Get up kids, get up! How do you say "good morning" in Chinese?

How do you say "I" and "you" in Chinese? The answer: "wǒ" and "nǐ".

The River Dragon King animation, an excerpt from a Chinese language learning DVD. This excerpt focuses on 3 colors in Chinese plus some supporting nouns. Designed for children new to Chinese, the segment utilizes music to reinforce learning.

Learn to say "hello" and more.

We're talking about things related to the family. You can guess along if you like!

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rén : person
hái zi : child
mā ma : mother
mǔ qīn : mother ( more official )
bà ba : father
fù qīn : father ( more official )
fù qīn jié : father´s day
mǔ qīn jié : mother´s day
nv3 ér : daughter
ér zi : son
yé ye : grandpa ( from the father´s side )
nǎi nǎi : grandma ( from the father´s side )
wài gōng : grandpa ( from the mother´s side )
wài pō : grandma ( from the mother´s side )
yīng ér : baby
qì chē : car
wǔ : five
shù : tree
zhuō zi : table
yǎn cān : picnic
shāo kǎo : barbecue
xiāng cháng : sausage
ròu : meat

We're talking about all things related to sports. You can guess along if you like!

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zhuō qiú : billiards
sī nuò kè : (also for) snooker; billiards
qiú gān : driver for this game
qiú : ball
bā hào : number eight
zhuàng : to hit sb./sth.
wǎng qiú : tennis or the ball for the game
pāi : racket
wǎng qiú pāi : tennis racket
shuāng rén : double ( for room and game )
wǎng : net
pīng pāng: table tennis
qiú pāi : racket for a ball game
měi guō : America
lán qiú : basketball
yóu yǒng : to swim
shuǐ : water
yì bēi shuǐ : a glass of water

We're talking about all things related to the computer. You can guess along if you like!

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zhuō zi : table
pán zi : plate
chī de : something to eat
chī : to eat
mǐ fàn : rice
kuài zi : chopstick
yǐ zi : chair
tuǐ : leg
diàn shì : television
jiā jù : a general word for furniture
DVD jī : DVD player ; is also called yǐng dié jī in Chinese
jī : apparat or machine
DVD : yǐng dié
dì tǎn : carpet
dì : floor
mén : door
mén shì guān zhe de : The door is closed
kāi : to open

We're talking about all things related to the computer. You can guess along if you like!

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I´m going to explain the words in the same order as in the video. Come and check, if you get all of them right.

píng mù : screen
jiàn pán : keyboard
jiàn : key ( a general name for a key )
xiàn : cable / wire
shǔ biāo : mouse
shǔ biāo diàn : mouse pad
( I can't explain the meaning of pad during the filming. Pad is something, upon which you can put some valuable thing, to protect the more important thing for unexpected damage. So the pad for the glass or coffee cup is bēi diàn. )
liú lǎn qì : browser ( I don´t know much about computers :) I write the correct translation here.)
yīn tè wǎng : internet
wǎng yè : webseite
sōu suǒ yǐn qíng : search engine
sōu suǒ : to search
diǎn : to click
liàn jiē : link
zhǎo : to find sth.
wǒ yòng shǔ biāo diǎn liàn jiē. : I´m using the mouse to click the link.

The teacher draws four Chinese characters on the whiteboard, and then briefly shows how you can combine them to create a new character – like "person" and "speech" becoming "writing a letter".

The teacher explains the different strokes a character is made up of, like "nǎi". Also see e.g. «Writing: Shu, the vertical stroke» and «Writing: Heng, the horizontal stroke».

The Chinese sign for 10 is like a cross - "shí". Adding a horizontal stroke at the bottom results in "tǔ" – land. Also see e.g. «Writing: Shu, the vertical stroke» and «Writing: Heng, the horizontal stroke».

In this outdoor lesson, the teacher talks about the question: "What is your name?"

In this outdoor lesson, the teacher talks about the popular question: "Where are you from?"

A short dialogue is presented in Chinese, then (non-accentuated) Pinyin. You can try to participate with this video by speaking along. From the lesson:

"Wo shi" - "I am"

A short dialogue is presented in Chinese, then (non-accentuated) Pinyin. You can try to participate with this video by speaking along. From the lesson:

"Ni hui shuo pu tong hua ma?"