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Chances are, students who have been studying Mandarin Chinese will not find the following words/phrases in regular books. Being a 老外 in China, there’s a good chance you might have even heard them a few times from native Mandarin speakers. Let`s have look: http://bit.ly/2u1qYxy
Practical Chinese Words Learning
If you come to China, you may often hear Chinese people call you 老外 or 歪果仁. 老外, literally means “old foreign". That`s not because you`re old. Chinese used to call people in this "老+surname” way. 歪果仁, literally means “slanting nutlet". It`s because foreigners often pronounce 外国人(wài guó rén) with the weird tones which sounds like 歪果仁(wāi guǒ rén). You know, the tones are really important!
The formal word: 外国人 (wài guó rén) foreigner
Update: Lesson 16 In this new video lesson, we will talk about traveling by plane/train. And in the Expanded knowledge part, you will also learn Asking about Different Time. Mark and learn: http://bit.ly/1NdrDQl
Is there any smart approach to using movies for studying language? Yes! Maybe you can try this one. Check the review here:
“I never learnt all these words in my Chinese class and don’t even know how to order a Subway in Chinese!" Can you find the right words in the textbook? I don’t think so, but today let’s have a lesson on ordering Subway and other food.
New lesson comes! http://www.digmandarin.com/courses/practical-chinese-course-elementary?filter_action=course-curriculm
This lesson 12 is about “想(xiǎng) + verb” (want to do something), the use of “还是(háishì)”, to address someone politely in Chinese and etc. Click and watch now!
