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#Chinese Numbers 1 to 100!

: Image Borrowed from China Highlights

0	零	Líng
1	一	Yī **also called “Yao” if using a series of numbers like a phone number or room number or something. But if you’re like “I want one soda” it’s Yi.
2	二	Èr ** also called “Liang” (两) sometimes. In my experience, it’s usually when you are talking about things. Like “I want two sodas” = “Wǒ yào liǎng gè Cola” 两个
3	三	sān
4	四	sì **Sounds similar to the word for death. Unlucky number. Many students prefer not to be in the 4th group, in the 4th chair, etc. Best to accomodate them.
5	五	wǔ
6	六	liù
7	七	qī
8	八	Bā
9	九	Jiǔ
10	十	Shí
11	十一	Shí yī
12	十二	Shí èr
13	十三	Shí sān
14	十四	Shí sì
15	十五	Shí wǔ
16	十六	Shí liù
17	十七	Shí qī
18	十八	Shí bā
19	十九	Shí jiǔ
20	二十	Èr shí
21	二十一	Èr shí yī
22	二十二	Èr shí èr
23	二十三	Èr shí sān
24	二十四	Èr shí sì
25	二十五	Èr shí wǔ
26	二十六	Èr shí liù
27	二十七	Èr shí qī
28	二十八	Èr shí bā
29	二十九	Èr shí jiǔ
30	三十	Sān shí
31	三十一	Sān shí yī
32	三十二	Sān shí èr
33	三十三	Sān shí sān
34	三十四	Sān shí sì
35	三十五	Sān shí wǔ
36	三十六	Sān shí liù
37	三十七	Sān shí qī
38	三十八	Sān shí bā
39	三十九	Sān shí jiǔ
40	四十	Sì shí
41	四十一	Sì shí yī
42	四十二	Sì shí èr
43	四十三	Sì shí sān
44	四十四	Sì shí sì
45	四十五	Sì shí wǔ
46	四十六	Sì shí liù
47	四十七	Sì shí qī
48	四十八	Sì shí bā
49	四十九	Sì shí jiǔ
50	五十	Wǔ shí
51	五十一	Wǔ shí yī
52	五十二	Wǔ shí èr
53	五十三	Wǔ shí sān
54	五十四	Wǔ shí sì
55	五十五	Wǔ shí wǔ
56	五十六	Wǔ shí liù
57	五十七	Wǔ shí qī
58	五十八	Wǔ shí bā
59	五十九	Wǔ shí jiǔ
60	六十	Liù shí
61	六十一	Liù shí yī
62	六十二	Liù shí èr
63	六十三	Liù shí sān
64	六十四	Liù shí sì
65	六十五	Liù shí wǔ
66	六十六	Liù shí liù
67	六十七	Liù shí qī
68	六十八	Liù shí bā
69	六十九	Liù shí jiǔ
70	七十	Qī shí
71	七十一	Qī shí yī
72	七十二	Qī shí èr
73	七十三	Qī shí sān
74	七十四	Qī shí sì
75	七十五	Qī shí wǔ
76	七十六	Qī shí liù
77	七十七	Qī shí qī
78	七十八	Qī shí bā
79	七十九	Qī shí jiǔ
80	八十	Bā shí
81	八十一	Bā shí yī
82	八十二	Bā shí èr
83	八十三	Bā shí sān
84	八十四	Bā shí sì
85	八十五	Bā shí wǔ
86	八十六	Bā shí liù
87	八十七	Bā shí qī
88	八十八	Bā shí bā
89	八十九	Bā shí jiǔ
90	九十	Jiǔ shí
91	九十一	Jiǔ shí yī
92	九十二	Jiǔ shí èr
93	九十三	Jiǔ shí sān
94	九十四	Jiǔ shí sì
95	九十五	Jiǔ shí wǔ
96	九十六	Jiǔ shí liù
97	九十七	Jiǔ shí qī
98	九十八	Jiǔ shí bā
99	九十九	Jiǔ shí jiǔ
100	一百	Yì bǎi

Tags: A Touch of Chinese, Chinese, Language, numbers, Numbers 1 to 100, One to One HUndred

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Little Lost Livvy Bear

13 Jan

This is my face about 90% of the time while living abroad 😜
Dictionaries? ✅ (4)

Maps? ✅ (2)

Chinese App? ✅ (6 and counting)

Students Phone Numbers for Emergencies? ✅

Sadness, #Chinese still is Such a complex #language! Even after 4 years!

