Monday, September 14, 2009

Chinese Love Song "九百九十九朵玫瑰" (Jiu Bai Jiushi Jiu Duo Meigui, 999 Roses) By Samuel Tai


September 14, 2009
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So how was your Chinese Valentine's Day? Did you give your love a little surprise? Did you learn the love song in my last post?

Here's another love song to share with you: "
Jiu Bai Jiushi Jiu Duo Meigui" (999 Roses) by Samuel Tai.
I happened to find out someone is looking for the pinyin lyrics of this song and I love this song.

It's a sad love song but the music and the melody are so beautiful that I could sing it all day.

There's a large heart bouquet made by 999 roses at the end of the video. Don't miss it. Enjoy~~~



Lyrics in pinyin and translation:
"Jiu Bai Jiushi Jiu Duo Meigui" ( Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine Roses )

1.
Wangshi ru feng, ( The past is like the wind, )
Chi xin zhishi nandong, ( Infatuation is only hard to understand, )
Jie jiu xiang song, ( Using wine to escape, )
Song bu zou shenying mengmeng, ( But I can't escape the mist by my side, )
Zhuguang touying, ( The candlelight throws shadows, )
Ying bu chu ni yan rong, ( But it can't show your face, )
Reng zhi jian ni duzi zhaopian zhong. ( Still, I only see you alone in that photo. )

2.
Ye feng yi leng, ( The night wind is already cold, )
Huixiang qian chen ru meng, ( Memories of the past seem like dreams, )
Xin si bingdong, ( My heart seems frozen, )
Zen kan xiangshi bu xiangfeng, ( How can I endure knowing you but not meeting you? )
Nan she xintong, ( I can't bear heartache, )
Nan she qing yi ru feng, ( I can't bear that love is already like the wind, )
Nan she ni zai wo xinzhong de fangzong. ( I can't bear that I've let you have your way with my heart.)

3.
Wo zaoyi wei ni zhong xia, ( Long ago, I planted for you, )
Jiu bai jiushi jiu duo meigui, ( Nine hundred ninety-nine roses, )
Cong fenshou de na yitian, ( From the day we broke up, )
Jiu bai jiushi jiu duo meigui, ( Nine hundred ninety-nine roses, )
Hua dao diaoxie ren yi qiaocui, ( When the flowers withered, I'm haggard, )
Qian meng wan shi yi sui hua shi yanmie. ( Millions of oaths are already extinguished with the flowers. )

** Repeat 2. 3. 3. 1.



Ok, I've post numbers from 1 to 20 in HERE. So you know how to say 1 to 20 in Chinese. Now let's learn from 21 to 999. You only need to know how to say 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, zero and hundred then you'll be able to use them for 1 to 999. Here are some examples for 21 to 99:Now you have all the pinyin for 1-10 in the image above. Here are some examples for 100 to 999: Easy? Feel free to ask me questions if you have any. 
 
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See you next time!





Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Chinese Love Song "月亮代表我的心" (Yueliang Daibiao Wode Xin, The Moon Represents My Heart) By Teresa Teng


August 25, 2009
PostedJanuary 19, 2010 Updated the lyrics with Chinese characters and pinyin with tones to my new blog Chinese Love Song.

Click Here to see the updates.






Saturday, August 22, 2009

七夕情人節 (Qixi Qingren Jie, Chinese Valentine's Day) And Chinese Calendar


August 22, 2009

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An easy way to learn Chinese is to read my post, practice the Chinese that I post then find someone to talk to. Maybe I'll open an online practice hour so you can practice live with me in the future. Let me know if you like this. ^___^

There's a special day coming up=> Chinese Valentine's Day (Double Seventh Day, Double Seventh Festival) is also known as Qixi Festival!

It falls on August 26 this year which is 4 days away!

It's called
Double Seventh Day because it's on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month on the Chinese calendar.


There's a beautiful love story about this day. You can read it
Here.

How many roses would you like to prepare for this special day? How about a large bouquet of 999 pieces of roses? Check out Here.

