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Glad you enjoyed this episode :) Thanks for watching and commenting 😇

I'm delighted to hear that you connected with our channel name-that's been my philosophy over the years of teaching and my own experience in language learning! It's also the spirit that this channel was born from and strives to deliver. I hope you have a lot of fun and also learn a great deal from the videos on this channel. Keep up the fantastic work on your Mandarin journey-I'm cheering you on every step of the way! 加油!!! 🌟🌟🌟

太好了！很開心你學到了新的生詞，這些都是在課本上學不到，但生活中常見的用語。希望對你有幫助。謝謝你的留言！你的中文非常好！

@@Fun.Mandarin 謝謝妳太好了！我同意，這樣的白話很有用又比較難獲取，所以這樣的頻道很有價值的！ 我有另一個問題："身邊紅人"這個詞也沒有聽過。是器重的得力助手的意思嗎？"Boss's pet" 是不是一個 slang 的用法嗎？ 謝謝。

謝謝你支持我們的頻道！你問了一個很棒的問題，而且給了一個更高級且正式的用語 “器重的得力助手”，解釋得非常好！給你點讚👍 在我們Beyond Words Series的第一集“Colour in Mandarin Go Beyond Words” 提到，”紅” 可以用來表示一個人很受歡迎、很受重視。 (如果有興趣的話，可以在播放清單裡面找到這集😄)。在第二集的情境對話中，”老闆身邊的紅人” 就是指很受老闆喜歡、重用的人，是一種比較口語的用法，所以我特別把它翻譯成boss’s pet。 如果還有任何問題，不用客氣，歡迎提問哦！😇

啊，明白了，謝謝! 我想我知道為什麼我有點搞不清楚。英文， boss's pet，teacher's pet， etc. 有一點負面含義。就是因為 boss's pet 不一定是老闆的助理，反而是老闆最喜歡的人，像妳提到的。偶爾他們的態度會變得一點傲慢，導致他們濫用這個權位，利用別人。當然，這並不總是發生，但這個負面含義是存在的。🙂

你說得沒錯! 我們說一個人是"老闆身邊的紅人"， 有時候確實會帶了一些負面的含義，但還是要看說話的語境來判斷。 在影片中的對話，我想呈現公司的同事對Bob有比較負面的觀感，所以在翻譯的時候，選擇了boss's pet這個詞。但如果我們在其他的情境想說一個人很受老闆重用，"老闆身邊的紅人"還是可以做為一個正面的口語用法。你在上一個評論裡使用 "器重的得力助手"，則是非常正面且正式的用語👍用來解釋 "老闆身邊的紅人" 也是完全沒有問題的喔🙂

I’m very pleased to hear that this video is helpful to you :) We will have more videos in this series coming in the near future. Hope you’ll enjoy them too. Thanks for watching and commenting 😊

Thanks for the great question! I just checked my Pleco, and it shows "wǔ xíng" correctly. I'm not sure why there's an error on your phone, but I understand your confusion. The character 行 is a typical example of a Chinese character with multiple pronunciations. It can be pronounced as "xíng," as in 五行 (five elements), 旅行 (lǚ xíng; to travel), and 行人 (xíng rén; pedestrian). However, it can also be pronounced as "háng" when it means "row" or "line," as in 第一行 (dì yī háng; the first line). Additionally, it is pronounced as "háng" in 銀行/银行 (yín háng; bank). The character 好 is another good example with multiple pronunciations. It is pronounced as hǎo in 你好 and 好玩 (hǎo wán; fun). However, it is pronounced as hào in 愛好/爱好 (ài hào; hobby) and 好奇 (hào qí; curious). I hope it clarifies your confusion :) Let me know if you have any more questions! p.s. Your question actually inspires me to make a video on this topic! It might help other learners to understand the pronunciation better. Thank you 😇

Thrilled to hear you enjoyed this episode! Wishing you a lovely weekend :)

🤭Hope it makes you smile and makes it easier to remember the phrase! Thanks for watching and commenting.

