Your Chinese vocabulary should begin with words you could use in your daily life and should be familiar with already. Below are some useful Chinese vocabulary and expressions for Continents, Weather, Anatomy, Home/Rooms, Vehicles, and Countries from around the world.
Depending on where you live. You are taught a little differently when it comes to continents, if you’re an American like me, you were taught 7 continents. In parts of Europe, some are taught 5-6 continents instead. Either merging Europe and Asia as Eurasia and combining North and South America as one continent.
I was a little hesitant to write this article because some people might be offended and such.. but actually it was one of the most requested things I receive in my email. It comes as no surprise really, since I’m sure most most of us would admit that we always seek out the profanity when learning a new language.
Learning Chinese swear words for a variety of reasons.
Most people tend to swear when they are stressed or angry. If you have a relative that knows a second language then get upset and start talking in their other language? People also tend to swear when they are hurt in some way. Studies have shown that swearing does have pain reducing element.
Chinese Swear Words
Chinese Swear Words
Remember there is a time and place for using theses Chinese Swear Words. So only use these Chinese Swear words when it’s appropriate.N
Interested in further study into Chinese or confused on where to start? I recommend reading our Chinese Beginners Guide
If you ever play to visit a country where the primary spoken language is Chinese, then knowing and being able to use common Chinese phrases. Even though English is gradually becoming the most used language in international business in some situations. Speaking the language of the locals and talking to the people. It shows respect and an effort to their culture with just knowing a few common Chinese phrases.
In any language you should be able to greet people and introduce yourself or simply ask for help or directions. Arabic greeting and phrases to start or end conversations. Being able to introduce yourself in Arabic. Being able to say your “Sorry” or ask politely for someone to repeat themselves. Common Chinese words and phrases like saying “yes’ and “no”
Most of the sentences below can be used for travel and daily life conversations. So they might come handy if you and practice then.
The following is a list of common Chinese phrases that you may need to know in the Chinese language:
English Word – Chinese Characters – Chinese Pinyin
Common Chinese Phrases: Chinese Greetings and Phrases
Chinese Greetings and Phrases
Common Chinese Phrases: How to Introduce Yourself in Chinese
Common Chinese Phrases: How to Introduce Yourself in Chinese
Common Chinese Phrases: Asking for Help or Directions in Chinese
Common Chinese Phrases: Asking for Help or Directions in Chinese
Common Chinese Phrases: Correcting a Misunderstanding in Chinese
Common Chinese Phrases: Correcting a Misunderstanding in Chinese
Common Chinese Phrases: Basic Chinese Phrases
Chinese Common Phases
I hope you find this page of common Chinese phrases useful in your travels. Memorizes them and try to incorporate them into your daily conversations
Interested in further study into Chinese or confused on where to start? I recommend reading our Chinese Beginners Guide
Understanding how to write Chinese numbers should take very little time and effort to learn. Chinese numbers are written from Left to Right like English numbers. Although the Chinese symbol for zero appears above, it’s only used when it comes to money.
You write the base Chinese Number then what I call a “multiplier” if the number is above ten. Here are a couple of examples to demonstrate what I mean.
It’s actually pretty straightforward when it comes to learning how to use the Chinese number system. Pronouncing Chinese straightforward easier. Because they follow the exact same pattern in the above example.
Chinese Numbers 1 to 100 Table
To illustrate what I mean, here are Chinese numbers 1 to 100.
Chinese numbers 1 to 100
You really just need to memorize how to pronounce the base Chinese Numbers then you can easily pronounce any Chinese number.
I personally choose to remember that Chinese numbers follow a “number-position” type pattern. Example of what I mean..
Chinese Numbers Pronunciations
Chinese Number Pronunciation
Understanding how to write Chinese numbers is really that easy to learn. Should only take you an hour or two to fully memorizes the Chinese number system.
The fun part of learning any language.. learning Chinese grammar rules! The rules you must follow to properly speak the Chinese language. But don’t worry about how hard learning Chinese Grammar might feel at first. Learning Chinese grammar rules is one of the most effective ways to speed up your ability to speak the Chinese language. Keep in mind this is just a basic introduction to understanding how Chinese grammar works.
Chinese Grammar Rules: Sentence Structure
• A lot of learning how to speak Mandarin is encoded in learning Chinese sentence structure. Some state Mandarin Chinese grammar is simple but it’s really not.
Chinese Sentence Structure
Chinese Grammar Rules: Nouns and Pronouns
Chinese Noun Examples
• Context is the only way to tell if a Chinese Noun is singular or plural. • Chinese has single pronunciations for common pronouns such as “he”, “she”, or “it”. • The context of the sentence is very important when figuring out the “gender” in which the pronoun or noun is referring to. • Chinese nouns have formal and informal ways of speaking and writing them.
Chinese Grammar Rules: Verbs
• Chinese Verbs have no tense. Verbs only have one form regardless of the time it’s performed. • To indicate the time of the action such as “yesterday”, “today” and “tomorrow”. The words are added either before or after the subject. • Conjugating and irregular have no part in Chinese. • Two or more verbs can stack in Chinese Grammar, as Verbal complements(after the main verb) or as coverbs(before the main verb)
Chinese Grammar Rules: Adjectives
Chinese Adjective Examples
An adverb and an adjective in combination are ordinarily treated as a phrase and written as two units. Some adverb + adjective constructions, however, undergo a change in meaning so that they express a single concept rather than two independent concepts; such transformed adverb + adjective constructions are considered single words and written as single units.
Within any language or language there may be significant changes in speech, vocabulary, and pronunciation. The term used to describe these changes is called a dialect. Some words or phrases that exist in one dialect may exist or be absent from different dialect. The most common Chinese dialects Mandarin Chinese. Mandarin Chinese is the most understood of the Chinese Dialects with nearly a billion speakers worldwide.
How many chinese dialects? 10
List of Chinese Dialects
Mandarin Chinese – Official Dialect of the Republic of China and makes up the largest Dialect of spoken Chinese in northern to southwestern China.
Gan Chinese – A dialect closely related to the Hakka dialect.
Jin Chinese Spoken in parts of Shaanxi, Hebei, Henan, and Mongolia. This dialect is sometimes classified as a dialect of Mandarin.
Xiang Chinese – Spoken mainly in Hunan. Heavy influenced Mandarin.
Hakka Chinese – Spoken by a cultural group of people descended from the refugees from North China.
Wu Chinese – Spoken in the provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the municipality of Shanghai.
Hui Chinese – Spoken in the southern parts of Anhui. Used to be considered a sub-dialect of Wu, now is own dialect.
Ping Chinese – Spoken in parts of the Guangxi. Sometimes classed as of Cantonese.
Yue Chinese – Spoken in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong, Macau, parts of Southeast Asia
Min Chinese – Spoken in Fujian, Taiwan, parts of Southeast Asia particularly Malaysia, Philippines, and Singapore. Has seven subgroups.
Different Chinese Dialects of the Chinese language are spoken in many different nations and regions around the world, most commonly throughout northern Asia. However, the differences in regional Chinese dialects may not make one Chinese speaker nearly incomprehensible to another. In most cases, the different Chinese dialects don’t have a specific written form of the language, but there’s usually a certain amount of literature that accompanies each Chinese dialects.
Interested in further study into Chinese or confused on where to start? I recommend reading our Chinese Beginners Guide
