all the prepositions word in chinese, but this is the resources I got.
在 ‘zai(4)’ means ‘at’
4 Comments Published April 25th, 2007 in VocabularySorry for the long time not update this blog, coz some busy things to do lately. In this post, we will learn about the propositions use in chinese vocabulary. I think this lesson is quick easy to learn…Ok, let’s start this mandarin lesson.
从 ‘cong(2)’ means ‘from’
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At the last two post, I haven’t finished the geography name yet. Now I will post it all of it I got. But those maybe still some that’s not here. Ok, we continue our lessons…
沙地阿拉伯 ‘sha(1) di(4) a(1) la(1) bo(2)’ this means ‘Saudi Arabia’
西雅图 ‘xi(1) ya(3) tu(2)’ means ‘Seattle’
上海 ‘shang(4) hai(3)’ means ‘Shanghai’
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