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错 cuò - wrong

错 cuò - wrong

- 我没写错，跟着书里写出来的，怎么会错！wǒ méi xiě cuò, gēnzhe shū lǐ xiě chūlái de, zěnme huì cuò - I didn’t write it wrong, I wrote down what’s inside the book, how can it be wrong!

错 cuò - mistake; fault

- 对不起，是我的错。 duìbùqǐ, shì wǒ de cuò - Sorry, it’s my fault.

不错 bú cuò - right; not wrong

- 这本书是你的吗？zhè běn shū shì nǐ de ma - Is this your book? -不错，是我的。 búcuò, shì wǒ de - Right, it’s mine.

不错 bú cuò - not bad; good; well

- 你的字不错。 nǐ de zì bú cuò - Your handwritten is not bad. / Your handwritten is good.

Examples by my laoshi.

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Beverages 饮料 (yǐn liào)

Non-alcoholic :

Bottled Water － 瓶装水 (píng zhuāng shuǐ)

Tap Water － 自来水 (zì lái shuǐ)

Mineral water － 矿泉水 (kuàng quán shuǐ)

Tea －茶(chá)

Coffee － 咖啡(kā fēi)

Soy Milk － 豆浆 (dòu jiāng)

Lemonade － 柠檬水 (níng méng shuǐ)

Coca Cola － 可口可乐 (kě kǒu kě lè) or 可乐 (kě lè)

Pepsi － 百事可乐 (bǎi shì kě lè)

Fanta － 芬达 (fēn dá)

Sprite － 雪碧 (xuě bì)

7Up － 七喜(qī xǐ)

Red bull － 红牛 (hóng niú)

Jiaduobao － 加多宝 (jiā duō bǎo)

Fruit juice － 果汁 (guǒ zhī)

Aloe Juice － 芦荟汁 (lú huì zhī)

Apple Juice － 苹果汁 (píng guǒ zhī)

Blueberry Juice － 蓝莓汁 (lán méi zhī)

Cranberry Juice － 蔓越莓汁 (màn yuè méi zhī)

Grape Juice － 葡萄汁 (pú táo zhī)

Kiwi fruit Juice － 猕猴桃汁 (mí hóu táo zhī)

Lychee Juice － 荔枝汁 (lì zhī zhī)

Mango Juice － 芒果汁 (máng guǒ zhī)

Orange Juice － 橙汁 (chéng zhī)

Papaya Juice － 木瓜汁 (mù guā zhī)

Peach Juice －桃汁 (táo zhī)

Pineapple Juice － 菠萝汁 (bō luó zhī)

Plum Juice － 酸梅汤 (suān méi tāng)

Strawberry Juice － 草莓汁 (cǎo méi zhī )

Tomato Juice － 番茄汁 (fān qié zhī)

Watermelon Juice － 西瓜汁 (xī guā zhī)

Alcoholic :

Beer － 啤酒 (pí jiǔ)

Tsingdao － 青岛 (qīng dǎo)

Heineken － 喜力 (xǐ lì)

Corona － 科罗娜 (kē luó nà)

Asahi － 朝日 (zhāo rì)

Champagne － 香槟 (xiāng bīn)

Vodka － 伏特加 (fú tè jiā)

Wine － 葡萄酒 (pú táo jiǔ)

Hóng pútáojiǔ － Red wine

Bordeaux － 波尔多 (bō ěr duō)

Lafite －拉菲 (lā fēi)

Bái pútáojiǔ － White wine

Sauvignon Blanc － 长相思 (cháng xiāng sī)

Whiskey － 威士忌 (wèi  shì  jì)

Rum － 朗姆酒 (lǎng mǔ jiǔ)

Tequila － 龙舌兰酒 (lóng shé lán jiǔ)

Chinese spirits － 白酒 (bái jiǔ)

Sake － 清酒 (qīng jiǔ)

Cocktails －鸡尾酒 (jī wěi jiǔ)

Cheers! 干杯! (gān bēi) 

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News Channels on Youtube

Here are some radio shows/news channels on Youtube broadcasted in various Asian languages. 

