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Learn Chinese -Learn Mandarin : the right word to say about playing musical instruments in Chinese: musical instrument vocabulary and chui1 吹, la1 拉, qiao1 敲, da3 打 and tan2 弹. Also the history of Chinese musical instruments and complete Chinese musical terms.

Posted on 11/01/2011 by Chinesetolearn

In English you can use the verb “play” for any musical instruments : piano, cello, violin, or clarinet. You can say “I love to play piano, and I love to play clarinet too.” However, in Chinese, there are quite a … Continue reading →

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Learn Chinese – learn Mandarin — How to say ” On the Halloween evening, I saw witches and wizards flying on the broom in the sky” in Chinese: 在万圣节傍晚，我看见巫婆和巫师骑着扫把在天空中飞行。Zai4 wan4 sheng4 jie2 bang1 wan3, wo3 kan4 jian4 wu1 po2 he2 wu1 shi1 qi2 zhe5 sao4 ba3 zai4 tian1 kong1 zhong1 fei1 xing2.

Posted on 11/01/2011 by Chinesetolearn

Dear readers around the world: Happy Halloween everyone! Let’s use a bit of imagination and pretend that we saw this unusual scene on the spooky Halloween night. Learn Chinese – learn Mandarin — How to say ” On the Halloween … Continue reading →

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