Janie Chen Mandarin

In English, we say What do you think? What is the taste ? In mandarin, we will say How do you think? How is the taste? Here is a...

In English, its common to say: He was helpful. In mandarin, we need to explain what he did was helpful. For example: If he gave you...

In English, it’s quite common to say “It worked well.”. In mandarin, There are many situations for “It worked well.” For example: 1. It...

In Chinese. “哪里” (nǎlǐ) means “Where” If someone gives you a compliment, you can answer “哪里哪里” (nǎlǐ nǎlǐ), to show your modest. The...

问 (wèn) means “to ask” 吻 (wěn) means “to kiss” It’s easy to mix up the two words for beginner students. There is only tone different. ...

One day, I invited students to have a lunch in my apartment. A student was asking me for a knife in the kitchen: 请给我一刀！Qǐng gěi wǒ yì...

In English, when we talk about a noun, we say: the person the colleague the place In mandarin, we cannot just to say "the", we have to...

In English, it’s common to say: Subject + is/am/are + Adjective I am good. He is fine. You are tired. In mandarin, we have to say :...

In English, it’s normal to say ‘Do you have any ……?’ For example: Do you have any question? Do you have any idea? Does your restaurant...

In English, we use the English structure"Do an action by using ..." For example: I eat it with hands. We go there by bus. You pay it with...