The Chinese Teacher Tell You What is the Top 10 Chinese Catchwords

When it comes to the Chinese teachers, you may find they just teach some language knowledge concerning with Chinese. However, as a modern Chinese teacher, I want to teach the language in a special way in which the language may seem to be more interesting and funnier.

In this class, let us list some popular Chinese catchwords on the internet.

The first one is “约吗(yue1 ma5)”. It has been widely used in people’s daily communication especially in the wechat and weibo. The meaning can be guessed from itself. That means “you want to have a date?”

The second is “也是醉了(ye3shi4 zui4 le5)”. More and more people like to use it to describe their feeling when they find something was out of their expectation or something is speechless.

The next one is “给跪了(gei3gui4 le5)”. We all know “跪(gui4)” means “kneel”. Only when we yield to someone else will we kneel down. However, this phrase has some new meanings on the internet which means “Give me a break”, a slang in America.

Tom’s Chinese tutor was explaining the difference between “的，得，地”. During this lesson, she always mentioned a sentence “那么问题来了(na4me5 wen4 ti2 lai2 le5)” to attract Tom’s attention. So this is also a popular catchword on the internet. We can translate it into “Here comes the question.”

If you do not trust in what others say, what will you reply to him? Here is a catchword for you. “我读书少，表骗我(wo3du2 shu1 shao3 biao3 pian4 wo3)”. The literal meaning is “Do not take advantage of my illiteracy.”

Some other sentences like “有钱就是任性(you3qian2 jiu4 shi4 ren4 xing4), “整个人都不好了(zheng3ge4 ren2 dou1 bu4 hao3 le5)” , “也是蛮拼的(ye3shi4 man2 pin1 de5”, “画面太美不敢看(hua4mian4 tai4 mei3 bu4 gan3 kan4)” and “做个安静的美男子(zuo4ge4 an1 jing4 de5 mei3 nan2 zi5)” are listed in the top 10.

As a mandarin teacher, I have to remind you that these words or sentences can be only used on some informal situations. Do be careful. 

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Study Mandarin: You3 Qian2 Jiu4 shi4 Ren4 Xing4

As for a Chinese-learner, especially those study Chinese online, you are supposed to have the basic knowledge of the internet culture. There are a lot of newly-spread phrases or sentences on the internet, which are also frequently-used in people’s daily communication.

Today, I would like to introduce a new phrase “任性(ren4 xing4)” to you. If you want to study mandarin in a interesting and efficient way, you can join us and learn to use these catchwords like “有钱就是任性(you3 qian2 jiu4 shi4 ren4 xing4)”.

Recently, it has been widely used by netizens to describe those rich people. We can say it is a word of ridicule. Because we are studying Chinese now, we have to learn Chinese phrases comprehensively. That is to say, what is the previous meaning of “任性” and how does its meaning change on the internet.

Let us see a sentence——“他是一个固执任性的人(ta1 shi4 yi2 ge4 gu4 zhi4 ren4 xing4 de5 ren2)”. Can you guess the meaning of “任性(ren4 xing4)” here?  Actually, it is the previous meaning here. It means “willful” or “self-willed”. The sentence means “he is a stubborn and willful man.” And then, we will come to the recent situation. The story goes like the followings: In April, Mr. Liu spent 1760 yuan online buying a health care product. Soon after, he got calls from a stranger who persuade him to buy other matched medicines. In the following four months, Mr. Liu remitted a total of 540,000 yuan to the swindler. He said that he had already found himself cheated when he was fooled out of 70,000 yuan. "I just wanted to see how much could they take from me!" So, the reference of “任性” has been widened much. and some relevant sayings come out rapidly like “成绩好就是任性(cheng2 ji4 hao3 jiu4 shi4 ren4 xing4)”. Can you get the meaning of it?

Join us and you will find it is interesting to study Chinese in this way.

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Chinese Language Learning: What is Si1 Xiang3 Zhe3?

During our Chinese language learning, guessing the Chinese phrases according to the Chinese Pinyin is a common type of the questions in Chinese exam. Today, in this online Chinese course, I would like to give you a phase of Chinese Pinyin “si1 xiang3 zhe3” and can you guess what does it mean?

Generally speaking, it is not hard to get the answer “思想者(si1 xiang3 zhe3)”. Of course, the pinyin of it is “si1 xiang3 zhe3” exactly. And it is familiar to us all, which means the thinker. However, I want to introduce a new phrase to you that is “私享者(si1 xiang3 zhe3)”.

