Mandarin Learning Basic

Do you know how to say the animals name in mandarin? There are so many animals in this world, so I will talk about the general animal we see around us.
Ok let’s begin our lesson..hehe

熊 ‘xiong(2)’ in English ‘bear’
鸟 ‘niao(3)’ in English ‘bird’
水牛 ‘shui(3) niu(2)’ in English ‘buffalo’
骆驼 ‘luo(4) tuo(2)’ in English ‘camel’
猫 ‘mao(1)’ in English ‘cat’
鸡 ‘ji(1)’ in English ‘chicken’
北美郊狼 ‘pei(2) mei(3) jiao(1) lang(2)’ in English ‘coyote’
鹿 ‘lu(4)’ in English ‘deer’
恐龙 ‘kong(3) long(2)’ in English ‘dinosour’
狗 ‘gou(3)’ in English ‘dog’ Continue reading ‘Animal How to Say in Mandarin Part I’

As I promise before, now I will continue to write something about transportation again, don’t talk the other again, this is the follow words from the last post.

停车场 ‘ting(2) che(1) chang(3)’ this is ‘parking lot’

In this tutorial, I would like to talk the transportation or the related like the road, station. This topic consist of two parts. Ok, let’s start to learn about the transportation in chinese.

飞机 ‘fei(1) ji(1)’ this is ‘airplane’
飞机场 ‘fei(1) ji(1) chang(3)’ this is ‘airport’
救护车 ‘jiu(4) hu(4) che(1)’ this is ‘ambulance’
脚踏车 ‘jiao(3) ta(4) che(1)’ this is ‘bicycle’
桥 ‘qiao(2)’ this mean ‘bridge’
公共汽车 ‘gong(1) gong(4) qi(4) che(1)’ this is ‘bus’
公共汽车票 ‘gong(1) gong(4) qi(4) che(1) piao(4)’ this means ‘bus ticket’
缆车 ‘lan(3) che(1)’ in English ‘cable car’
汽车 ‘qi(4) che(1)’ in English ‘car automobile’
包车 ‘bao(1) che(1)’ in English ‘chartered car’
驾驶执照 ‘jia(4) shi(3) zhi(2) zhao(4)’ means ‘driver license’
电梯 ‘dian(4) ti(1)’ means ‘elevator’ Continue reading ‘The Transportation Part I’

After learn about Sign and Directions at the last post. Now, I am still posting more about it. Here are more the sigh and directions been used:

单程路 ‘dan(1) cheng(2) lu(4)’ in English ‘one way’
营业中 ‘ying(2) ye(4) zhong(1)’ in English ‘open’
出 ‘chu(1)’ in English ‘out’
护照检查 ‘hu(4) zhao(4) jian(3) cha(2)’ in English ‘passport control’
行人 ‘xing(2) ren(2)’ means ‘pedestrians’
禁止

If we go to china or the country that use the chinese/mandarin as a main language. Maybe the sign and directions on the road not available in English. So we need to know the meaning of it. Ok, I will tell some of it:

到达 ‘dao(4) da(2)’ means ‘arrival’
休业 ‘xiu(1) ye(4)’ means ‘closed’
公共气车站 ‘gong(1) gong(4) qi(4) che(1) zhan(4)’ this is ‘bus stop’
海关 ‘hai(3) guan(1)’ this means ‘customs’
外币对换所 ‘wai(4) bi(4) dui(4) huan(4) suo(3)’ this is ‘currency exchange office or money changer’
危险 ‘wei(1) xian(3)’ means ‘danger’
出发 ‘chu(1) fa(1)’ means ‘departure’
下 ‘xia(4)’ means ‘down’
入口 ‘ru(4) kou(3)’ this means ‘entrance’
出口 ‘chu(1) kou(3) opposite with entrance, this is ‘exit’
出租 ‘chu(1) zu(1)’ means ‘for rent’
前面 ‘qian(2) mian(4)’ means ‘front’
去 ‘qu(4)’ means ‘go’
入 ‘ru(4)’ means ‘in’ Continue reading ‘Sign and Directions’

Last post, we talk about the some colors in mandarin, now I will talk about the time using in mandarin, for example: morning, afternoon, today, for the future like tomorrow, next week, next year, etc, for the past like yesterday, last month, etc. Ok, let’s start again:

早上 ‘zao(3) shang(4)’ meaning ‘morning’
上午 ‘shang(4) wu(3)’ meaning ‘noon or before the noon’
下午 ‘xia(4) wu(3)’ meaning ‘afternoon’
晚上 ‘wan(3) shang(4)’ meaning ‘night’
午夜 ‘wu(4) ye(4)’ meaning ‘mid night’
前天 ‘qian(2) tian(1)’ meaning ‘day before yesterday’
昨天 ‘zuo(2) tian(1)’ meaning ‘yesterday’
今天 ‘jin(1) tian(1)’ meaning ‘today’
今晚 ‘jin(1) wan(3)’ meaning ‘tonight’
明天 ‘ming(2) tian(1)’ meaning ‘tomorrow’
每天 ‘mei(3) tian(1)’ meaning ‘everyday’
后天 ‘hou(4) tian(1)’ meaning ‘day after tomorrow’
将来 ‘jiang(1) lai(2)’ meaning ‘future’
过去 ‘guo(4) qu(4)’ meaning ‘past’
现在 ‘xian(4) zai(4)’ means ‘present’
Continue reading ‘Basic Time Using in Mandarin’