Thanks a bunch for your lovely comments and support - it truly brings a smile to my face! While our channel may be small and the analytics are sometimes not as exciting, every time I read the positive comments, it encourages me to continue creating more fun and informative videos. I hope you enjoy watching them as much as I enjoy making them! Thanks again for your support 😇

It's been a pleasure creating this video, even though it demands a lot of time and effort. Hearing that it's helpful makes me especially happy!😇😇😇 Thanks for watching and for your kind words.

I hope you enjoyed the video :) Much appreciated for your time and comments!

Thanks for watching :) Hope you find it useful 😇

Your appreciation truly brightened my day! Also, thank you for sharing your valuable feedback on the screen time and Sound-FX volume 😇 I'll adjust them accordingly in the next video. Hope you enjoy the other videos on this channel just as much!

Thanks for watching and commenting.

So are you saying native English speakers shouldn’t bother learning any other languages because they already speak, as you put it, the “defacto world language”? As a native English speaker learning Mandarin, I can confidently say 你说了这么蠢的话！

But I already speak English. I'm looking for something different.

​@@proudwhovian5161就是

Thanks for taking the time to share your insights and experience in this community. Growing up learning traditional Chinese characters myself, I completely understand the points you made here. As I also briefly mentioned in other comments in previous videos, although traditional characters are known for their complexity and greater number of strokes, making them daunting in the initial stages of learning, the system, e.g., radicals and components, is actually very effective for conveying meaning and memorizing new ones. As I emphasized in this video, 部首字, such as 金, 食, 言, are very useful as they can be used as standalone words as well as radicals to form new characters. Traditional character learners can simply use them to form new characters, for instance, 針, 飯, 說, which is very efficient as opposed to simplified characters; learners need to memorize different forms when they are used as radicals in characters, e.g., 针, 饭, 说. In other words, simplified Chinese saves time to write (due to fewer strokes) but requires more effort to memorize. Moreover, the example you gave was a good one to pinpoint the issue of substitution of characters, such as 面 for 麵, and 后 for 後, which will also need learners to make more effort to avoid confusion, even though they have fewer characters to remember. Having said that, simplified Chinese does lose some of the original logic of written Chinese language, but radicals are still undoubtedly useful. With more guidance, learners will still be able to grasp it. In my humble opinion, as a teacher, in the classroom setting, when teaching simplified Chinese characters, having knowledge of traditional Chinese characters will be a great advantage in guiding learners to develop a strong grasp of writing. It will help increase learners' awareness and retention over a longer period. On this channel, we, therefore, provide both simplified and traditional characters for the key phrases in the dialogues. I believe this approach is very beneficial for learners as it allows them to see that both systems share quite a few similarities. If more learners are interested, we may make a video to discuss the features of traditional and simplified characters in more detail in the future :)

I agree and also prefer traditional characters myself, but using a dictionary is not one of the reasons. Looking up words in a digital dictionary is far superior to using a paper dictionary, rendering learning radicals completely useless. I mean, they should still be learned, just not as radicals, but rather as components of characters, of which there are many more than just the radicals.

Thanks for your kind words:) and I'm still working on it-language is such a lifelong journey! With your clear learning objectives and motivation, I believe your goal is definitely achievable! By the way, there's an upcoming episode about survival phrases for traveling on my list (the release date is not confirmed yet though😅). I hope you'll enjoy it when it comes out.

Well done! Making personal, relevant short stories does benefit a lot to effective memorization :) I’m very pleased to know you’re working on it! Keep up the good work 👍

こんにちは先生！It's wonderful to read your comments and discover that you're both a teacher and a learner! I've always believed that the best language teachers are those who continue to learn other foreign languages themselves. It allows them to better understand and empathize with their students' learning journeys👍 I'm curious to know which grade level you teach. If I were teaching students in grades 7 to 8 (or even younger), I'd definitely incorporate Pokémon to connect with Kenji (or Chinese characters) in the tier list. I think it would add an extra layer of fun, especially considering how relevant Pokémon is to Japanese culture! I didn't include Marvel or Pokémon in this video because I was unsure if viewers of different ages and cultures would appreciate it. Additionally, it might complicate things in a ten-minute video, as I can't approach it the same way I do in a classroom setting 😅 Best of luck on your Mandarin journey! 🤞🤞🤞I am confident that your Japanese skills will greatly benefit you in picking up Chinese characters!

