Chinese Character Fun: "Up", "Above" -

Miss Panda's Chinese Character Series featured Chinese character: 上 (shàng) -This word means “up", "above"; "to go/come up".

We can use 上 shàng in the following phrases:

上車 - shàng chē = to get in the car

上床 - shàng chuáng = to get in bed/to go to sleep

上樓 - shàng lóu = to go upstairs

上學 - shàng xué = to go to school

上衣 - shàng yī = (clothing) top



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Chinese Character Fun: "Sun" or "Day" = 日

Miss Panda's Chinese Character Series featured Chinese character: 日(Rì) -This word means “sun" or "day."



We can use 日 Rì in the following phrases:



生日 -shēng rì = birthday

生日快樂 -shēng rì kuài lè = Happy birthday

日期 -rì qí = date

大日子 -dà rì zi = big day

星期日 -xīng qí rì = Sunday



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Chinese Character Fun: Extremely = 太

Chinese Character Series featured Chinese character: 太 (Tài) - This word means “extremely, too, very." 太 has one more stroke than 大 (=dà- big).


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We can use 太 tài in the following phrases:

太太 - tài tai = wife, married lady, Mrs.

太大 - tài dà = too big

太小 - tài xiǎo = too small

太餓 - tài è = too hungry

太忙 - tài máng = too busy


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Chinese Character Fun: Mouth - 口

Chinese Character Series featured Chinese character: 口 (Kǒu) - This is a picture word, which means "mouth." Chinese characters with this radical in it always have something to do with mouth.


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We can use 口 kǒu in the following phrases:

一口 - yī kǒu = one bite

一大口 - yī dà kǒu = one big bite

一小口 - yī xiǎo kǒu = one small bite

吃一口 - chī yī kǒu = to have a bite

吃一大口 -chī yī xiǎo kǒu = to have a big bite

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Chinese Character Fun: 月 -"yuè" - moon

Check out my featured Chinese character: 月 (yuè) - This is a picture word, which means "moon" or "month."

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We can use 月 (yuè) in the following phrases.

Moon (used when referring to the phases of the moon and its brightness):
Yuè liàng - 月亮

Moon (used when referencing the moon as a heavenly body as in "astronauts visited the moon"):
Yuè qiú - 月球

Moon cake:
Yuè bǐng - 月餅

Month - "Which month?":
Jǐ yuè - 幾月

September (literally "9th month"):
Jiǔ yuè - 九月

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Chinese Character Fun: Dragon = 龍 = "Lóng"!

Writing Chinese characters is a lot of fun! The rule of thumb when writing Chinese characters is to start writing the strokes from top to bottom and from left to right. The most important thing to remember is to follow the stroke order so the character comes out looking right. Follow me and you will see what I mean!

Today we will learn how to say and write the Chinese character for the word "dragon" in order to to get ready for the upcoming Chinese "Year of the Dragon!"

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Animation Chinese Characters - Twelve Birth Signs Video

The twelve Chinese Birth Signs, all twelve animals are in this short video. You can see the animals with their matching Chinese characters in this animation. The order of the animals is:

(1) Mouse 鼠 (2) Cow 牛 (3) Tiger 虎 (4) Rabbit 兔
(5) Dragon 龍 (6) Snake 蛇 (7) Horse 馬 (8) Sheep 羊
(9) Monkey 猴 (10) Chicken 雞 (11) Dog 狗 (12) Pig 豬

Dog - 狗 is also known as [犬] in classic Chinese and that is what you will see in the video.

Fun with Chinese Characters Part Three

Introduction to Chinese characters Part Three and the last one provided by the publisher. In this video you are going to see 11 Chinese characters from two pictures. One is an animal, the other is a house. It is a lot of fun. Chinese characters in the pictogram group are easy for children to remember.

Activity idea: It is fun to play a match up game with the characters and the pictures. Enjoy!

An Introduction to Chinese Characters - Part Two

Introduction to Chinese characters from the pictogram group (Part 2). You will see the transformation of 10 characters in this short and fun video. Enjoy!

An Introduction to Chinese Characters - Part One

Here is a short video giving an Introduction to the beautiful Chinese characters in the pictogram group. Many Chinese characters are like pictures and those are the basic elements/words to form the compound characters. Enjoy the beauty of Chinese characters and culture!

Chinese Character Fun: person, big, sky, middle, small

Writing Chinese characters is a lot of fun. Follow the strokes and write the character. They are all picture words. Let's take a look at each word, its pronunciation, and its meaning.

人 - reń - person, people
大 - dà - big
天 - tān - sky
中 - zhōng - middle
小 - xiǎo - small, little

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