Cantonese: RFA | VOA | Apple News | Ming Pao News

Mandarin: VOA | RFA | NTD Chinese | BBC

Taiwanese Hokkien: 台視台語新聞

Vietnamese: VOA | RFA | Người Việt TV | BBC

Tibetan: VOA | RFA

Khmer: VOA | RFA | Khmer News Daily Playlist

Burmese: RFA | VOA | BBC

Lao: RFA | VOA

Thai: VOA | Thai PBS News | Morning News | BBC

Uyghur: RFA | Istiqlal TV

Farsi: VOA | Euronews | BBC

Dari: VOA | 1TV Kabul

Pashto: VOA | 1TV Kabul

Urdu: VOA | BBC

Indonesian: BBC | Metro TV News

Malaysian: KiniTV Malaysian

Korean: KBS News | YTN News | JTBC News

Japanese: BBC News | ANN News | TomoNews Japan | FNN News

RFA Radio also has tons of radio broadcasts in Burmese, Khmer, Cantonese, Mandarin, Lao, North Korean (!!!), Tibetan, Uyghur and Vietnamese. 

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Chinese Slang 101

Your Chinese might be at the basic level, but you needn’t sound basic. Learn these simple Chinese terms to spice up your routine.

也是醉了(yěshì zuìle): “I must be drunk right now.” Use it when someone is acting a fool and you just can’t.

哥们 (gē men): Bro, bruh, breh, bruv, brah, etc.

卖萌 (Mài méng): To pretend to be cute (as in for a selfie)

亲 (qīn): The Chinese equivalent of “bae”

不感冒(bù gǎn mào): Web slang meaning “no f*cks given”

算了 (suànle): “forget it”

神 (shén): Means “god”; used to compliment someone for having supreme skills at something

520 (Wǔ'èr líng): An abbreviated form of ““我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)” or “I love you”.

你行你上 (Nǐ xíng nǐ shàng): “If you can do it better you do it!”

土 (tǔ): technically means “dirt” but in slang it means “BASIC!”

More slang here.

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Dog breeds vocabulary - Hunderassen (German)

why wouldn’t you want to know that

der Affenpinscher - the Affenpinscher/ Monkey Terrier der Afghanische Windhund - the Afghan Hound der Airedale Terrier - the Airedale Terrier der Akita - the Akita die Alpenländische Dachsbracke - the Alpine Dachsbracke  der Altdänische Vorstehhund - the Old Danish Pointer  der American Bulldog (but tbh I’d say “die Amerikanische Bulldogge) - the American Bulldog  der Amerikanische Cocker Spaniel - the American Cocker Spaniel  der Appenzeller Sennenhund - the Appenzeller Sennenhund/ Appenzeller mountain dog der Australian Shepherd - the Australian Shepherd der Beagle - the Beagle der Bergamasker Hirtenhund - the Bergamasco Shepherd  der Berner Sennenhund - the Bernese Mountain Dog  der Bernhardiner - the St. Bernard der Bloodhound/der Bluthund - the Bloodhound der Border Collie - the Border Collie der (Deutsche) Boxer - the (German) Boxer die Bulldogge - the Bulldog der Bullmastiff - the Bullmastiff der Bullterrier - the Bull Terrier der Chihuahua - the Chihuahua  der Chow-Chow - the Chow Chow  der Dackel - the Dachshund der Dalmatiner - the Dalmatian  der Deutsch-Drahthaar - the German Wirehaired Pointer  der Deutsch-Kurzhaar - the German Shorthaired Pointer  der Deutsch-Langhaar - the German Longhaired Pointer  die Deutsche Dogge - the Great Dane  der Deutsche Schäferhund - the German Shepherd  der Dobermann - the Doberman Pinscher  der Englische Cocker Spaniel - the English Cocker Spaniel  der English Foxhound - the English Foxhound der English Setter - the English Setter  der Eurasier - the Eurasier/ Eurasian Dog  der Finnische Lapphund - the Finnish Lapphund  der Finnische Laufhund - the Finnish Hound  der Foxterrier - the Fox Terrier die Französische Bulldogge - the French Bulldog der Golden Retriever - the Golden Retriever der Greyhound - the Greyhound  der Grönlandhund - the Greenland Dog  der Große Münsterländer - the Large Münsterländer  der Havaneser - the Havanese der Hygenhund - the Hygen Hound 