Thank you for watching and for your comments! I'm so pleased that you appreciate the structure of the video. I sincerely hope viewers will have the patience to go through each stage of this video so they can grasp the complete picture and details of Chinese radicals 😄

希望你喜欢😇 谢谢观看！

很高兴你喜欢，希望对你有帮助😇

Good question! In simplified Chinese, "月" (yuè) is borrowed as the radical variant for "肉", as you can see in "胖" shorturl.at/hAHQ5 While there is one less radical for simplified Chinese learners to memorize since the variant form of 肉 in simplified Chinese is the same as 月, it somehow loses the original meaning the radical actually can carry for characters relevant to 'flesh' and 'meat'. So, in my humble opinion, it's important to be aware of how the variant form of "肉" is written in traditional Chinese. The middle part is like "冫", instead of two short horizontal strokes in "月" . Please find an example 胖 in traditional Chinese here: shorturl.at/gqHLV In short, when you encounter characters such as "肚", "肌", "肝", "肠" in simplified Chinese, we shall understand that the radical is not conveying the meaning of 'moon' (月) but 'flesh' or 'meat'. I hope this helps clarify your confusion 😄

Apologies for the disruption - The links to the examples weren't working, so I had to try reposting several times! 😅

I'm very pleased to know it's helpful to you :) My plan for the next video in the 'Crack Chinese Characters' series is to demonstrate how to use the radicals in the S-Tier to form new characters and words. After that, we will definitely introduce the radicals in the A and B tiers, which can help expand vocabulary to the next level. The publish date is not confirmed yet as I have other topics on the list. I would also like to see more feedback from the viewers (Hopefully more positive ones!🤭) so I can also try to integrate their needs in the next ones. Thanks very much again for your positive feedback - it's very encouraging and motivating for me to create more videos 😊

What a lovely message! Thanks for taking the time to let me know you enjoyed this episode. All the hard work has definitely paid off 😇I hope you will enjoy the upcoming videos too😄

希望对你有帮助:) 谢谢观看 😇

Thanks for watching, and I'm very pleased to know you're practising the techniques :) Yes, you can use 烤 with other nouns, particularly with food, such as your example 烤鸭. Other examples include 烤鸡 (roast chicken), 烤肉 (BBQ), and 烤布蕾 (Crème brûlée) etc. Keep up the good work 👍👍👍

@@Fun.Mandarin 烤鸡▪ 烤肉▪ 谢谢老师🥈🏅🏆🥉🥇

Thanks so much for your support :) It made my day 😇The new episode of the Chinese character series will be coming soon. I hope you’ll come back to watch and enjoy it too!

I hope you are enjoying Mandarin and keep up the good work :)

Me too 😁 I ❤ Pleco...

Thank you for watching and commenting! I hope the advice provided in this video may help other Mandarin learners facing similar challenges :)

I’m delighted to hear that you found it helpful! ☺️ While I try to be concise, I can't help but cover all the details so as to make them as clear as possible (hopefully I’m not too rambling😅). Thanks for your patience and appreciation :) If you need more clarification on anything, just let me know! 😇

Awww, that’s lovely! Your students must also feel the same way: 有你真好!! 😇

You nailed it! That’s very sweet ☺️Your students are so fortunate to have you:) I believe they’ll appreciate it!

@@Fun.MandarinI chickened out, I only said "zao shang hao" :\

@TheVampireAzriel 😆 It’s short and sweet though:) Try it in the next class!

Thanks for watching 😇

Thank you for sharing your thoughts ：）I am fully supportive of the idea that effective learning strategies and techniques are crucial for language learning success. I hope the advice offered in this episode is helpful 😊

@@Fun.Mandarin That guy is a fraud, he said that he once knew thousands of characters but now knows only 250? I call bs

​@@MMAandBoxingEnjoyerit's almost as if people can forget things. Give your head a shake.

​@MMAandBoxingEnjoyer I was born in Taiwan but raised in Brazil. I decided to learn when I was 16. But after graduating life hist hard and I didn't have time. I tried speaking with some Chinese ppl in Brazil but once they saw I couldn't speak properly, they just left me aside.

