How long does it take to learn Mandarin Chinese?
This table is a Chinese learning progress benchmark, so you can know through immersion learning and deliberate practice, how long it'll take to reach a certain level of Chinese. Levels…
HSK 3.0 (2021 edition) is not as terrifying as you think
Hello, I'm Becky, a teacher with 16 years of experience teaching Chinese to foreigners. The new HSK 3.0 exam is finally coming. In the past few days, many students have sent me…
8 most common patterns with “了le”
Live stream lesson based on this material can be replayed on YouTube or Instagram @marcopolomandarin Note:Grammar is a concise summary of a language. It can explain and understand some language phenomena,…
曲水流觞 qū shuǐ liú shāng (Chinese & English scripts)
YouTube Video 曲水流觞 qū shuǐ liú shāng哈喽！你们可以看到我后面的这个东西吗？你们先猜一下它是做什么的。它其实是中国古代文人的一种游戏。它的名字叫曲水流觞。觞就是古代的酒杯。每年农历的三月初三也被称为上巳节。那这一天呢很多文人就喜欢聚集在一些亭子里，做这样的游戏。这个游戏怎么玩呢？我们先来看一下这个盘子，这个大盘子其实只有两个口，一个出口，一个入口。所以呢在玩这个游戏的时候，他们就会把这个盘子里灌满了水，然后再把酒杯放进那个水槽里。如果酒杯在谁的前面停下来了，那那个人就要现场作一首诗。曲水流觞起源于中国的周朝，差不多有3000年的历史了。我们东晋的大书法家王羲之写过一篇有名的文章，叫《兰亭集序》，在这篇文章里面他就描述了一群文人在玩曲水流觞这个游戏的场景。这是我们桂林目前发现的保存最完整，也是最大的一个曲水流觞的道具。你们有时间或者有机会的话可以来这里看看哦。A game played by ancient Chinese literatiHello!Can you see this thing behind me?Guess what it is for?It is actually a game played by ancient Chinese…
HSK3 grammar : 老lǎo + surname
YouTube Video Explanation"老lǎo + surname" to call someone who is older than you in casual occasions, to show the relationship is close.老王 Lǎo Wáng，老李Lǎo Lǐ，老黄 Lǎo Huáng Translate the following sentences…
HSK1 word 001 爱ài， love
YouTube Video ExplanationNew words1 饭 fàn rice2 鸡蛋 jīdàn chicken egg3 包子 jīdàn steamed bun4 吗 ma particle to indicate Yes or No questionPart 1: Translate the following sentences into…
HSK3 grammar “小xiǎo + surname”
YouTube Video Explanation"小xiǎo + surname"to call someone who is younger than you, like you can call me 小黄 Xiǎo Huáng.Translate the following sentences into Chinese.1 Xiao Li, how are you…
HSK5 grammar 再次 zàicì once again
YouTube Video Explanation再次 zàicì,once again 副词，一般在动词前面。1 我们决不让类似的事情再次发生。2 要仔细检查，确保不会再次出现这种错误。3 我们希望再次见到你，所以请尽快回来。Reorder the following words into the write sentences.1 错误 他发誓 同样的 不会 再次犯2 希望 他们 …
Chinese HSK Test Dates in 2024
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HSK2 grammar:可能 kěnéng maybe
YouTube Video Explanation可能 kěnéng= maybe, may, mightExamples:1 他可能出去了。Tā kěnéng chūqù le.He might be out.2 我可能不出去。Wǒ kěnéng bù chūqù.I may not go out.3 我们可能要出去。Wǒmen kěnéng yào chūqù.We might need to go…
HSK3 grammar: 第dì + number
第dì + number to indicate it's an ordinal number, like 第一dìyī means first,第二 dìèr means second, 第三dìsān means third.1 这是我第一次来中国。 Zhè shì wǒ dì yī cì lái zhōngguó. This is…