Posts Tagged ‘new chinese vocabulary’

You must be thinking, why are you teaching us how to say “buy soysouce”? What does that have to do with the fun of the new Chinese vocabulary? Well, you will re-consider this question after reading the post.
“Da” as a verb originally means “beat and hit”. But we normally use it with the meaning “buy [...]

Hey, we are going to continue our vocabulary lessons with a few more interesting words and phrases.
If you are learning Chinese, you must understand what “dai” means. Have a look at the character, can you imagine a person standing straight, not saying anything and not doing anything? Yes, that’s what “dai” means, dumb, logi, and [...]

OK guys, we are going to continue our vocabulary lessons. Today’s word is:

Yes, it does not have a corresponding Chinese word, just the pinyin (phonetic alphabet). It was created by the sponsor of the 2008 Modern Sky Festival, the brains behind Modern Sky Records, one of the leading rock labels in China.
They set up a [...]

OK, guys, today we are going to learn another extremely popular new word, “ning ba”.
In traditional Chinese, these two words are never used together. No one knows when and where the new combination originated, but all of a sudden, everybody is using it.
“Ning” is a verb meaning tweak, twist, and wrench. “Ba” is a tonic [...]