2013年11月17日星期日

40 helpful websites to learn new skills - Chinese Language

The web is a powerful resource that can easily help you learn new skills.  You just have to know where to look.  Sure, you can use Google, Yahoo, or Bing to search for sites where you can learn new skills, but I figured I’d save you some time.
Here are the top 40 sites I have personally used over the last few years when I want to learn something new.
  1. Mandarin Morning - Mandarin Morning give you professional Chinese idioms, Chinese characters, Chinese courses and you can learn Chinese online for free. 
  2. eHow - eHow is an online community dedicated to providing visitors the ability to research, share, and discuss solutions and tips for completing day-to-day tasks and projects.
  3. Wired How-To Wiki - Collaborate with Wired editors and help them build their extensive library of projects, hacks, tricks and tips.  Browse through hundreds how-to articles and then add to them, or start a new one.
  4. MAKE Magazine - Brings the do-it-yourself (DIY) mindset to all of the technology in your life.  MAKE is loaded with cool DIY projects that help you make the most of the technology you already own.
  5. 50 Things Everyone Should Know How To Do - While not totally comprehensive, here is a list of 50 things everyone should know how to do.  It’s a great starting point to learn new skills.
  6. wikiHow - A user based collaboration to build and share the world’s largest, highest quality how-to manual.
  7. Lifehacker - An award-winning daily blog that features tips, shortcuts, and downloads that help you get things done smarter and more efficiently.
  8. 100+ Google Tricks That Will Save You Time - Today, knowing how to use Google effectively is a vital skill.  This list links out to enough Google related resources to make you an elite Google hacker.
  9. Instructables - Similar to MAKE, Instructables is a web-based documentation platform where passionate people share what they do and how they do it, and learn from and collaborate with others as the tackle new projects and learn new skills.

2013年10月21日星期一

Ancient Origins of Halloween - Learn Chinese in shanghai

Halloween come of the ancient Cekltic festival of Samhain(pronounced sow-in). Now many people will celebrate this festival in Shanghai except of westerns. But Halloween is so different from China Ghost Festival. In another world Halloween is the funny vacation for kids or trouble makers.Now please remember Halloween in Chinese language is 万圣节。
The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom and northern France, celebrated their new year on November 1. This day marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter, a time of year that was often associated with human death. Celts believed that on the night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred. On the night of October 31 they celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth. In addition to causing trouble and damaging crops, Celts thought that the presence of the otherworldly spirits made it easier for the Druids, or Celtic priests, to make predictions about the future. For a people entirely dependent on the volatile natural world, these prophecies were an important source of comfort and direction during the long, dark winter.
To commemorate the event, Druids built huge sacred bonfires, where the people gathered to burn crops and animals as sacrifices to the Celtic deities. During the celebration, the Celts wore costumes, typically consisting of animal heads and skins, and attempted to tell each other's fortunes. When the celebration was over, they re-lit their hearth fires, which they had extinguished earlier that evening, from the sacred bonfire to help protect them during the coming winter.
By 43 A.D., the Roman Empire had conquered the majority of Celtic territory. In the course of the four hundred years that they ruled the Celtic lands, two festivals of Roman origin were combined with the traditional Celtic celebration of Samhain. The first was Feralia, a day in late October when the Romans traditionally commemorated the passing of the dead. The second was a day to honor Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit and trees. The symbol of Pomona is the apple and the incorporation of this celebration into Samhain probably explains the tradition of "bobbing" for apples that is practiced today on Halloween.
On May 13, 609 A.D., Pope Boniface IV dedicated the Pantheon in Rome in honor of all Christian martyrs, and the Catholic feast of All Martyrs Day was established in the Western church. Pope Gregory III (731–741) later expanded the festival to include all saints as well as all martyrs, and moved the observance from May 13 to November 1. By the 9th century the influence of Christianity had spread into Celtic lands, where it gradually blended with and supplanted the older Celtic rites. In 1000 A.D., the church would make November 2 All Souls' Day, a day to honor the dead. It is widely believed today that the church was attempting to replace the Celtic festival of the dead with a related, but church-sanctioned holiday. All Souls Day was celebrated similarly to Samhain, with big bonfires, parades, and dressing up in costumes as saints, angels and devils. The All Saints Day celebration was also called All-hallows or All-hallowmas (from Middle English Alholowmesse meaning All Saints' Day) and the night before it, the traditional night of Samhain in the Celtic religion, began to be called All-hallows Eve and, eventually, Halloween.
Now it's time to learn Chinese, so let's review a Chinese character group. What is Halloween in mandarin? Write down and i will give you a candy from Mandarin Morning.

