If you read my posts: How to greet people in Mandarin-Chinese (I) and How to greet people in Mandarin-Chinese ( II), I hope you know how to say hello and good bye like a Chinese insider now.
In this post, I will show you how to address Chinese people like a native Chinese speaker does.
In my post: How to Raise a Bilingual Child, I shared some ideas about how to help a child learn a second language. In this post, I will talk about how to teach a kid Mandarin Chinese at home.
No doubt. Confucius is the most famous Chinese person all the time. As a great educator, philosopher and writer, Confucius is highly respected in Chinese culture. We respect Confucius for his wisdom and contributions on various fields.
Through translation, Confucius’s thoughts were wildly known in the rest of the world including English speaking countries and areas.
Let’s be honest. Back to twenty years ago, no people asked this question. Why? Because few people were interested in learning Mandarin Chinese.
However, in the past ten years, especially, recently, more and more people start to ask this question: Why learn Mandarin Chinese?
In my post: How My Family Celebrated Chinese New Year, I talked about how ordinary people like my family celebrated Chinese new year.
In this post, I will talk about what are general Chinese new year traditions. At the same time, as usual, we will learn some Chinese characters related with this topic.