
Learn how to say 'I drink coffee three times a day' in Chinese by placing 'three times' between the verb and the object, illustrating frequency and word order.
Explore how to say ten percent off and five percent off in Chinese, using remaining-price expressions like 'offer you ninety percent' and 'nine out of ten' to convey discounts.
Learn how 黄了 expresses change or completion in Chinese, including becoming yellow, the sense of past tense, and finished status, with examples of items left in shops.
Explore the difference between 打算 and 计划: both mean 'to plan,' but 打算 is more casual or spoken, whereas 计划 is more formal and definite, suitable for business.
Explore why the 'shi4...de' structure is used in Chinese to emphasize and make formal statements, comparing longer and shorter forms and when each is appropriate, in the Chinese Q&A course.
Explore how the Chinese Q&A course addresses starting the class a little bit earlier than normal, focusing on timing and early preparation.
Describe how to handle a live online class on Skype when the video freezes or the computer dies, and narrate changing situations to students in Chinese.
Analyze how Chinese uses the degree complement 得 to express extent. Build phrases such as 我跑步跑得快 and 得不得了 to convey very fast speed.
Discover how to express time durations in English, from a few years to more than ten years and several decades, with examples like living in Shanghai for a few years.
Learn how to express duration with verbs and objects, deciding when to say 'make a phone call for an hour' or 'talked for an hour' based on context.
Explore the difference between xiang and xiang yao for expressing desire, using restaurant orders like 'I'd like to have coffee' and 'I want to go to Shanghai'.
In the chinese q&a course, this lecture explores whether wo3 bu ting1 我不听 means 'I can't hear you' and contrasts listening versus not listening with practical examples.
Learn how to say 'happy birthday' in Chinese using 祝你生日快乐 and compare Chinese word order to the English happy birthday to you song.
Clarify the meaning of 'by the way' and show how to use it to introduce a related remark, with an example like 'oh by the way the Christmas is coming'.
Explore how to say 'Christmas is coming' and 'Christmas is coming soon' in Chinese, and learn that the Chinese spring festival arrives soon after Christmas, on January 25.
Learn how to say 'ask' in chinese, including when to use 'teacher asked us to do exercise' and how to distinguish asking questions from giving instructions, with dictionary notes.
Learn how to say 'celebrate Christmas' in Chinese, understand why we may not use a direct 'celebrate' word, and explore local options and examples for holidays and birthdays.
Learn how to say 'i am not sure' in Chinese, with practical examples like 'are you sure' and 'i'm not sure if i'll go to the party'.
Learn how to say something disappeared in Chinese, with examples like 'my book disappeared' and 'I cannot find it,' and why spoken Chinese often omits the word disappear.
Explore how to say 'the meeting will not finish very soon' in English using the classic verb-adjective structure, including 'not finish so fast' and its communication implications.
Learn how to say 'give a discount' and '20% off' in Chinese, with examples showing discount expressions, percentage terms, and how price reductions are described.
Explore how to express pressure and stress in Chinese in the Chinese q&a course, with practical ways to say 'I feel the pressure' and related phrases for daily conversations.
Discover how to express partial understanding in Chinese in the Chinese Q&A course by saying I can understand a little part of what you said.
Learn to say 'I don't drink coffee, not even one cup' by placing the object first for emphasis. Choose patterns like 'I don't drink coffee at all' for clear emphasis.
Learn how to say 'nothing special' in Chinese through a free talk warm-up that uses daily life, student-led practice, and corrective feedback to build their own speaking style.
Explore how to say plug, socket, and power strip in chinese, using pronunciation examples and everyday object terms such as chapel, seat, and top hat to illustrate naming and placement.
Learn how to say 'pull out' and 'insert' your USB disk in Chinese, using the phrases 拔下来 and 插进去, with online teaching examples about powering and charging.
Learn to say nothing special or same as usual in Chinese, using phrases that mean that's normal, nothing new, or the same.
Learn how to say Christmas in Chinese and explore the formal Chinese name for Santa Claus, as the lecture explains different ways to refer to Christmas and Santa in Chinese.
Learn how to express 'show me' in Chinese, including common phrases and avoiding literal image-to-Chinese translations; practice choosing the right phrase to request to see something.
Explore Chinese phrases such as 'I will sit wherever you sit' and 'you go where I go,' and understand two way translation and how 'whatever you say' shapes meaning.
Learn how to use 也 in Chinese sentences, analyze why '我喝咖啡,也喝茶' needs proper word order, and review common mistakes with explanations.
Learn how to say 'take more photos' in Chinese with 多照几张照片, plus guidance on using do something more and forming questions like how many.
Clarifies whether 给了他们上课 is correct by distinguishing have a class from give a class in Chinese and explaining how to structure the sentence.
Learn how to express duration in Chinese using the sentence 我三天没运动, and place duration after the verb in negative statements to emphasize the three-day period.
Learn how to say 'one percent' and 'one of my friends' in Chinese, contrasting classical written forms with modern spoken usage. Practice placing 'my' at the beginning for natural phrasing.
Understand the difference between experience and rich experience: doing something many times builds know-how, creating extremely experienced ability, while not guaranteeing complete knowledge.
Learn how Chinese uses a topic-comment structure to express 'talk about' without the word 'about,' with examples like 'I'd like to talk my family' and polite variations using 'regarding'.
Explore the meaning of suibian 随便 as 'whatever, at your convenience,' and how to use it in everyday choices like what to eat, where to sit, or what to do.
Explore how the Chinese word for cover relates to mask concepts, using phrases about cover, mask, and color from the lecture caption. Analyze playful word connections and meanings.
Learn the difference between 买得到 and 买到了, showing how one expresses possibility to buy tickets and the other denotes owning the tickets during the spring festival.
This lecture explains why the sentence 'I have been working in Shanghai for two years' uses two le marks to express ongoing action, contrasting past tense with ongoing state.
Explore basic chinese q&a grammar: how to place duration between verb and object, when to use optional words, and how different choices affect meaning in a practical q&a context.
Examine how to express degree in Chinese with 有点儿 before adjectives and 快一点 after, using taxi speed and bargaining phrases to illustrate nuance.
Learn how Chinese handles conditionals differently from English. The lecture shows why you cannot translate 'if' like in 'the exam decides if she can go to the university'.
Explore Chinese character pronunciation with two readings and learn how 周末我要看孩子 means 'on weekends I need to look after my child,' including its plural sense.
Explore basic Chinese sentence structure by identifying verbs and objects, and practice expressing actions with examples like 'I read a book' and 'I go to school'.
Discover two ways to say Spanish and the difference between spoken and written language. Learn how the feel of the language shifts between spoken and written forms.
Learn how to say Chinese friends in Chinese, comparing 中国朋友 and 中国的朋友 and explaining why 中国人朋友 is uncommon, with practical usage for referring to a Chinese friend.
Explore how Chinese degree words express intensity from not very busy to extremely busy, compare spoken and formal usage, and replace with other adjectives for nuance.
Examine how two Chinese terms, lian (脸) and mian (面), represent the same concept with formal versus spoken forms, highlighting modern usage and fixed terms.
I am John Wang, a professional Chinese teacher. I have been teaching Chinese for 14 years now.
I teach Chinese in my classroom and online via Skype. I answer all kinds of questions from my students every day. I found that answering questions is really a great way to help Chinese learners improve quickly!
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