2013年6月7日星期五

How to Learn Pronounce Chinese Pinyin

The Chinese government issued the standard of Putonghua in 1958, Pinyin became a way to learn Chinese(in shanghai life) the most efficient. Chinese pinyin is somewhat similar to the Rome letter writing, although the Chinese phonetic alphabet is standard, but there are some rules to remember, for learning Chinese Pinyin people, individual Chinese pronunciation is similar to the English pronunciation of the letters, but most of the phonetic pronunciation but different from western language system and the rules of pronunciation, moreover, Pinyin has its own voice, remember a Chinese characters pronunciation, must be four tones to each pinyin.

Instructions

1
Determine the tone of a given pinyin word. Mandarin Chinese has four tones -- "flat," "rising," "falling-rising" and "falling"-- and a fifth "neutral" tone. Pronounce a word with a flat line above its vowel in a high, steady tone; one with an upward-slanting line with a low tone that quickly gets higher; one with a "v" shape with a falling tone that immediately comes back up to where it began; one with a downward-sloping line with an abrupt, almost angry tone.

2
Pronounce the letter "c" as a mono-syllabic combination of the letters "t" and "s." The word "cai," for example, when spoken in fourth tone, means "dish." Pronounce this word as "tsai." Practice repeatedly until you can say all the sounds in a single syllable.

3
Replace the "i" sound at the ends of words with "u" (as in the word "push"), unless these words begin with "q" or "i," in which case you pronounce the "i" as "e" in "be." For example, the word "shi" means "to be" when pronounced in fourth tone, but is pronounced as "shu," keeping in mind the "u" sound from the word "push."

4
Pronounce the letters "q" and "x" as "ch" and "sh," respectively, keeping in mind that the letter "x" occasionally veers more toward "s" in its pronunciation in certain areas of China. Pronounce the word "qing," which means "please" when said in first tone, as "ching." The Western Chinese city of "Xi'an," on the other hand, is pronounced "She-an."

5
For beginners, may encounter Jing'an such words, Jingan is a district of Shanghai, and how to read this word? Read the Jing, read the an, pay attention to the distinction between the, if not the interval between Jing and an characters, becomes a word, the addition of Jin, gan. There are many people might misunderstand, if you still don't understand this word, you can learn some simple spelling.

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2013年6月3日星期一

Why to Study Chinese: Reason Two

The term “Everyone is Doing it” has been ruined by our parents, their parents, and their parent’s parents. When we are young and we want to participate in malicious activities with our friends but our parents decline, we explain that everyone is doing it. Then the all-to-common response of “if everyone was jumping off a bridge, would you as well?” Well, if you were a little smart ass like me, you retorted that “yes” you indeed would. Today, everyone is learning Chinese, so therefore forget what your parents told you, and learn it too.
OK, so not everyone else is learning Chinese. But did you know that Chinese is the fastest-growing language studied in the US? Enrollment in college Learn Chinese in shanghai courses is at an all-time high. Recently a bipartisan bill was introduced in Congress to provide Chinese language classes even for high school students. Other countries are even more advanced in this regard.
Obviously the idea of jumping off a bridge is more dangerous than learning Chinese, but for those of you that have already started studying and realized how difficult it is, you know that the two are vaguely similar in terms of initial difficulty.

