Category: List of Phrases&Mini Talks

Reviewing Day! Today, let us have a reviewing Mandarin lesson on what we have learned before. I am going speak some sentences In English and give you some time to translate them into Mandarin Chinese. Afterwards, I will give you the answers. Ready?  Let’s get started, What do you want to buy? Nǐ xiǎng mǎi...

How to Say Where Are You from in Mandarin Chinese? Hi, there!  Today's Chinese lesson is going to talk about a useful expression. When you are in china, as a foreign friend, I suppose one of the questions you are mostly asked by others is “nǐ shì nǎ lǐ rén?” So what does this phrase...

Teacher Cindy's Story I am Cindy, an online Chinese teacher in NCM. My classes are creative and full of fun. It brings me great pleasure when my students learn a lot and communicate fluently in Chinese. So if you want to learn Chinese and make new friends join our NCM family! I always say to...

How Do You Say Interesting in Mandarin Chinese? Hi, everyone! In today’s Mandarin class program, we are going to talk about two interesting phrases which are “interesting and not interesting”. In Mandarin Chinese, “interesting” is “yǒu yì si” and “not interesting, boring” is “ méi yì si”.  Sometimes, people say interesting “yǒu yì si” to...

How Do You Say Discount in Mandairn Chinese? Hi, everyone! Welcome to our Mandarin class again! In previous programs, we talked about some basic Mandarin phrases for bargaining, like “tài guì le”( too expensive ) or” pián yi yì diǎn”( could you lower the price?) Today, let us learn another useful Chinese word when you...

How Do You Say Check out (Hotel) in Mandarin Chinese? Hello, everyone! When you check out from a hotel, in English, you could simply say check out please. But in mandarin, it is slightly different, it is “ tuì fáng”, （退房）This Mandarin phrase is very easy to understand, “tuì” means return. “Fáng”means room, so literally...