男女 [nánnǚ] 授受 [shòushòu] 不 [bù] 亲 [qīn]
In giving and receiving, man and woman should not touch each other (according to Confucian rules of etiquette).
One of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China
It has been the heart of China’s history for centuries and there is scarcely a major building of any age in Beijing that does not have at least some national historical significance. Renowned for its opulent palaces.
Beijing Opera
京剧 or BeiJing opera was initially an exclusively male pursuit. The Qianlong Emperor had banned all female performers in Beijing in 1772. The appearance of women on the stage began unofficially during the 1870s.
CONVERSATIONAL CHINESE SKILLS
In a 10 weeks program, you can learn more than just the basics of Chinese. With Nihao Hello! conversation-centric learning program, you will be able to buy something in chinese as well! Despite it is just a Beginners' program, you can objectively learn the basics and feel confident to go shopping by yourself, yet enjoy your stay in China.
男♂女♀
贝bèi=shell
David Beckham is also known as 小贝, 小=little 贝=shell
贝bèi＝shell
This is how much the Chinese like him, to give him a nickname 小贝.
夏日的么么茶=Summer Holiday . 电影 Movie
The movie was shot primarily in Pulau Redang off the coast of the state of Terengganu, Malaysia.
Summer Holiday (夏日的么么茶) is a Hong Kong film starring Richie Ren and Sammi Cheng.
24 Taiji Quan = 二十四式太极拳
The study of tai chi chuan Taiji Quan 太极拳 primarily involves three aspects:
- Health: Tai chi's health training therefore concentrates on relieving the physical effects of stress on the body and mind. For those focused on tai chi's martial application, good physical fitness is an important step towards effective self-defense.
- Meditation: The focus and calmness cultivated by the meditative aspect of tai chi is seen as necessary in maintaining optimum health (in the sense of relieving stress and maintaining homeostasis) and in application of the form as a soft style martial art.
- Martial art: The ability to use tai chi as a form of self-defense in combat is the test of a student's understanding of the art. Martially, Tai chi chuan is the study of appropriate change in response to outside forces; the study of yielding and "sticking" to an incoming attack rather than attempting to meet it with opposing force.
Children Summer Chinese Lessons
Children Summer Chinese Lessons are designed for children from 6 to 9 years old. This Summer Mandarin Program helps children learn Chinese via playing games and fun topics. We provide a systematic training in four aspects:
- listening,
- speaking,
- reading,
- writing.
This great opportunity to make good use of the summer vacation is especially suitable for your child who have never learned Chinese before and can not read Pinyin or Chinese characters.
Your child (or children) will learn Pinyin and basic strokes of Chinese characters. They will learn basic daily vocabulary and short sentences, such as greetings, self-introduction, introduce family members, ages, colors, numbers, animals, fruits, etc. We will use fun pictures, actual items, and games to make class fun and effective.
You're welcome to arrange a personal appointment at Nihao Hello, or e-mail us with your requirements and the timing (frequency) of your preference. We'll arrange your child's Mandarin chinese learning session in the shortest possible time.
yuán = 元 The Chinese Ren Min Bi (RMB)
人民币=Renminbi (RMB)
sign: ¥; code: CNY
It is the official currency of the People's Republic of China (PRC), whose principal unit is the Yuan (元). The currency is legal tender in mainland China, but not in Hong Kong and Macau.
Renminbi (simplified Chinese: 人民币; pinyin: rénmínbì) translates as people's currency. The renminbi is issued by the People's Bank of China, the monetary authority of the PRC.
yuán = 元
Colloquially, we say kuài=块. One yuán is divided into 10 jiǎo (角) or colloquially máo (毛 - "feather"). One jiǎo is divided into 10 fēn (分).
sign: ¥; code: CNY
It is the official currency of the People's Republic of China (PRC), whose principal unit is the Yuan (元). The currency is legal tender in mainland China, but not in Hong Kong and Macau.
Renminbi (simplified Chinese: 人民币; pinyin: rénmínbì) translates as people's currency. The renminbi is issued by the People's Bank of China, the monetary authority of the PRC.
yuán = 元
Colloquially, we say kuài=块. One yuán is divided into 10 jiǎo (角) or colloquially máo (毛 - "feather"). One jiǎo is divided into 10 fēn (分).