2013年5月16日星期四

How to Learn Chinese Phrases




来源于http://www.mandarinmorning.org/Recommand_mandarin_article/201305169253.html

 Mandarin in China the same as the standard English, Mandarin Chinese is  use by Chinese government official, but also around the Chinese language. Unified language should be traced back to the Qin Dynasty Qin Shihuang Tongyiliuguo period. Mandarin is the basis of Chinese Pinyin, a phonetic alphabet contains 26 and four tones. If you want to learn Mandarin, first of all to learn how to use pinyin.
 Sign up for Chinese voice lessons at a university or institution. This is useful if you intend to gain in-depth knowledge of the Chinese voice, as well as popular phrases. Visit local colleges and universities to get information on Chinese language lessons. If there are no classes in your area, consider online instruction. Some companies even offer personal video instruction, which allows you to interact directly with an instructor via webcam.
Obtain Chinese reading materials, such Fun with Chinese Characters and a Chinese phrasebook, which provide basic phrases and their meanings. Write these down on cards or a notebook and carry them with you to practice on the go.
 Get a personal Chinese tutor. Organize your learning timetable to correspond with your schedule. Explain to your tutor the specific type of phrases you want to learn, such as the basics of what you'll need to know for traveling. Consider using an online tutor, which may be less expensive than a private local tutor.
Listen to proper Chinese pronunciation by purchasing a CD or listening online. Record yourself reciting your Chinese vocabulary, and then compare your recording with the proper recording. Listen to the recordings several times and practice along with the recording to help you master the phrases and voice.
Take part in online Chinese games, which provide a fun way of learning basic Chinese. The games vary from phrases, greetings, animals and months and some apply the use of audio devices.
Look at the Chinese director to make Chinese movies or watch some Chinese subtitle language movies, listen to Chinese singers sing Chinese songs, or listen to Chinese children's broadcasting or news broadcast, these methods can help cultivate your sense of language and the identification of Chinese, you can learn some simple Chinese vocabulary learning. You try to learn to get from the movie subtitles in Chinese, to try and communicate your friend, whether to use the appropriate.

2013年5月14日星期二

How to Make a Chinese School Budget


No matter how you look at it, to open a Chinese school need money to run properly.Lack of money, the Chinese schools simply do not work, no money to pay the costs. In fact, to get the necessary money, employees must know how much money is necessary to keep the school. Budget can be difficult to write, especially the number of things that must be considered. Read to find out how to successfully create a good school's budget.

Instructions
1
Start with personnel salaries. Include all administrative positions, as well as all support staff, from the janitors to the dietary workers. Don't forget ancillary positions, such as a school nurse or counselor. Add the salaries of every teacher and aid worker. Next, add insurance costs, sick and vacation pay, payroll taxes and other benefits.

2
Add contract labor costs. Most schools have security forces on campus, traffic directors, even football field grounds workers and grass cutters. Add the costs of all contract labor.

Factor in the cost of running the physical facility. Add the yearly utility costs and other normal day to day maintenance costs. This could include plumbing and electrical repair, painting, floor or ceiling repair.

4
Include the costs of supplies. Add up the cost of toilet paper, paper towels, cleaning supplies, light bulbs, pails, buckets, and mops. Don't forget paper for copy machines, printer paper and all required forms that are needed to run a school.

5
Add the cost of machinery and equipment. Computers need to be replaced, overhead projectors and other teaching aids must be repaired or replaced yearly. Average this cost and include in your yearly budget. Even the school bells may need repair or replacement.

6
Sports equipment must be replaced or repaired. Add in the costs of basketballs, goals, footballs, soccer or any other sports equipment to be used within the school year. Don't forget band and other extra curricular clubs and activities.

7
School grounds and parking lots need to be taken care of yearly. Include a line item for outside repairs and upkeep.

8
Don't forget capital costs. Does the school need a new roof? Add in the associated costs, over a period of several years. This will create an insurance for the repair (i.e. The money is budgeted in the event that the work must be done in the future.)

