Mandarin teaching online about “chi1”

For many people, eating may be the best thing in the world. This kind of people love to try the new restaurant regardless of how long he/she need to queue, look for delicious food regardless of how far between himself/herself and the tasty and even eat more and more regardless of what a fat man he/she is. Hey! I’m not gonna to tell you something delicious in my Mandarin teaching online. I’ll tell you how the word “吃chi1(means eat)” can be used in China.

Of course, we use “eat” to express “吃chi1” mostly. “吃chi1饭fan4(means dining)”、 “吃chi1水shui3果guo3(means eat fruit)”、 “吃chi1面mian4包bao1(eat bread)” are examples(from general Chinese language curriculum). But if you have taken mandarin chinese online classes ap you may know following words: “吃chi1亏kui1(means suffer losses)”、 “吃chi1力li4(means strenuous)”、 “吃chi1板ban3子zi”.

Although “吃亏” refer to suffer losses, but there was a version been told “Suffer losses is a luck” in Chinese. Some Chinese believe that the things you suffer loss will back to you in other ways. The word “吃” of “吃力” refer to use, “力” refer to strength. So “吃力” translates literally as “use strength”. But in Chinese, the word only has been used in the context of hard situation. “吃” also can be passive in form sometimes, like “吃板子”. When I was young, I usually “吃板子” after play a trick on somebody. So what means “吃板子” ? Let me give you a hint, “板子” refer to “plank”. Now you may know, “吃板子” means “be hit by plank”.

As the mystery of Chinese, there are lots of polysemous words in Chinese just like “吃”. So if you have a strong desire to China or you need to use Chinese for job or you just like challenge as Mark Zuckerberg do, you need master Chinese. I hope I can hear your self introduction just like Chinese student self introduction(students always start to study with self introduction in China).

Learn Chinese chengyu(means idiom): zhi3 lu4 wei2 ma3

Today I’ll tell you a funny but meaningful story to help you learn Chinese chengyu(means idiom). The name of this idiomatic story is "Deer or Horse?"

In Qin dynasty, there was a powerful and evil counselor named Zhao Gao. Zhao Gao wanted to rebel, but he didn't know how many people in the court would stand by his side. So he worked out a way to test the people. He presented a deer as a tribute to the emperor in front of the court, and said that it was a swift horse. The emperor not accepting his statement said, "This is obviously a deer." Then, Zhao Gao took this opportunity to ask the court, "Is this a deer or a horse?" In the court, those who didn't dare to go against Zhao Gao agreed with him and said that it was a horse, those who dared to go against Zhao Gao said that it was a deer. Later, Zhao Gao remembered the counselors who didn't agree with him and persecuted them to solidify his power. This story is still popular even today. People use this idiom to describe someone who calls white black.

Although this story maybe a little ridiculous, but it also present a period of history of ancient China. Zhao Gao used an absurdity as a political tool to realize which side the court stood, and then cut opponents to enhance his power. As above, there are many Chinese idioms full of amusing stories you can find via online Putonghua learning.

Nowadays, more and more people realized the beauty of Chinese language, e study Chinese also became more improved. So what are you waiting for? So join us to do Putonghua online learning now!
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Learning Chinese language—abundant meanings of “yi4si1”

In general, when you hear of “yi4si1”, you’ll think about its common meaning---“implication or meaning”. For example, “qing3 ni3 jie3shi4 yi2xia4 zhe4ge4 ju4zi3 de1 yi4si1” (please explain the meaning of this sentence.) or “zhe4pian1 wen2zhang1 de3 yi4si1 ni3 nong4dong3 le1 mei2you3?” (Do you figure out the implication of this article?). This meaning of “yi4si1” is the same at many countries. However, in China, you’ll see meanings of “yi4si1” are much more than that. Then, let’s start learning Chinese language—abundant meanings of “yi4si1” in China.

---A: zhe4jian4shi4 ni3wen4guo4 ta1 le3 ma1? ta1 shi4 shen3me0 yi4si1?  (Have you asked him about this? What’s his idea?)

---B: wo3wen4guo4le1. Ta1de3 yi4si1 shi4 ta1 bu4 tong2yi4 zhe4me1 zuo4.  (Yes. He disagreed to do so.)

We can see “yi4si1” in that dialogue means” wish or idea”. Another example, “wo3men0 gen1ta1 you3 he2zuo4 de3 yi4si1”  “yi4si1” in that sentence is also means idea.

The second meaning is temperament or interest. For instance, “zhe4ge4 gu4shi4 hen3 you3 yi4si1” (This book is very interesting.)

It also can express a kind of feeling or a trend. “wo3 kan4 Tom you3dian3 xi3huan1 ta1” (In my perspective, Tom kind of likes her.)

There is another meaning when “yi4si1” is combined with the form of ABAB—like yi4si1yi4si1. For example, “zhe4shi4 wo3de1 yi4dian3 xiao3 li3wu4, yi4si1yi4si1, qing3 shou1xia4 ba0” (This is my little gift for you, please receive it.) “yi4si1” contains the meaning that gift represent my mind in that sentence. It’s widely used in Chinese daily life.

Here comes the last meaning---shows a person’s unhappy or dissatisfied emotion. You can say “ni3 zhe4shi4 shen3me0 yi4si1?” to present your angry.  It is a tone of questioning. Have you dizzied by these meanings? Just a word can present six meanings, which is a universal phenomenon when you learn Chinese language.

So, how to recognize different meanings in sentences?  You need to relate the word with context or tone to help you understand the meaning. You may have to practice Chinese listening to be familiar with these words. Also, you can do some online Chinese learning and search more words like “yi4si1”.

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