Learn Mandarin Chinese in 5 minutes – Thank you and you are welcome

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Naomi
Hello Class! Do you know how to say ‘thank you’ in Mandarin Chinese? Do you how to reply ‘your welcome’ in Mandarin Chinese? Not to worry, if you don’t. We are here to teach you how to say thank you and your welcome in today’s, learn Mandarin Chinese in 5 minutes, lesson. In this lesson, Read more [...]
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Chinese Characters – A secret I cannot tell

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Naomi
Hello Class! Have you watched the 2011 version of the Green Hornet? Do you know that guy who acted as "Kato" in that movie? He is actually a Taiwanese singer-song-writer Jay Chou. This guy is multi-talented as he sings, he writes songs, writes movie scripts and even directed and acted in his own movies. Read more [...]
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Mandarin Chinese – A love letter

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Naomi
Hello Class! It has been a while since our last Mandarin Chinese lesson for beginners. Hope all is well. We have been busy lately with the launching of our facebook page and twitter. If you have missed out on our tweets in twitter, do check them out. Don’t forget to click “like” on our facebook Read more [...]
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Learn Mandarin Chinese in 5 minutes – What time is it?

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Naomi
Have you ever played the game what time is it, Mr. Wolf? I enjoyed playing this game when I was a child and I liked being the wolf…In today’s Mandarin Chinese lesson, we will learn how to tell the time in Mandarin Chinese. In order to tell time in Mandarin Chinese, you must know how to say the numbers Read more [...]
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Chinese Characters – Go to school (Shang Xue Ge)

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Naomi
Hello Class! It is time for our lesson on Chinese characters once again. In today’s lesson, we will learn to read, write and pronounce the Chinese characters 太阳, 小鸟, 书包, 学校, 迟到and 劳动. All these while, we have concentrated mainly on Chinese words consisting only one character. Read more [...]
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Learn Mandarin Chinese in 5 minutes – My family

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Naomi
Hello everyone! Today, the learn Mandarin Chinese in 5 minutes lesson will be about introducing your family members. We will be teaching you how to pronounce the key Chinese words and also make simple sentences in Mandarin Chinese. Firstly, we will list out the family members in the table below. We Read more [...]
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Learn Mandarin Chinese in 5 minutes – Greeting Part 2

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Naomi
Hello there! In our previous lesson, we learned how to say hello in Mandarin Chinese as well as how to give the response to this question. We also learned how to ask how are you? in Mandarin Chinese. Hope you have already mastered them! This lesson, learns Chinese in 5 minutes, is a continuation of Read more [...]
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Learn Mandarin Chinese in 5 minutes – Greeting Part 1

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Naomi
Greeting in Chinese is super easy. All you need to say is 你好！Nǐ hǎo, which means hello or how do you do in English. Hello is 你 + 好. 你Nǐ = You and好hǎo = good or fine You can use this phrase at anytime of the day and to people you know or do not know. When you meet a person you know, Read more [...]
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Learn Mandarin Chinese in 5 minutes

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Naomi
Learning the Chinese language is not a difficult task as the grammar structure is somewhat the same as the English language. However, we do agree that pronunciation can be a pain in the XXX. Do pardon our language. Once you have gotten rid of the pronunciation problem, learning the Chinese language can Read more [...]
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Chinese Characters – Da Dian Hua

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Naomi
Hello Class! Do you know the meaning of our title for today? Da dian hua means to make a phone call. Today, we will learn how to write and read the Chinese characters appearing in the Children song attached in this lesson. It is a very easy and cute song to learn. Hope all of you will like the song Read more [...]
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