***Even the sign is probably wrong, poor Livvy Bear!!

Tags: Cartoon Art, China, Language, panda

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Categories Asia, China, Life, Travel

Gave the poor Didi driver (Uber’s alternative) a heart attack today. Guy and his wife/girlfriend picked me up. Took us forever to coordinate the pick-up spot. I could here him ranting about “xxxxx Didi xxxx waijiao xxxx Didi.” Looked at my phone and realized it was only their 2nd time being Didi drivers. 0_0 And they got the crazy foreigner LOLOLOL Poor dude. My mind was running the conversation through to something like “this is just my luck! Why, we just did it, and we got the foreigner! Why me!?!” I didn’t know how to tell him it’s his luck because it’s my luck. I was only taking Didi because I left my jacket at the store and this was my second trip of the day 😛 -_-

He got so turned around he drove past my street, figured out that construction has blocked off all streets for the next 2 miles, had to turn around and go back. Couldn’t find the road. . . . . Girlfriend is hysterically laughing at him while trying to explain she knew only a “little English. English – – – think too difficult.” Had me laughing too. I think he wanted to kill us both by the time the trip was over. Sweet heart that he was, he did try to carry my waters home for me though.

Gave them good stars 🙂 ❤

Tags: adventures, China, Didi, ESL, Foreign Language HUmor, Language, Travel, Uber

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Categories Asia, China, Humor, Life, Travel

Not Quite What I expected. . .

31 Jul

Adventures in #Translation!
Tried ordering an iced tea and cola. Pointed to iced tea picture . . . waited then said ‘Bing #Cola’ (Iced Cola). She looks at me funny, but says ‘ok!’ Hands me a cola in the tea glass. 😜😜 Had to go back and get the tea – too funny!

Tags: China, Chinglish, Epic Fail, Fail, Language, Miscommunication, Travel

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Categories Humor, Life

#Business Vocabulary ~ #Economies of Scope and Scale

27 May

As always, this lesson is not intended to be professional advice. This is simply lesson material for ESL students in Business, Economics, and Finance classes. Posted here for their use or for helping other students.

Unlike Short-Term (短期) Planning, Long-Term (长期) operates on different goals (目标), strategies (战略), and analyses (分析).

Two common goals are very important: Economies of Scale and Economies of Scope. Continue reading →

Tags: business, Business Chinese, Business English, Economics, Economies of Scale, Economies of Scope, Finance, foreign language, Key Words, Language, Vocabulary

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Categories Business & Economics, Life, Teaching

Chinese 101 ~ I Love You!

10 May

I (我) Love (爱) You (你) = Wǒ ài nǐ = 我爱你

Tags: Asia, China, Chinese, Chinese Language, I Love you, Language, Travel, Wo Ai Ni, 我爱你

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Writing Hangul -ㄹ

1 Dec

“R / L” (ㄹ)
3 STROKES

First – Start on the top left and make a long horizontal line. Then (WITHOUT PICKING UP YOUR PEN!) pull a short vertical line down. Basically, you are forming the “Hangul G.” You see this a lot in Hangul, where on character is used to form another.

Second – Starting on the left, form a long horizontal line that connects to the first stroke. You are kind of making a backwards, upside down ㄷ. 🙂

Third. Starting on the top left of stroke two, go down forming a short vertical line. Then (WITHOUT PICKING UP YOUR PEN!) make a second long horizontal line. Basically makes a Hangul “N”.

FINAL

EXAMPLES (FROM TOP 6000TOPIK WORDS)

우리 (Uli) = We / Our
모르다 (Moleuda) = To not know
물 (Mul) = Water

Tags: ㄹ, Characters, hangul, How to form, How to make, How to write, Jamo, Korea, Korean, Korean 101, Language, Learning Hangul, Learning Korean, Written korean

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Writing Hiragana – え

30 Nov

“E” OR “え” SAYS “short e sound as in egg”
2 STROKES

The First stroke belongs in the upper middle of the character. Starting on the left, make a very small sloped line downwards.

eh-1

Sometimes, you might see this line with a small side-stroke back towards the left. These characters were originally written with a brush, and this was just a small pull sideways that gave it flair. It shouldn’t be too deliberate – more a fast pull than anything.

eh-2

Second, below the first line and without picking up your pen! Start by making a sloping-upwards line. Then pull your pen down quickly in a slight diagonal. Drag it back up again about 1/2 way. Then pull off into a sloping “s” shape.

Kind of like a slanted “h” with a fancy top and a hooked end.

eh-3

Pay attention to proportions – note that Step 2 ends up close to where Step 1 started. Step 3 pulls off at close to where Step 1 started. The hook on Step 4 goes below Step 2.

Eh 7.png

Final Version of This Part:
eh-4

FINAL

EXAMPLES (FROM TOP 1000 JAPANESE WORDS)

かえる (Kaeru) = Frog
いえ (Ie) = House / Home
えんぴつ (Enpitsu) = Pencil

Tags: え, Beginning Japanese, Hiragana, Japanese, Japanese 101, Language, Learning Japanese

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Writing Hangul -ㄷ

29 Nov

“D/T” (ㄷ)
2 STROKES

First – Start on the top left and make a long horizontal line.

g-1

Second – Starting on the top left of your line, go down forming a short vertical line. Then (without picking up your pen) make a second long horizontal line. Basically makes a Hangul “N”. You see this a lot in Hangul – one character being used to form another.