by YourMandarin | Jun 6, 2019 | #TechThursday, Computer-related, Phone-related, TV-related
#TechThursday here 📲 Let’s talk about the word 视频 shìpín today! ___________ You might already know it as a noun: 🎞 视频 shìpín – video (on your phone, on YouTube, Youku, etc.) ⭐️ But whats really cool about it, it can also be a verb: 🤳🏻 视频 shìpín – to video...
by YourMandarin | Jun 5, 2019 | #ChineseFood, #FoodWednesday
#FoodWednesday here! Any fans of okra, or 秋葵 qiūkuí in Chinese, here? ⭐️ 秋 qiū – autumn 葵 kúi – sunflower ⭐️ 秋葵 qiūkuí – okra ⭐️⭐️ In China, okra is usually served fresh, mixed with soy sauce (this way of cooking is called 凉拌 liángbàn –...
by YourMandarin | Jun 4, 2019 | #SpokenTuesday
“Let’s talk about it later!” #SpokenTuesday here with a very handy (but hardly translatable) Chinese phrase 🗣 ⭐️ Next time you face a problem that does not require your immediate attention, and can wait – you can tell people: 到时候再说吧 Dào shíhou zài shuō ba!...
by YourMandarin | Jun 3, 2019 | #ShareSunday, Activities
It’s Sunday – time for a #ymShareSunday #ym分享星期天! 【Message to all: Sorry that YM disappeared for almost 2 months!! Work was getting too busy, and I didn’t want you guys to have a ‘bad’ or ‘incomplete’ learning experience here – unanswered questions,...
by YourMandarin | Jun 3, 2019 | #PowerMonday, Vocabulary
#PowerMonday here – with a word from @learnreadwrite ✨ 【🔉Sound by @doloresgu_ 】 ____________ Where shall we meet? Can you send me the address? Can you send me the 地址 dìzhǐ? ⭐️ 地 dì – place 址 zhǐ – location; site ⭐️ 地址 dìzhǐ – address ⭐️⭐️ In...