Learn Basic Mandarin Chinese in Budapest
Basic Mandarin Chinese Provide enough Chinese language capability for learners to be able to accomplish simple everyday needs, included a variety of topics that cover all of the necessities of life.
- Pinyin
- Speaking
- Grammar
- Reading
- Chinese character
- Listening
- Vocabulary
- Writing
- Sentence construction
- Conversation
Why learn Chinese with Nihao Hello?
You're welcome to arrange a personal appointment at Nihao Hello, or e-mail us with your requirements and the timing (frequency) of your preference. We'll arrange your Mandarin chinese learning session in the shortest possible time.
- Learn when you want to - we're flexible.
- You can learn what you need to learn the most. We'll put together a program that meets your requirements.
- We go to you. You can learn at home or at the workplace (within the city limits of Budapest).
- Sessions conducted at your pace - can be far more effective than learning with a big group.
- You can ask for custom-made learning plan, which is not always available for small groups elsewhere.
- Before committing to any agreement, we'll help you with free advice and a free placement evaluation to make the best choice.
You're welcome to arrange a personal appointment at Nihao Hello, or e-mail us with your requirements and the timing (frequency) of your preference. We'll arrange your Mandarin chinese learning session in the shortest possible time.
上梁不正下梁歪
上梁不正下梁歪
shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi
If the upper beam is not straight, the lower ones will go aslant.;
A crooked stick will have a crooked shadow.;
上梁 shàng liáng=beam
Refers to a superior or elder：指上级或长辈。
比喻在上的人行为不正，下面的人也跟着做坏事。
This is an analogy about human behavior in that those in subordinate positions will follow the example set by their superiors.
Fish begins to stink at the head.;
If a leader sets a bad example, it will be followed by his subordinates.; When those above behave unworthily, those below will do the same.
Beijing Xiangsheng=北京相声
有意思=interesting
Cross talk 相声 is one of the Chinese traditional folk arts mainly in northern China featuring two performers talking with each other on the stage in a very spoken, humorous,and teasing way that makes the audience laugh. PS. beijing accent is bit different from what was defined as the standard official language of Mandarin in that it contains way too many local dialectical expressions. but usually beijingers are very proud of their own accent. if you're in beijing but speaking with a non beijing accent, then unfortunately you'll feel like an outsider
端午节 Duānwǔ jié=Dragon Boat Festival 16th June 2010
端午节 Duānwǔ jié=Dragon Boat Festival
The focus of the celebrations includes eating the rice dumpling zongzi, drinking realgar wine, and racing dragon boats. It was believed to be related to the suicide in 278 BC of Qu Yuan 屈原 Qū Yuán, a poet and statesman of the Chu kingdom during the Warring States period.
On the fifth of May of lunar calendar, 屈原 QuYuan killed himself by jumping into the MiLuo River. After his death, one of his townsmen had a dream. He dreamed that QuYuan was thinner than before. His villagers and himself made 粽子 zòngzi by wrapping glutinous rice with reed or bamboo leaves. Then, they loaded the 粽子 zòngzi on dragon boat and dropped them into the river.
