10 Fun Facts about the Chinese language that you probably didn’t know!

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  • @zoe.languages
    @zoe.languages  9 місяців тому +21

    For genuine Mandarin learning textbooks, you can visit the official publisher's online bookstore: www.chinoeasy.com/ZOE
    Get a 50% 💖discount with my code: ZOE

    • @polmaclin3019
      @polmaclin3019 9 місяців тому

      Even if you have several clones, I don’t understand how you can manage so much.👍❤You can see that the SOUTH OF CHINA is very fascinating.

    • @mohannaddashli5408
      @mohannaddashli5408 9 місяців тому +2

      رمضان مبارك

    • @mohsenkarimi.iran_tehran
      @mohsenkarimi.iran_tehran 9 місяців тому

      😍🌹💋💋🇮🇷

    • @handsomeman-pm9vy
      @handsomeman-pm9vy 9 місяців тому

      At time 06:25 why are you pronouncing "shi" as "she?"

    • @Abeturk
      @Abeturk 9 місяців тому

      Bal = (Honey)
      Bal >Mal >Mel >Mil >Meli > Melit > Melis =(yumuşak, hoş kokulu, tatlı / yummy, mellow, balmy, malleable, dessert, sweet) >>>
      Al-Bal (red-sweet) =Alpal (Apple) >Afal >Almelo> >Alma > Elma
      (the dessert) > Alba> halba > halvah > helva
      Mel-ak (sweet-white)>Mela >Mal >Mar >Milo >Melon >Melam >>>Milk
      (sweetie) > Balak > bala
      Almıla / Melah >> Elma = Apple
      Meltem= mellow wind = breeze
      Mel-melat = marmelat = marmellata
      Melisa = balm / jam / rosin
      Melamine = chemical resin
      (Mel-hem) merhem=(almost-balm) > ointment
      (Mel-sumac) mercimek = lentil
      Mel-audio = melody
      (tow/toğ/tao/tai/tav/tağ)>> Dağ =mountain /~塔 / 高 /ضيقة
      (dar /tar /dai /tai /tav /dae /too /toi)
      Phone / Phoon/ Fun / Wajan / Wehen = Ses /Rüzgar /Esinti
      Dae-vane /tao-fun / too-fan/ tai-phone/ typhoon = (loud sound) > hard-strong wind
      Dar = narrow / nearest /stuck / compressed / solid / hard / durable
      Dar = birbirine yaklaşmış / sıkışık / sıkışmış / sıkıştırılmış / sağlam / sert / dayanıklı
      Dar-lık= sıkışarak yükselmek, yükseklik hissi, sıkışma duygusu
      Dağ= litosferik tabakaların sıkışarak yükselmesi / compression and rise of lithospheric layers
      Darlık= to rise upwards by squeezed, feeling of height, feeling of being squeezed
      Dar = yakın olmak , alakalı olmak, ilgilenmek / to be close, to be involved, to be interested
      Hüküm-dar = Hükümle ilgilenen , hüküm veren
      Mihman-dar = Misafire yakın olan , misafire alaka gösteren
      Darülaceze = Acizerle ilgilenilen yer
      Dai-u > nearest he's = Dayı = uncle
      Toy = meeting /ceremony/feast/ immature-game boy
      (Dai-emek)> Dayamak =to base on /make it support/fasten down
      (Dai-en-mak)> Dayanmak= to recline upon / stay strong /be close literally
      (Dai-et-mak)>Dayatmak = to impose / insist
      Yanardağ ile ilgili / pertaining to a volcano
      Dağ-et-mak >Dağıtmak = to distribute /to deal out / to deploy
      Dağ-al-mak >Dağılmak = to get dispersed / to go to pieces
      Dağ-la-mak = krater şekline çevirmek / cauterize
      (Doğ-umak) = Doğmak = to go up / re-rising up / come into the world > to born
      Doğ-ğur-mak= Doğurmak= to make this come up > bring this into the world
      (Doy-umak) = Doymak = to rise to the top / to be full
      Doy-ğur-mak= Doyurmak=to satiate > to make it full > to feed

  • @sirtorchington
    @sirtorchington 9 місяців тому +26

    Thank you Zoe I’m learning Mandarin at the restaurant I work at, this is such a great addition to my studies!

  • @ZainabAbbas-yz2gr
    @ZainabAbbas-yz2gr 9 місяців тому +11

    I started learning Chinese from a while and you were one of the reasons why I'm learning it. You really show the language and the culture in a simple and unique way, it makes me want to know more about it. One of my dreams is being a polyglot like you and know many languages I already know Arabic and English and German and I'm learning Chinese now there are also other languages i will learn soon like Italian, Persian, Turkish and French. So thank you zoe a lot for motivating me to learn languages and thank for your beautiful videos ❤

  • @fensu6654
    @fensu6654 9 місяців тому +30

    我正在教同事們中文,有時候我很難解釋清楚中文的美與特色,這部影片幫助了我很多,我要分享給他們看!真的太棒了~~謝謝妳ZOE💕

  • @Thereispeaceinourhearts20PC24
    @Thereispeaceinourhearts20PC24 2 місяці тому +1

    it is really wonderful to meet someone who motivates you to learn languages, and who has a high academic level. We really hope to learn from you and be proud of ourselves as we learn Chinese.
    Thanks to you, madam.

