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Mandarin Numbers 1 – 20 Posted by on Oct 19, 2012

image by See-Ming Lee via flickr

We’ve put together this table of Mandarin Chinese numbers 1 – 20 for any language learners new to studying Chinese.  We’ve also included a video below with voice pronunciation.  Try listening to it a few times, maybe when you’re on the computer doing other things, and you’ll pick up the words in no time!  Make…

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Subway Vocab (地铁生词) Posted by on Aug 23, 2011

Even on the Shanghai Subway, it’s a struggle just to get on (上车) and off (下车) a train before a wall of people or those sliding doors say: 不可以! As you can see from the video, riding the subway is often chaotic and hectic. It’s not the kind of place you want to be running…

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Some More Review Posted by on Sep 14, 2010

The new semester (学期 – xué qí) has started for schools here in Beijing, and that means this teacher is very busy (很忙 – hěn máng).  I’ll be running all over this city, as I’m working at a Korean high school and two Chinese middle schools, in addition to private lessons.  This back to school…

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