At the first look of “私享者”, you may find it is not a frequently-used word. You are right because it is a net word. With the development of the internet and society, a large amount of new factors has been merged into Chinese language, which causes the great change and development of the language itself. As a Chinese learner, we need not only learn the basic language, but also get to know the newest advancement of the language.

From the angle of each individual character of this phrase, the exact meaning of it may be clearer. “私(si1)” means “alone or individually”. “享” can be interpreted as “享受(xiang3 shou4), which means enjoy”. As for “者(zhe3)”, it naturally indicates that this phrase refers to a kind of people. So what kind of people does it stand for if the three characters combined together?

Literally “私享者” means “独自享乐的人(du2 zi4 xinag3 le4 de5 ren2)”, which means the person who is said to be hedonic alone. Actually, it refers to those pursue health, leisure and an independent lifestyle. They have their own ideas, pick their own place to stay and share leisure time with family and friends, but always keep some time for their own.

We will learn more new phrases in the next three Chinese courses. Do not leave away. We are coming back soon. 

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A Chinese Teacher Tell You How to Use Associated Words

As a Chinese teacher, recently I have noticed a very interesting saying on the internet, which is about the usage of Chinese associated words.

You can read it just for fun or as least learn something about the Chinese language.

Fill the following blanks with some associated words.

The previous sentence is “他（）牺牲生命，（）出卖组织(ta1 xi1 sheng1 sheng1 ming4, chu1 mai4 zu3 zhi1)”. A mandarin teacher asked the primary students to finish it. And then he got the answer “宁可，也不(ning4 ke3 ye3 bu4)”.

Obviously, it is the best answer to this question. “宁可，也不(ning4 ke3 ye3 bu4)” means “would rather than” in English. So the sentence can be interpreted as “He would rather sacrifice his life than betray his organization.” From this sentence, we can get to know this person is really patriotic and loyal to his organization.

However, there are some other explanations for this. “他与其牺牲性命，不如出卖组织(ta1 yu3 qi2 xi1 sheng1 xing4 ming4, bu4 ru2 chu1 mai4 zu3 zhi1)”. “与其，不如(yu3 qi2 bu4 ru2)” means “instead”. In this way, the sentence means “he wanted to betray his organization instead of sacrificing his own life.” what a coward it is, who is extremely timid. Tom’ Chinese tutor give this sentence to him. And he put forward a more interesting answer that is “即使，也要(ji2 shi3 ye3 yao4)”, which means “He still wanted to betray his organization even if he sacrificed his own life”. “It was what a hateful person that may do such a terrible thing”, His tutor said.

Associated words are an important part emphasized by many Chinese teachers. You have to figure out the right usages of each associated words so that you may understand the real meaning of sentences correctly. 

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Study Chinese Online: Some Transliterated Chinese Words

With the development of Chinese economy and Chinese culture, the number of people who is willing to learn Chinese has increased a lot.

To memorize the Chinese characters is not easy for many people especially those phrases that do not have a complete equivalence in English. Actually, there are also many transliterated words coming from foreign countries. Maybe you can find some relevant words in your native language. Comparing Chinese language and your native language is also a good way to study Chinese.

So, in this class, we are going to talk about some transliterated Chinese words.

The earliest frequently used transliterated word may be “酒吧(jiu3 ba1)”. As we all know, there is no such a place in ancient China. We had inn and hotel at that time, but they were not equal to the “bar” in western countries. Later on, according to the pronunciation of “bar”, the Chinese word “吧(ba1)” come into existence. And now, “清吧(qing1 ba1)”, “酒吧(jiu3 ba1)”, “咖啡吧(ka1 fei1 ba1)”, “网吧(wang3 ba1)” and some other places have attracted many Chinese people’s attention. “吧” is usually interpreted as a place that can gather a lot of people who want to skill their time or do something they are interested in.

Another typical transliterated word is “麦克风(mai4 ke4 feng1)”. It is also introduced from western countries. The original word is “microphone”. Sometime, you will hear people say “我的麦坏了(wo3 de5 mai1 huai4 le5)”. That may make you puzzled. What does the “麦(mai1)” mean? Actually, it is an abbreviation for “麦克风” in daily communication. You need get used to some common daily expressions, which is important for you to study mandarin.

There are many other examples such as “拷贝(kao3 bei4), means copy”, “T恤(xu4), means T-shirt”, which will be presented in our following online courses. You can study Chinese online by yourself anytime when you are available. 

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