Lesson #5: Computer 电脑 – diànnǎo dian = electricity, electric nao = brain diannao = electric brain – computer (If you can’t see the Chinese characters, because you don’t have any Asian languages installed on your computer, don’t worry about it.)
Lesson #4: Interesting 有意思 – yǒuyìsi you = have yisi = meaning youyisi = have meaning – interesting (If you can’t see the Chinese characters, because you don’t have any Asian languages installed on your computer, don’t worry about it.)
Officially, we are still on vacation today, but that doesn’t mean I can’t bring you the next installment of our Chinese Corner. Lesson 3: Careful 小心 – xiǎo xīn xiao = small xin = heart xiao xin = little heart – careful (If you can’t see the Chinese characters, because you don’t have any Asian languages installed on your computer, don’t worry about it.)
Lesson 2: Happy It’s time for our next lesson, and today, I want to show you what the Chinese think of when they want to express that they are happy. kai = open, bloom xin = heart, mind, center kaixin = open heart = happy To be happy means, to have a heart wide open! (If you can’t see the Chinese characters, because you don’t have any Asian languages installed on your computer, don’t worry about it.)
I’m no Chinese expert by any means. But what I love about the Chinese language is its simplicity – in some ways. There are many words in the Chinese language that you can already guess, simply because they just put two descriptive words together to form this new word. So, today, I’m introducing a new corner of my website: the Chinese Corner. Every week (I hope), I’ll post one new word for you to learn about, and who knows – you might end up a Chinese expert after all! Since I’m a foreign teacher here in China, how about I start with a very simple word that lends itself to be the first ever word in my Chinese Corner: Lesson 1: Foreign Teacher 外教 – wài jiào wai = outside; in addition; foreign; external jiao = to teach waijiao = outside teach = foreign teacher (If you can’t see the Chinese characters, because you don’t have any Asian languages installed on your computer, don’t worry about it.)
