Hello everyone! It is Molly again. I am glad you’ve stopped at my website to learn more Chinese. Today I will teach you how to ask for people’s name in Chinese.

Hello my dear students and friends,

Today we will learn how to say “How old are you?” in Chinese. Some people find it difficult to tell the ages of Asian people. So if you really want to know their age, you may just ask them “how old are you?”. The easiest way to say is “nĭ duō dà le?  “(你多大了?), which literately translates to ” you how big?” , but it means “how old are you?” in Chinese. If the person you asked is willing to give you his/her age, they may answer you “wŏ jīn nián 25 suì.” (我今年25岁。）It means “I am 25 years old this year.”

However, if you have been asked and do not want to tell your real age, you can say “wŏ hěn xiăo.” (我很小）It means “I am young.” and also means you don’t want to tell them your age.

Vocabularies: 

1. 你多大了？nĭ duō dà le? ：How old are you?
2. 我今年25岁。wŏ jīn nián 25 suì. : I am 25 years old this year.
3. 我很小。wŏ hěn xiăo. ：I am young.

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Time flies! I haven’t seen you all for a long time. How is everyone? February is the lunar Chinese Spring Festival, and my parents came to visit me during this holiday so I’ve been so busy over the past month. Today I am going to teach you some useful words and expressions in Chinese.

The most important word of the day is “ wèi shēng jiān” (卫生间）This means WC or restroom. If you want to say “Where is the restroom/ bathroom?” in Chinese, it is “wèi shēng jiān zài nă lĭ?” (卫生间在哪里？）

When you ask this question, they will tell you where you should go. So if they say “wăng qián zŏu, xiàng yòu/zuŏ zhuăn.”, it means ” go straight and turn right/left.” Here “yòu” (右）is right, and “zuŏ” (左）is left.

Finally, if you really can not understand what they are talking about, you should express yourself like “I don’t understand.” It is “wŏ tīng bù dŏng” (我听不懂). However, If you think you can understand, but you only need them to speak more slowly, you should say “shuō màn diăn“(说慢点). Here the pronunciation of “màn” is kind of like the English word “man”.

Vocabularies: 

1. 卫生间 wèi shēng jiān: restroom/ bathroom
2. 卫生间在哪里？wèi shēng jiān zài nă lĭ? :Where is the restroom/bathroom? 
3. 右／左 ：yòu／zuŏ : right/ left
4. 往前走，向右／左转  wăng qián zŏu, xiàng yòu/zuŏ zhuăn : Go straight and turn right/ left.
5. 我听不懂 wŏ tīng bù dŏng : I don’t understand.
6. 说慢点 shuō màn diăn : Slow down, please. 

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In China, Taxis are cheap, fast and convenient. However, most cab drivers can only speak “hello” “yes” and “no”. So learning how to speak Chinese to them is going to be essential for your stay or visit in China. Alright, let’s get started!

First thing you need to know is: “Where are you going?” In Chinese “where are you going” is, qù nă lĭ? (去哪里？）When someone ask you “qù nă lĭ? ”,  your response should be “wŏ qù“ (我去…）I am going to …

For example, you are somehow in another city and want to say “I am going to Beijing”, you can say “我去北京。” wŏ qù Beijing. 

The second thing, you might want a receipt because receipt is really important when you take a taxi in China. If you lose something and want to track the taxi. That’s called “fā piào“(发票). fā is like far in “ doe ray me far”. So if you want to say, I want a receipt. It is “wŏ yào fā piào.” (我要发票。）

Vocabularies: 

1. 去 qù ：to go 
2. 哪里 nă lĭ： where
3. 发票 fā piào：receipt
4. 要 yào： want 

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Hello everyone! Today I am going to show you how to speak the basic simple phrases. So we will start with the very very basic, and the most important ones:

• nĭ hăo 你好（hello). It sounds like in “knee  how” in English.
• nĭ jiào shénme míng zi? 你叫什么名字？（What’s your name? )
• wŏ jiào… 我叫… （My name is…) 
• jiàn dào nĭ hěn gāo xìng. 见到你很高兴。(very pleased/ nice to meet you.) 

Vocabularies: 

1. 你 nĭ : you    
2. 叫 jiào: to call someone
3. 什么 shén me: what
4. 名字 míng zi: name
5. 我 wŏ：I
6. 见到 jiàn dào：meet
7. 很 hěn：very/too
8. 高兴 gāo xìng : nice/ pleased/ happy

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Da Jia Hao! (大家好）Hello everyone! Welcome to Molly Learning Class. 

As a Chinese teacher in the US, I would love to introduce this language to you. Unlike English and other European languages, Mandarin Chinese is a monosyllabic language and it has four pitched tones and a “toneless” tone.

Mandarin uses four tones to clarify the meanings of words. Since many characters have the same sound, tones are used to differentiate words from each other.

The four tones in Mandarin are:

• high level –  tone 1 mā mother 妈
• rising – tone  2 má hemp 麻    
• falling rising – tone  3 mă horse 马
• falling – tone 4 mà scold 骂
• toneless–ma 吗 （flat, with no emphasis) 

There is a special situation: when the characters come together, like māma (mother 妈妈）the second ma is toneless. It is very easy to remember.

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