  • @CrisTryingToBeProductive
    @CrisTryingToBeProductive 9 місяців тому +38

    Instead of being something stressful, to me write hanzi is so relaxing and I even feel like it's a meditative task, instead of frustration, learning Mandarin has been a delight.

    • @zoe.languages
      @zoe.languages  9 місяців тому +11

      And good for the brain 😁

    • @davidholden4543
      @davidholden4543 9 місяців тому

      Totally agree. I got a head start with kanji in Japanese though…hehehe

    • @PatEller
      @PatEller 7 місяців тому

      Very true. Studying foreign languages are very good for stress management, because they require the person to focus on the lesson. Your mind cannot be on anything else that might be causing you stress.

    • @CrisTryingToBeProductive
      @CrisTryingToBeProductive 7 місяців тому

      @@PatEller well actually I meant that learning this language wasn't a source of stress.

  • @alguien908
    @alguien908 9 місяців тому +6

    I've been learning Mandarin for about a year and this was really interesting! Thank you for your content Zoe

  • @evertspies3345
    @evertspies3345 9 місяців тому +5

    Being studying Mandarin for nearly 3 years now and still the best part for me is when I recognize what is being spoken. Most of the no no's in Chinese culture and the language I have come across and try to stay clear but again it is very satisfying when I recognize them. Interesting how the amount in the red envelope 🧧 carries a message. Thank you for keeping my enthusiasm for Mandarin and the Chinese culture alive. Greetings from South Africa 🇿🇦

    • @zoe.languages
      @zoe.languages  9 місяців тому

      I am so glad 🥰

    • @elif22-r9f
      @elif22-r9f 9 місяців тому

      where do you learn Chinese from?

    • @evertspies3345
      @evertspies3345 9 місяців тому

      @@elif22-r9f Duolingo and the internet. I speak to Google to check pronunciation. Google is not very forgiving and only the correct tones etc being accepted.

  • @nakamurahiro1364
    @nakamurahiro1364 8 місяців тому +8

    中国語を学ぶのは、凄く楽しいです。日本語はアニメや漫画、コスプレなど世界的に有名で人気があり勉強するきっかけにもなりますが、中国語も同じです。私は西遊記、三国志、現代アニメのキングダムを通じて中国に興味があり勉強を始めました。普通語とされる北京語を集中的に勉強していますが、日本人の私は四声の発音が下手なので当初は苦労しましたが、ある程度勉強すると少し自信がついて北京へ旅行に行きました。中国は広いです。色々な方言を聞き取れず苦労しましたが、メモとペンが有れば通じることが出来ます。通じる楽しさはネイティブでなくても充分に得られました。親切な人ばかりに巡り会えたおかげで、益々興味が湧き、今度は昆明に旅行したいと思ってます。

    • @垃圾谷歌-e9j
      @垃圾谷歌-e9j 8 місяців тому

      中国人也听不懂其他地方的方言所以不用担心,加油哦

    • @VikingAge
      @VikingAge 6 місяців тому

      私の仕事では毎日日本人の友達と会う必要があります。もう3年になりますが、まだ日本語を勉強できません。会議があるたびに、日本企業は中国語の翻訳者を雇います。私が日本語を話すことができれば、翻訳者やグーグル翻訳を使わずに、自分の言いたいことを直接伝えることができます。

    • @nakamurahiro1364
      @nakamurahiro1364 6 місяців тому

      @@VikingAge
      今の翻訳は、すごく進化しています。あなたの文章も日本人の私には充分に理解出来ます。しかし、私が中国語を勉強するのは意味を伝えるだけでなく、感情も同時に伝えることができ、相手と心の会話ができることです。意味が通じる感動より、相手との感情を含め心の対話が出来ることに感動するからです。

    • @VikingAge
      @VikingAge 6 місяців тому

      ​@@nakamurahiro1364 Google TRANSLATE と CHAT GPT の翻訳は非常に正確です。しかし、日本のクライアントと直接コミュニケーションをとる代わりに、テキストを入力するのに多くの時間が必要です。あなたの中国語がさらに上達することを願っています。ぜひ中国へご旅行ください。1.有朋自远方来,不亦乐乎?2.三人行,必有我師焉;擇其善者而從之,其不善者而改之 3.欲穷千里目,更上一层楼 4. 长地久有时尽,此恨绵绵无绝期 5.姑苏城外寒山寺,夜半钟声到客船 6. 举头望明月,低头思故乡 7. 夜来风雨声 花落知多少 8. 但愿人长久,千里共婵娟 9. 愿君多采撷,此物最相思。

  • @awaiskhan9329
    @awaiskhan9329 9 місяців тому +3

    I am from Pakistan and I've started learning Chinese for fun. This language seems hard but once you start learning it, its very fun. Now i am at the beginner level and i study daily for 30 minutes.