Now know how to collect money to open a school, the next step is to recruit a number of experienced Chinese teacher, so your school to make students believe that, in order to have more and more students to the Chinese school to learn Chinese.

2013年5月12日星期日

How to Study Chinese Astrology


You can find out about personalities, lifestyles and emotions through the study of Chinese astrology. The Chinese believed that celestial bodies had an impact on what happens on earth and to humans. Astrologers looked to the stars and planets to predict the tides and seasons and determine when to plant and harvest. It will take time to discover how all the elements interact in Chinese astrology.
Instructions
1
Learn the Chinese zodiac. Recognize the 12 zodiac signs and the characteristics of each.

2
Know the 5 elements that form the universe. During the 60-year cycle, each of the zodiac animals is associated with the 5 elements.

Research the relationships among the 5 elements and their attributes when combined with the 12 zodiac animals.

4
Understand the Yin and Yang cycle. These are the 2 primary forces that work together to achieve balance. The Yin represents the female, negative, dark, soft and wet aspects of the world. The Yang stands for what is male, bright, positive, hard, and dry.

5
Recognize the 5 elements in their Yin and Yang form. Referred to as the 10 heavenly stems, they recorded the days in the Shang Dynasty. The stems were the names of the 10 suns in the Chinese calendar and used in counting systems.

6
Read books on Chinese astrology and go online to read articles. Some books to consider include "Chinese Astrology" by Man Ho Kwok, "Chinese Astrology: Plain and Simple" by Suzanne White, the "Chinese Astrology Kit" and the "Complete Guide to Chinese Astrology" by Derek Walters.

Tips & Warnings
In Chinese astrology, the signs progress yearly and not monthly as in Western astrology.

The Chinese zodiac depicts your position in a 60-year cycle that divides into 5 cycles of 12 years each. The 12 animal signs and the 5 elements equal the 60 years. Understand these elements as you begin your study of Chinese astrology.

Just as in Western astrology, Chinese astrology gives advice on which signs suit one another in romantic relationships and business partnerships.

2013年5月11日星期六

Learn to teach Chinese in diverse countries of the world


If you can speak English and Chinese, have you ever considered the exciting opportunity of teaching Chinese in the Europe? Europe offers a wide variety of experiences. Europe is home to beautiful landscapes, an engaging culture, and many fascinating experiences in food, music, recreation, and history. The depth and breadth of this culture has an allure for many different people, including students in all fields, retired teachers looking for a source of continuing income, and those who have grown tired with their current course of employment. So you can enjoy the opportunity to teach Chinese in Europe.

When you have completed your study with a Chinese course, you will have the knowledge and skills necessary to teach Chinese to adult or children’s classes. You will be able to create lesson plans, make accommodations for learners of different skill levels, and stand in front of a class. You will be ready to experience all that Europe has to offer you.

If you want to completed your study with a Chinese course, you can find the course in Chinese school in shanghai.

2013年5月9日星期四

Learn mandarin by read The Croods subtitles


Students want to study Chinese who love movies. It is a good method which read actors’ lines. Last night I watched The Croods movie with my friend. I love those dialogues from The Croods:


Guy: This is called a brain. I think that's where ideas go.
Thunk: Dad, I don't have a brain.

Guyzhèshì dànǎo   wǒ xiǎnɡ hǎo zhǔyì dōu láizì zhèlǐ  
      这是   大脑 ,我       主意    来自  这里 。
Thunk: lǎo bà   wǒ méiyǒu dànǎo  
      老 爸 ,我  没有   大脑 。

Eep: My name's Eep and this is my family(- jiā), the Croods. We never had the chance to explore the outside world because of my dad's one rule:
Eep: Never leave the cave.
Grug: New is always bad. Never not be afraid!
Eep: We never had a chance to explore the outside world, but what we didn't know was that our world was about to change."