​@@MMAandBoxingEnjoyer I guess he stopped studying more than 10 years ago. I stopped with Spanish 8 years ago and now I remember ***t. 😔😔

You’re absolutely right! Creating an immersive environment for learners who are not in Mandarin-speaking countries certainly requires more effort. As for finding a language exchange partner, you may consider exploring Mandarin communities in your city or connecting with international students proficient in Mandarin who are also seeking language exchange opportunities. I’ve seen quite a few posts on social media looking for language exchange partners, though it's important to be cautious regarding safety and potential scammers. (sorry if I sound paranoid 😅) Personally, I prefer connecting with language exchange partners through friends I know and trust :) Thanks for sharing your own experience with us! This is a brilliant point you've made about active writing - practicing with awareness of the features of Chinese characters (e.g. radicals, components, and structural relations) will make the practice meaningful and effective! I’m really pleased to know you have been doing this, and I believe you have been making good progress steadily! I wish you all the best on your Mandarin journey, and thanks again for your support of our channel. 有你真好!

Hi. HelloTalk is good to find language exchange partners :)

@@deoae9259Thanks for sharing 😊

有你真好！Thanks for commenting. Hope you enjoyed the video :)

It's always a pleasure to hear such positive feedback! ☺️ As you might be aware, I'm a strong advocate of the Communicative Approach, so new vocabulary or phrases should always be applied in meaningful contexts rather than just translating word by word or relying on mechanical memorisation. I believe this is the best way to master any language. I'm really pleased it works for you too! 👍 Your Mandarin is really impressive, and it's so lovely to see traditional characters in your comments! 👍👍👍I understand that for practicality, most Mandarin learners use simplified characters, but I agree with you that it's beneficial to be able to read both systems. Traditional characters are known for their complexity and greater number of strokes, making them daunting for Mandarin learners, especially in the initial stages of learning. However, once you get the hang of them, you'll find that the components in traditional characters are very effective for conveying meaning and memorising new ones. In my humble opinion, they will help you appreciate the beauty of the Mandarin language even more at a later stage. In this channel, we provide both simplified and traditional characters for the key phrases in the dialogues,so it's actually very beneficial for learners to see that both systems share quite a few similarities. I wish you good luck on your Mandarin journey and hope you find the other videos on this channel helpful as well! 😇

Obrigado pela sua mensagem gentil; ela alegrou o meu dia! 😇Fico feliz em saber que você acha útil. Haverá mais vídeos em breve, e espero que você também os aprecie. (Desculpe, eu não falo português. Espero que a tradução feita pelo Google Translate faça sentido.) 🤭

I hope it’s helpful 😊

Thank you for your question! Using color coding in grammar involves highlighting each meaning unit with different colors. This allows for easy analysis of the grammatical functionality of each meaning unit within the sentence. For example, in the sentence 今年我要多运动 (This year I will exercise more), we can use green to highlight the meaning unit 今年 (this year), black for 我 (I), red for 要 (will/want to), etc. This approach helps us examine the word order in the pattern more effectively. Instead of memorising the structural formula (e.g., Subject + Time word + modal verb + Adverb + main verb) and then filling in the corresponding words, using this deductive approach will help us actively understand the grammar and apply it in actual language use during communication. I hope this helps :)

😂😂😂 Your ALWAYS so hilarious

@Siennahills Thanks so much for your lovely comments, and I'm glad you liked the video. 😊 I hope you are doing well, and best of luck in your next stage too!!

Hi Seb, yes, I can't believe how time has flown. I'm also surprised you found me here. Very nice to hear from all of you! Thanks for watching and commenting.😊

Hi Edward! How have you been? Time really flies! I'm pleased for all of you moving on to the next stage this year. 🎉 Thanks for the kind invitation😊 When is the prom, though? I wonder how others are doing. Hope you all are enjoying school life. Best wishes to all of you!

Hi Laura, What a lovely surprise! 😊😊😊How are you and everyone in 🇬🇧 doing? I miss the days we spent together in class! Fortunately, we can stay connected through the Internet. Please pass on my best wishes to the class :)