Chinese Character A Day is Adeline Yen Mah's dream to teach mandarin Chinese to anyone who wishes to learn. Students will be able to type Chinese characters on their home computers after the first lesson. The lessons are based on her book, "China Land of Dragons and Emperors", which is a free download for new email subscribers. From then on, Adeline will teach you how to recognize, type, pronounce, and write Chinese Characters. That is her gift to you.
Today’s word, ma 马, means HORSE。 [Audio clip: view full post to listen] ma 马 is pronounced in the third tone. It starts low, drops lower and then rises to a higher tone. ma 马 is also a common Chinese surname. ma 马 lu 路 means road or street or avenue. [Audio clip: view full… Keep Reading
一 字 一 日 ZI 字 Zi 字 is pronounced in the fourth tone. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Two separate meanings: character, word examples: yi 一 zi字 = one word zi 字dian 典 = dictionary zi 字means word and dian 典means standard or canon name example: qian 签 zi 字 = sign… Keep Reading
yi zi yi ri 一 字 一 日 Since the title of my website is Chinese Character A Day, we will begin by translating that title into Chinese and start with YI 一 The word Yi 一 is the most commonly used word in Chinese. It is pronounced like the letter E but in the… Keep Reading
Dear Reader, Thank you for subscribing to my website <chinesecharacteraday> to learn Mandarin Chinese. I will teach you. Unlike English, Chinese is a pictorial language. Every word is a picture and needs to be memorized. This sounds difficult but the computer has made learning Chinese much, much easier. By the end of this first lesson,… Keep Reading