Here's a calendar that is showing Chinese lunar dates:


Here's a little explanation and the pinyin for the Chinese characters on the calendar:





Conversation of the day ( pinyin & translation ):
A: Ni hao piaoliang. (You are so beautiful)
B: Xiexie ni! (Thank you!)
A: Bu keqi. (You are welcome.)
A: Wo ai ni. (I love you.)
B: Wo ye ai ni. (I love you, too.)
A: Qingren Jie quile! (Happy Valentine's Day!)
B: Qingren Jie quile! (Happy Valentine's Day!)

To request the Chinese characters and vocabulary table for the conversation above, please follow my Facebook Page HERE.

I'll be sharing a love song in the next post. Stay tuned!


Do you celebrate Chinese Valentine's Day? How? 
Please leave a comment below.








Sunday, August 9, 2009

Tour Jianbang Xi Jiaozhi, 頭兒肩膀膝腳趾, Head Shoulders Knees and Toes



Chinese Children Song

Song Title:  頭兒肩膀膝腳趾 ( 头儿肩膀膝脚趾, Tóur Jiānbǎng Xī Jiǎozhǐ , Head Shoulders Knees and Toes )

Video: A demo by a cat named “Xiao Yu”. I have to laugh every time I watch it:


歌詞, 繁體 中文, 簡體 中文, 拼音 和 英文 翻譯:
歌词, 繁体 中文, 简体 中文, 拼音 和 英文 翻译:
Gēcí, fántǐ zhōngwén,jiǎntǐ zhōngwén, pīnyīn hé yīngwén fānyì:
Lyrics in traditional Chinese, simplified Chinese, pinyin and English translations:
(The translations are done by the Chinese character order so the grammar may not be proper. If you have any question about the lyrics, please leave a reply/comment below this post, I will answer you as soon as I can.):

頭兒 肩膀 膝 腳趾
头儿 肩膀 膝 脚趾
Tóur jiānbǎng xī jiǎozhǐ
Head shoulders knees toes

膝 腳趾, 膝 腳趾
膝 脚趾, 膝 脚趾
Xī jiǎozhǐ, xī jiǎozhǐ
Knees toes, knees toes

頭兒 肩膀 膝 腳趾
头儿 肩膀 膝 脚趾
Tóur jiānbǎng xī jiǎozhǐ
Head shoulders knees toes

眼 耳 鼻 和 口
眼 耳 鼻 和 口
Yǎn ěr bí hé kǒu
Eyes ears nose and mouth

Repeat 1 time.



Practice writing: CLICK HERE and hit the brushes next to each character to see the stroke orders. Grab a piece of paper and write them down.


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Tuesday, August 4, 2009

What Is "Pinyin"?

August 04, 2009
What is "pinyin"?

From Wikipedia:
Pinyin, or more formally Hanyu Pinyin, is currently the most commonly used Romanization system for Standard Mandarin. Hanyu means the Chinese language, and pinyin means "phonetics", or more literally, "spelling sound" or "spelled sound". It is used to teach standard pronunciation of Mandarin Chinese to schoolchildren in China as well as to foreign learners.

Initials and finals are the fundamental elements in pinyin. Nearly each Chinese syllable can be spelled with exactly one initial followed by one final. Click Here for a pinyin table which is a complete listing of all Hanyu Pinyinsyllables used in Standard Mandarin.

There are 4 basic tones in Hanyu: 





Click Here and Here for another pinyin chart including audio & videos that you can hear the pronunciation with 4 tones.

Another video for you: 聲母 韻母 歌 (声母 韵母 歌, Shengmu Yunmu Ge, Initial Final Song ) The lyrics in the video is traditional Chinese.
 
Lyrics:  

聲母 韻母 歌 (声母 韵母 歌, Shēngmǔ Yùnmǔ Gē , Initial Final Song )  
b p m f d t n l  
g k h j q x  
zh ch sh r z c s 
i u ü a o e ê  
ai ei ao ou  
an en ang eng ong

我們 來 唱 聲母 韻母 歌 
我们 来 唱 声母 韵母 歌 
Wǒmen lái chàng Shēngmǔ Yùnmǔ Gē 
Let's sing Initial Final Song

PS. There's even music only section for you to solo!


Practice writing: CLICK HERE and hit the brushes next to each character to see the stroke orders. Grab a piece of paper and write them down.








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