http://osche.org Learn Mandarin for Beginner Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:01:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://osche.org/woman-girl-daughter-in-mandarin/2008/06/26/ In today’s world, Internet has become a part of our routine life. It’s mean that Internet is not only an important part of the workplace, but it has also become an integral part of our day-to-day personal lives. Because of that, the online college is become more popular too. On ... http://osche.org/college-matching-service/2008/06/26/ Rug usually refers to hand made textile that are around 35 square feet or 3.2 square meter. It’s a hard thing to find the ideal rugs, because the rugs should be look good with the room’s decor and must bring everything together. You should know what size of the rug ... http://osche.org/find-the-ideal-rugs-for-your-home-decoration-at-superiorrugs/2007/12/04/ 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’ 迷你电脑 ‘mi(3) ni(2) dian(4) nao(3)’ means ‘mini-computer’ 不收支票 ... http://osche.org/commercial-terms-part-ii/2007/07/18/ 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)’ ... http://osche.org/commercial-terms-part-i/2007/07/12/ 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’ 因为 ‘yin(1) wei(4)’ means ‘because’ 在…之前 ‘zai(4)…yi(3) qian(3)’ means ... http://osche.org/prepositions-in-mandarin-part-ii/2007/04/25/ Sorry 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’ 怎样 ‘zen(3) yang(4)’ means ‘how’ 无论如何 ... http://osche.org/prepositions-in-mandarin-part-i/2007/04/22/ 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) ... http://osche.org/about-geography-name-in-chinese-part-iii/2007/03/25/ In the last post about geography, we have list some country or city name, and how to say it in mandarin. Now, we still continue to tell these names for you. 印尼 ‘yin(4) ni(2)’ means ‘Indonesia’ 伊朗 ‘yi(1) lang(3)’ means ‘Iran’ 爱尔兰 ‘ai(4) er(3) lan(2)’ means ‘Ireland’ 以色列 ‘yi(3) se(4) lie(4)’ means ‘Israel’ 意大利 ‘yi(4) ... http://osche.org/more-about-countries-name-in-mandarin/2007/03/23/ Where are you from? This is the today topic, it’s about geography. I want to talk the country name in mandarin now, maybe you live in these countries below, and want to know how to say it in chinese. Ok let’s start…. 非洲 ‘fei(1) zhou(1)’ means ‘Africa’ 亚洲 ‘ya(4) zhou(1)’ means ‘Asia’ 澳洲 ... http://osche.org/countries-name-in-chinese/2007/03/22/