2010上海世界博览会=World Expo
the Chinese character 世 ='world'
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242 Participating countries/organizations:-
Africa: Algeria, Burundi, Togo, Eritrea, Cape Verde, Congo (Brazzaville), Guinea, Comoros, Lesotho, Mali, Mauritania, Seychelles, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Djibouti, Benin, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Angola, Egypt, Tanzania, Senegal, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia, Sudan, Kenya, Morocco, Gabon, Cameroon, Rwanda, Tunisia, Sierra Leone, Madagascar, Congo (DRC), Uganda, Ethiopia, Mauritius, Niger, Mozambique, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Chad, Somalia, Ghana, Botswana, South Africa, Libya, Malawi, Burkina Faso, the Gambia
Americas: Cuba, Canada, Dominica, Bolivia, the United States, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Trinidad and Tobago, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Suriname, Ecuador, Venezuela, Grenada, Mexico, Nicaragua, Brazil, Antigua and Barbuda, El Salvador, Dominica, Barbados, Bahamas, Panama, Paraguay, Honduras, Belize, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Colombia
Europe: France, Netherlands, Monaco, Switzerland, Ukraine, Italy, Spain, Hungary, Germany, Croatia, Britain, Bulgaria, Poland, Luxembourg, Albania, Turkey, Belgium, Lithuania, Montenegro, Moldova, Belarus, Russia, Portugal, Serbia, Finland, Azerbaijan, Greece, Czech Republic, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Ireland, Cyprus, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, San Marino, Norway, Slovakia, Estonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Malta, Slovenia, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Armenia, the European Union
Asia: China, Pakistan, Bahrain, Cambodia, Mongolia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Singapore, Vietnam, Myanmar, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Philippines, Malaysia, Laos, Yemen, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, India, Indonesia, South Korea, Brunei, Lebanon, Georgia, Bhutan, Thailand, Iraq, Oman, Iran, Maldives, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, United Arab Emirates, Syria, North Korea, Jordan, Israel, Qatar, Kuwait, Timor-Leste
Oceania: New Zealand, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Palau, Tonga, Micronesia, Samoa, Fiji, Cook Islands, Niue, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru
Americas: Cuba, Canada, Dominica, Bolivia, the United States, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Trinidad and Tobago, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Suriname, Ecuador, Venezuela, Grenada, Mexico, Nicaragua, Brazil, Antigua and Barbuda, El Salvador, Dominica, Barbados, Bahamas, Panama, Paraguay, Honduras, Belize, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Colombia
