chinese-decoration
02.12.2021

新年快乐! Phrases related to Chinese New Year

新年快乐!(Happy New Year) Today is the day to celebrate the Lunar New Year 2021. We Japanese don't celebrate the lunar new year, but I learned that many Asian countries value Lunar New Year very much in addition to the international new year. My Chinese and Korean friends, too. So interesting! For this memo, I picked up some Chinese words related to celebrating a lunar new year. 新年快乐 This is "Happy New Year!" Reads "xīn nián kuài lè." Word Reads Meaning 新 xīn New 年 nián Year 快乐 (快樂) kuài lè Happy Words inside ( ) are Traditional Chinese The "快乐“ is also used to say "Happy birthday!": 生日快乐 (shēng rì …

food
01.21.2021

Self-introduction in Chinese

嗨!I'd like to post my first Chinese memo with my self-introduction:) These are the phrases that my dear Chinese friend told me how to introduce myself in Chinese. (Sorry that the pinyin is too small... ) Translation: Hi, I'm Emma. I am from Japan. I came here with my husband. He is a post-doc. I am so interested in learning languages. Now, I'm learning English and Chinese. I like cooking and watching basketball games. I also like watching Case Closed (Detective Conan). It's very nice meeting you. Vocabulary: 你好: hi, hello 我是: I am,他是: he is,你: you 来: come,从: from 日本: Japan, 中国: China,美国: USA,韩国: Korea,西拔牙: Spain 日本语: Japanese,汉语: Mandarin …