Eep: wǒ jiào xiǎo yī    zhèshì wǒ de jiārén   ɡū lū zú   wǒmen cónɡlái méiyǒu
       伊 ,  这是  我 的  家人  ,咕 噜 族 , 我们   从来   没有 
líkāi dònɡxué qù tànsuǒ shíjiàn   yīnwei wǒ lǎo bà de ɡuīju  
 离开   洞穴    探索    实践  , 因为    老 爸 的  规矩 :


yǒnɡyuǎn bùzhǔn líkāi dònɡxué  
  永远    不准   离开   洞穴 

"Guy: Belt, emergency idea generator activate!"
"Grug: Never not be afraid."
"Thunk: You need a name, I think I'll call you Douglas. Roll over Douglas."

Grug: xīnshìwù dōushì huài de   yǒnɡyuǎn búyào bùdǒnɡ hàipà  
 新事物   都是     的 ,  永远    不要  不懂   害怕 。

Eep: wǒmen cónɡlái méiyǒu yíɡè tànsuǒ wàimiàn shìjiè de jīhuì   suǒyǐ wǒmen
 我们   从来   没有  一个  探索    外面   世界    机会 , 所以  我们
bùzhīdào wàimiàn de shìjiè shì zěnme ɡǎibiàn de  
 不知道    外面    世界     怎么   改变  的 。

The movie tells me be careful but keep curious.

My friends ask me why do you come to Shanghai? I said i really don't know why and i just did it one day past. When i find a new,i just have a try. There are two results:one is good and another is bad, 50% and 50%. But if i give up and i will lose 50% good.
I choose one try.

Now you learn two mandarin words: fear--害怕hài pà =恐惧kǒnɡ jù
That means be afraid, fear, and scared. Grug said never not be afraid in Chinese (mandarin)
 yǒnɡ yuǎn bú yào bù dǒnɡ hài pà  
    远 不     不 懂   害 怕 。
In another words, sayings the same meaning:
shíkè bǎo chí jǐnɡ tì
 时刻  保持   警惕.
Now you learn contrary to fear (害怕)- 警惕(jǐnɡ tì)-not be scared.

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2013年5月7日星期二


Study to speak & write Chinese food names

Do you like to eat Chinese food? Are they delicious? Would you like to speak their names? If you say yes and congratulations!

In these days I will show you many Chinese food names especially Shanghai food names.

Topic one: Chinese food made of flour
Bāo zi
 包子

In English is steamed stuffed bun.

But do you know any other kinds of Bao zi? Do you want to study baozi(Chinese food) names? Now listen:
In china, there are many kinds of Baozi (the same of other Chinese food). We called Baozi followings:

   chā shāo bāo   liúxínɡ yú ɡuǎnɡdōnɡ yǔ xiānɡɡǎnɡ de yì zhǒnɡ zài xiàn
1        流行      广东       香港            
li fànɡrù chā shāo jiànɡ de bāozi   wèi tián ér dútè   
  放入             包子     独特

   nǎi huánɡ bāo   ɡuǎnɡdōnɡ tèyǒu de yì zhǒnɡ tiánwèi bāozi   yǐ dàn
2          广东    特有        甜味   包子 ,以 
huánɡ zuò xiàn   shì ɡuǎnɡdōnɡ tián bāozi li zuì fù shènɡmínɡ de yì zhǒnɡ  
             广东       包子       盛名       