Europe: France, Netherlands, Monaco, Switzerland, Ukraine, Italy, Spain, Hungary, Germany, Croatia, Britain, Bulgaria, Poland, Luxembourg, Albania, Turkey, Belgium, Lithuania, Montenegro, Moldova, Belarus, Russia, Portugal, Serbia, Finland, Azerbaijan, Greece, Czech Republic, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Ireland, Cyprus, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, San Marino, Norway, Slovakia, Estonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Malta, Slovenia, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Armenia, the European Union
Asia: China, Pakistan, Bahrain, Cambodia, Mongolia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Singapore, Vietnam, Myanmar, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Philippines, Malaysia, Laos, Yemen, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, India, Indonesia, South Korea, Brunei, Lebanon, Georgia, Bhutan, Thailand, Iraq, Oman, Iran, Maldives, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, United Arab Emirates, Syria, North Korea, Jordan, Israel, Qatar, Kuwait, Timor-Leste
Oceania: New Zealand, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Palau, Tonga, Micronesia, Samoa, Fiji, Cook Islands, Niue, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru
上海世博会的国际招展工作顺利推进，截至2009年9月23日，已有242个国家和国际组织确认参加上海世博会。以下是已确认参展国和国际组织的名单。
非洲：阿尔及利亚、布隆迪、多哥、厄立特里亚、佛得角、刚果（布）、几内亚、科摩罗、莱索托、马里、毛里塔尼亚、塞舌尔、赤道几内亚、尼日利亚、吉布提、贝宁、中非共和国、科特迪瓦、安哥拉、埃及、坦桑尼亚、塞内加尔、津巴布韦、赞比亚、纳米比亚、苏丹、肯尼亚、摩洛哥、加蓬、喀麦隆、卢旺达、突尼斯、塞拉利昂、马达加斯加、刚果（金）、乌干达、埃塞俄比亚、毛里求斯、尼日尔、莫桑比克、几内亚比绍、利比里亚、乍得、索马里、加纳、博茨瓦纳、南非、利比亚、马拉维、布基纳法索、冈比亚
美洲：古巴、加拿大、多米尼克、玻利维亚、美国、哥斯达黎加、危地马拉、特立尼达和多巴哥、阿根廷、乌拉圭、智利、秘鲁、圭亚那、海地、牙买加、苏里南、厄瓜多尔、委内瑞拉、格林纳达、墨西哥、尼加拉瓜、巴西、安提瓜和巴布达、萨尔瓦多、多米尼加、巴巴多斯、 巴哈马、巴拿马、巴拉圭、洪都拉斯、伯利兹、圣卢西亚、圣基茨和尼维斯、圣文森特和格林那丁斯、哥伦比亚
欧洲：法国、荷兰、摩纳哥、瑞士、乌克兰、意大利、西班牙、匈牙利、德国、克罗地亚、英国、保加利亚、波兰、卢森堡、阿尔巴尼亚、土耳其、比利时、立陶宛、黑山、摩尔多瓦、白俄罗斯、俄罗斯、葡萄牙、塞尔维亚、芬兰、阿塞拜疆、希腊、捷克、前南斯拉夫马其顿共和国、罗马尼亚、爱尔兰、塞浦路斯、奥地利、丹麦、瑞典、圣马力诺、挪威、斯洛伐克、爱沙尼亚、波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那、冰岛、马耳他、斯洛文尼亚、拉脱维亚、列支敦士登、亚美尼亚、欧盟
亚洲：中国、巴基斯坦、巴林、柬埔寨、蒙古、尼泊尔、斯里兰卡、塔吉克斯坦、土库曼斯坦、新加坡、越南、缅甸、哈萨克斯坦、吉尔吉斯斯坦、乌兹别克斯坦、菲律宾、马来西亚、老挝、也门、日本、沙特阿拉伯、巴勒斯坦、印度、印度尼西亚、韩国、文莱、黎巴嫩、格鲁吉亚、不丹、泰国、伊拉克、阿曼、伊朗、马尔代夫、阿富汗、孟加拉国、阿拉伯联合酋长国、叙利亚、朝鲜、约旦、以色列、卡塔尔、科威特国、东帝汶
大洋洲：新西兰、澳大利亚、巴布亚新几内亚、瓦努阿图、帕劳、汤加、密克罗尼西亚、萨摩亚、斐济、库克群岛、纽埃、所罗门群岛、图瓦卢、基里巴斯、马绍尔群岛、瑙鲁
美洲：古巴、加拿大、多米尼克、玻利维亚、美国、哥斯达黎加、危地马拉、特立尼达和多巴哥、阿根廷、乌拉圭、智利、秘鲁、圭亚那、海地、牙买加、苏里南、厄瓜多尔、委内瑞拉、格林纳达、墨西哥、尼加拉瓜、巴西、安提瓜和巴布达、萨尔瓦多、多米尼加、巴巴多斯、 巴哈马、巴拿马、巴拉圭、洪都拉斯、伯利兹、圣卢西亚、圣基茨和尼维斯、圣文森特和格林那丁斯、哥伦比亚
欧洲：法国、荷兰、摩纳哥、瑞士、乌克兰、意大利、西班牙、匈牙利、德国、克罗地亚、英国、保加利亚、波兰、卢森堡、阿尔巴尼亚、土耳其、比利时、立陶宛、黑山、摩尔多瓦、白俄罗斯、俄罗斯、葡萄牙、塞尔维亚、芬兰、阿塞拜疆、希腊、捷克、前南斯拉夫马其顿共和国、罗马尼亚、爱尔兰、塞浦路斯、奥地利、丹麦、瑞典、圣马力诺、挪威、斯洛伐克、爱沙尼亚、波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那、冰岛、马耳他、斯洛文尼亚、拉脱维亚、列支敦士登、亚美尼亚、欧盟
亚洲：中国、巴基斯坦、巴林、柬埔寨、蒙古、尼泊尔、斯里兰卡、塔吉克斯坦、土库曼斯坦、新加坡、越南、缅甸、哈萨克斯坦、吉尔吉斯斯坦、乌兹别克斯坦、菲律宾、马来西亚、老挝、也门、日本、沙特阿拉伯、巴勒斯坦、印度、印度尼西亚、韩国、文莱、黎巴嫩、格鲁吉亚、不丹、泰国、伊拉克、阿曼、伊朗、马尔代夫、阿富汗、孟加拉国、阿拉伯联合酋长国、叙利亚、朝鲜、约旦、以色列、卡塔尔、科威特国、东帝汶
大洋洲：新西兰、澳大利亚、巴布亚新几内亚、瓦努阿图、帕劳、汤加、密克罗尼西亚、萨摩亚、斐济、库克群岛、纽埃、所罗门群岛、图瓦卢、基里巴斯、马绍尔群岛、瑙鲁
金 jīn=GOLD
金 jīn=GOLD
There is an article here about the gold (金 jīn) rush in the Shanghai Expo, read on to see the hype over a golden toilet bowl that the visitors to the Expo get to use it from 29th May. Also the Golden Lady specially flown from Luxembourg to Shanghai.
