Tag: Mandarin
One of the basic constructions of Mandarin Chinese involves verbs that are “doubled” or repeated consecutively with a negative in the middle. This format is the basis for…
Nihao is the pinyin representation of two characters, 你, pronounced nǐ, personal pronoun meaning ‘you’ and 好, pronounced hǎo, meaning good. Note both of these characters are 3rd…
Mandarin Chinese is called Guoyu or Hanyu. Hanyu is the national language and standard dialect in mainland China. It’s often called Putonghua, Zhongwen or Zhongguohua.