   ɡǒu bùlǐ   tiānjīn zhùmínɡ bāozi   yǐ zhūròu xiàn wéizhǔ   xiànzài
3 不理   天津    著名   包子 ,以  猪肉      为主    现在 
ɡèzhǒnɡ xiàn dōu yǒu le   yǒu yì bǎi duōnián lìshǐ le   
  各种             多年   历史
   xiǎo lónɡ bāo   yònɡ xiǎo lónɡtì zuò de bāozi   hěnduō dìfanɡ dōu yǒu
4             笼屉     包子 很多   地方    
xiǎo lónɡ bāo   Shànɡhǎi nán xiánɡ xiǎo lónɡ bāo yǔ sìchuān xiǎo lónɡ bāo
         上海                   四川        
bǐjiào yǒumínɡ qì   
 比较    有名 
   hán bāozi   chénɡdōu yì zhǒnɡ bǐjiào yǒumínɡ de bāozi   yóu hán yìnɡ
5   包子   成都         比较    有名    包子      
dòu chuànɡzhì yú     nián   Pí báo sōnɡ pào   xiàn xīn bǎomǎn   rùkǒu huà
     创制   1914   。皮            饱满  入口 
zhā   bèi chēnɡzhīwèi   chénɡdōu xiǎochī zhīshànɡ pǐn     
      称之为     成都     小吃    之上    ”。
   ɡuàn tānɡ bāo   kāifēnɡ tèchǎn de yì zhǒnɡ bāozi   yīn xiàn li yǒu tānɡ
6         开封   特产        包子          
shuǐ r ér mìnɡmínɡ   
   儿而   命名  
   shuǐ jiān bāo   shāndōnɡ yì zhǒnɡ yònɡ ɡuō jiān de lèisì jiǎozi de
7         山东                  类似  饺子 
bāozi   
 包子
   yì pǐn bāozi   hénán kāifēnɡ de zhùmínɡ bāozi   
8,一    包子 河南   开封     著名   包子
   fā miànbāo zi   fànzhǐ fā miàn zuò de bāozi   
9,发   面包  泛指         包子
    Dòu shā bāo   yě jiào dènɡshā bāo   shì yònɡ qù pí xiǎo dòu zuò xiàn
10     :也      澄沙                 
bāo de bāozi   
    包子
    Zhūròu bāozi   zhūròu xiàn de bāozi   
11 猪肉   包子 猪肉       包子
    Ròu bāozi   fànzhǐ yònɡ ròu zuò xiàn de bāozi   
12   包子 泛指              包子
    Rén ròu bāozi   chuánshuō zhōnɡyònɡ rén ròu zuò xiàn de bāozi   féi ér
13     包子    传说      中用              包子
bù nì   
    Sù bāozi   fànzhǐ sù xiàn de bāozi   
14,素  包子 泛指        包子
    Tánɡ bāozi   yònɡ tánɡ zuò xiàn de bāozi   
15    包子             包子
    Tánɡ sānjiǎo   zuòchénɡ sānjiǎo xínɡ de tánɡ bāozi   
16     三角    做成     三角          包子
    Dòu bāo   yònɡ xiǎo dòu zuò xiàn de bāozi   ɡètóu bǐjiào xiǎo   
17                 包子 个头  比较    
    Zhān dòu bāo   yònɡ nián mǐ miàn zuò de dòu xiàn bāozi   dōnɡběi
18                       包子   东北 
tèchǎn   
 特产 
    Shělì bāozi   fójiā de yì zhǒnɡ sù xiàn bāozi   
19 舍利  包子 佛家           包子
    Yán cài shuǐjīnɡ bāo   húnán de yì zhǒnɡ tèsè bāozi   
20      水晶    湖南      特色  包子
    Jiǔ yuán bāozi   sìchuān yì zhǒnɡ tèsè bāozi   
21      包子   四川       特色  包子
    Lónɡ yǎn bāozi   sìchuān yì zhǒnɡ tèsè bāozi   
22      包子   四川       特色  包子
    Háo yóu chā shāo bāo   ɡuǎnɡdōnɡ yì zhǒnɡ jiārù háo yóu de chā shāo
23             广东         加入         
bāo   
 
    Shāomai   bāozi de yì zhǒnɡ   niē kǒu chù fànɡdà liánɡ de diànfěn ér
24  烧卖  包子            放大         淀粉 
shǐ xínɡchénɡ yì zhǒnɡ kāikǒu zhuànɡ   
 使    形成         开口      
    Huǒshāo bāo   zuòchénɡ huǒshāo wài zhuànɡ de bāozi   ròu xiàn jūduō   
25  火烧     做成     火烧           包子      居多
Er nǎi bāo   yīn bāo èr nǎi ér démínɡ de bāozi  

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