der Irish Red Setter - the Irish Setter / Red Setter der Irish Terrier - the Irish Terrier der Irische Wolfshund - the Irish Wolfhound der Islandhund - the Icelandic Sheepdog das Italienische Windspiel - the Italian Greyhound der Jack Russell Terrier - the Jack Russell Terrier der Jämthund - the Jämthund/ Swedish Elkhound der Kanaan Hund - the Canaan Dog der Kangal - the Kangal der Kaukasische Schäferhund - the Caucasian Shepherd Dog der Kroatische Schäferhund - the Croatian Sheepdog der Kromfohrländer - the Kromfohrländer der Labrador Retriever - the Labrador Retriever der Landseer - the Landseer der Leonberger - the Leonberger das Löwchen - the Löwchen/Little Lion Dog der Malteser - the Maltese der Mastiff - the (English) Mastiff der Mops - the Pug der Neufundländer - the Newfoundland der Norwegische Elchhund - the Norwegian Elkhound der Otterhund - the Otterhound der Pekingese/ der Pekinese - the Pekingese der Pharaonenhund - the Pharaoh Hound der (English) Pointer - the (English) Pointer der Pudel - the Poodle der Pyrenäen-Berghund - the Pyrenean Mountain Dog/ Great Pyrenees der Rottweiler - the Rottweiler der Saluki - the Saluki/ Persian Greyhound der Samojede - the Samoyed der Schnauzer - the Schnauzer der Shar-Pei - the Chinese Shar Pei der Shiba - the Shiba Inu der Siberian Husky - the Siberian Husky der Tibet-Spaniel - the Tibetan Spaniel der Tibet-Terrier - the Tibetan Terrier der Tschechoslowakische Wolfhund - the Czechoslovakian Wolfdog der Weimaraner - the Weimaraner der Welsh Corgi Cardigan - the Cardigan Welsh Corgi der Welsh Corgi Pembroke - the Pembroke Welsh Corgi der Welsh Terrier - the Welsh Terrier der West Highland White Terrier - the West Highland White Terrier der Wolfsspitz - the Keeshond der Yorkshire Terrier - the Yorkshire Terrier der Zwergpinscher - the Miniature Pinscher 

(fun fact: “Italienisches Windspiel” translates to “Italian wind chime” and if that isn’t an adorable name for a dog breed idk what is)

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中文詞語表

猶豫 [犹豫] (yóu yù) - to hesitate

顫抖 [颤抖] (chàn dǒu) - to shiver, shudder, shake, tremble

津津有味 (jīn jīn yǒu wèi) - with great interest, with keen interest (idiom)

暗淡 (àndàn) - dim, dark, dull (colour), drab, gloomy, bleak

凄然 (qī rán) - distressing

恍然 (huǎng rán) - suddenly (understand sth), in a flash

屑 (xiè) - bits, pieces, crumbs; trivial, trifling

不屑 (bù xiè) - to think sth not worth doing, to feel that sth is beneath one’s dignity

草草了事 (cǎo cǎo liǎo shì) - to do something carelessly, to rush through work

倒是 (dào shi) - contrary to what one might expect, actually, why don’t you 

嫵媚 [妩媚] (wǔ mèi) - lovely, charming

隨後 [随后] (suí hòu) - soon after

既得 (jì dé) - vested in, already obtained, vesting

既得利益 (jì dé lì yì) - vested interest

一籌莫展 [一筹莫展] (yī chóu mò zhǎn) - to be at one’s wit’s end, to be unable to find a solution

重操舊志 [重操旧志] (chóng cāo jiù zhì) - to resume one’s old ambitions

得體 [得体] (dé tǐ) - appropriate to the occasion, fitting

Vocabulary taken from「海神家族」(陳玉慧) - 小說30家 

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Me: yeah I’d say I’m pretty good at reading russian

Font that I am unfamiliar with: Hi!

Me:

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Chinese Vocabulary from A to Z (p2)

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轮 <lún> WHEEL

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Grammar3 - Question words

More HERE

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Person: Hey, can you write my name in Chinese?

Me: Yeah, no problem. 我的名字

Person: Holy ShiT

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Some time ago when I first posted this set of phrases, there was a slight mistake in the English translation (YOUR WELCOME instead of YOU ARE WELCOME) - here is the correct version.

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我买茶。Wǒ mǎi chá.

我买了茶。Wǒ mǎi le chá.

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情人节快乐 (Qíngrén jié kuàilè) Happy Valentine’s Day #chineserules