How to Say How Much Money in Mandarin Chinese Hello, everyone. Welcome to the voice of new concept mandarin. Last time, we talked about “qián”(money 钱). Today, let us learn how to say “how much money” in mandarin. So how much is “duō shǎo”（多少）. Literally, “duō” （多）means “much, many” and “shǎo” （少）means “less, few”. When...
Category: List of Phrases&Mini Talks
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How to Say a Cup of Tea in Mandarin Chinese
How to Say a Cup of Tea in Mandarin Chinese Hello, everyone! Welcome to the Voice of New Concept Mandarin. Previously, we have learnt tea “chá” in Mandarin. Then a cup of tea or “a cuppa” is “yìbēi chá”（一杯茶）. “yì” is number one. “bēi”means “cup”. A cup of tea in Mandarin is “yì bēi chá”....
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An Interesting Way of Greeting in Mandarin Chinese
An Interesting Way of Greeting in Mandarin Chinese Hello, everyone! Food plays an very important role in Chinese Culture! So Today I am introducing you an interesting way of greeting in Mandarin. Nǐ chī le ma? (你吃了吗？) literally it means "have you eaten?" However, it is just a casual way for greeting. Say it to your...
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How to Say Beer Belly in Mandarin Chinese
How to Say Beer Belly in Mandarin Chinese Hello, everyone! Check out the Mandarin phrases for today, Bái pú táo jiǔ 白葡萄酒 White wine Bái jiǔ 白酒Chinese alcohol, Chinese rice wine Pí jiǔ dù 啤酒肚 Beer belly Have fun in learning Mandarin!
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Oral Chinese – Lesson Six
Oral Chinese - Lesson Six 第六课 yì qǐ chī fàn 一起吃饭 Lǎo gōng hé lǎo pó chī fàn 老公和老婆吃饭 Lǎo gōng：Lǎo po，wǒ huí lái le。 老公：老婆，我回来了。 Lǎo po：Lǎo gōng，xīn kǔ le！wǒ zuò le hěn hǎo chī de fàn！Xí shǒu chī fàn ba。 老婆：老公，辛苦了！我做了很好吃的饭！洗手吃饭吧。 Lǎo gōng：Hǎo de。 老公：好的。 Lǎo po：Lǎo gōng，zài chī yì diǎn niú...
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Oral Chinese – Lesson Three
Jīn tiān shì qíng rén jié，Tom gōng zuò hěn máng，wàng le gěi tā de nǚ péng you mǎi lǐ wù。Tā de nǚ péng you Cathy yǒu yì diǎn shēng qì。Tom jué dé hěn bù hǎo yì si。
今天是情人节，Tom工作很忙，忘了给他的女朋友买礼物。他的女朋友Cathy有一点生气。Tom觉得很不好意思。
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Oral Chinese – Lesson Five
Shòu huò yuán：Nǐ hǎo，qǐng nǐ kàn yi kàn，zhè shì zuì xīn de yī fu。
售货员： 你好，请你看一看，这是最新的衣服。
Wǒ：Xiè xiè nǐ，wǒ zì jǐ kàn yi kàn。
我：谢谢你，我自己看一看。
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Oral Chinese – Lesson One
xiǎo wáng ：Xiè zǒng，wǒ xiǎng huí jiā xiū xi yí gè xīng qī 。
小王：谢总，我想回家休息一个星期。
xiè zǒng ：Wèi shén me？Nǐ shuō shuō kàn。
谢总：为什么？你说说看。
xiǎo wáng：Zuì jìn wǒ bù shū fu jīng cháng tóu téng，yī sheng jiào wǒ zuì hǎo xiū xi jǐ tiān。Dàn shì wǒ hái bù zhī dào shì shén me bìng。
小王：最近我不舒服经常头疼，医生叫我最好休息几天。但是我还不知道是什么病。
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You Are Fired
In China, when your boss want you to leave, you can say 我被炒鱿鱼了。(wǒ bèi chǎo yóu yú le.) meaning I’m fired.
我(wǒ)：I
被(bèi): am (passivity)
炒鱿鱼(chǎo yóu yú): fry sleeve-fish
了(le): indicating the completion of an action
You may be amused by the frying sleeve-fish part. It is definitely in the business Mandarin test. When you are fired, it is neither you frying sleeve-fish nor you are the sleeve-fish to be fried. Frying sleeve-fish is an idiom refers to firing.