  • @shinjukutokyo2023
    @shinjukutokyo2023 9 місяців тому +8

    “The art of brand naming” is a must for foreign product marketers to study when entering China market.

  • @Yunkai_639
    @Yunkai_639 9 місяців тому +2

    作为一个母语者,我觉得这些文化知识都是很简单的。但如果是以外国人的视角确实感觉很复杂,但是我们就是在日常生活中,就直接记住了这些文化成语。

  • @jasonmiamifl004
    @jasonmiamifl004 7 місяців тому +1

    myself born in Guangzhou, GuangDong, for some reason, whenever I visited China & spoke manderin, right away, people said I come from Guangdong , even I left there in october 1974...amazing, home dialec never changed... de Miami, florida

  • @danyf.1442
    @danyf.1442 9 місяців тому +9

    Thank you Zoe, learned a couple of chengyus that I didn't know ❤

  • @Adriana-ph2eb
    @Adriana-ph2eb 9 місяців тому +2

    Thank you, Zoe !
    Could you make other study/routine vlogs , please?
    Or a day in your life now or a day at university. Also, it would be interesting a video about how to maintain focus and overcome procrastination. Keep up the good work!

  • @kryki_cha6206
    @kryki_cha6206 8 місяців тому

    I LOVE this kind of information. This is the first video I have watched from you, and I will definitely be watching more. 😊

  • @MohsinHassan-g3l
    @MohsinHassan-g3l 9 місяців тому +2

    I am learning Chinese language ....Thank you for sharing some cultural aspects of the Chinese language.❤❤❤

  • @ChinoEasyES
    @ChinoEasyES 9 місяців тому +4

    Very interesting and practical! Thank you Zoe!

  • @nour4351
    @nour4351 5 місяців тому

    7:00 we also use green color in expresions for man who married another woman than his wife. We say in Lebanese "نفسو خضرا".

  • @TheBlueGumby
    @TheBlueGumby 8 місяців тому +2

    Hi Zoe, interesting facts about Chinese! You are very smart and also very beautiful. I will enjoy learning with you 🥰! Also wanted to let you know your discount code still works. Just ordered HSK 1 and got the discount.

  • @J_Phand3
    @J_Phand3 8 місяців тому +2

    I'm learning Mandarin by English as my second languages and Chinese is my third languages 😅
    Thank you for great information❤

    • @夢子-t5q
      @夢子-t5q 6 місяців тому +1

      So Chinese is my fourth language

    • @J_Phand3
      @J_Phand3 6 місяців тому

      @@夢子-t5q 👏👏

  • @ricardoestrada5837
    @ricardoestrada5837 9 місяців тому +4

    Thanks for the lovely video Zoe!

  • @daryladnan-leeokili1007
    @daryladnan-leeokili1007 9 місяців тому

    I discovered something new today, thank you very much. I love mandarin and wish to speak that wonderful language.

  • @贾吉安
    @贾吉安 8 місяців тому +2

    谢谢你为中华文明做出的贡献。无论她现在怎样,对我来说都是无法割舍的爱❤❤❤

    • @BitFlowerS-Ku
      @BitFlowerS-Ku 8 місяців тому

      so u are chinese right?

    • @贾吉安
      @贾吉安 8 місяців тому

      @@BitFlowerS-Ku 你可以消灭我,但是,你改变不了我对中华的爱。

    • @贾吉安
      @贾吉安 8 місяців тому

      @@BitFlowerS-Ku You believe the God, but the God whether really believe your behavior and support you?

  • @cardealershipgod8433
    @cardealershipgod8433 3 місяці тому +1

    More fun facts ✅ That background music 🔥💣⚡

  • @elif22-r9f
    @elif22-r9f 9 місяців тому +6

    Çin dizilerini birkaç yıldır izleye izleye bazı küçük kelimeleri bile öğrendim 🥰🇨🇳🇹🇷
    Diliniz çok tatlı geldi gözüme

    • @bigsmoke4
      @bigsmoke4 9 місяців тому

      Ulan ne dizi izliyon bütün diziler çok sıkıcı şimdi dili anlayabiliyorum ama izleyecek şey bulamıyorum

    • @SYlmaz-wb1wb
      @SYlmaz-wb1wb 9 місяців тому

      Çin Dizilerinin çoğu bir Harika Dostum.

    • @joejoe7960
      @joejoe7960 9 місяців тому

      @@bigsmoke4 Maybe I can recommend 《舌尖上的中国》 《远方的家》 and 《大国重器》 for you. These documentaries are excellent materials for learning Chinese, and their content is also very engaging. Wish you a happy time

    • @bigsmoke4
      @bigsmoke4 9 місяців тому

      @@joejoe7960 Thanks dude will definitely watch all of em

    • @siyacer
      @siyacer 9 місяців тому

      hello altaic

  • @Carmine416
    @Carmine416 9 місяців тому +1

    This was an excellent video! Thank you and Well done 👏

  • @MohsinHassan-g3l
    @MohsinHassan-g3l 9 місяців тому +3

    Waiting for more videos like this one ❤❤❤

  • @GleisonPaulino-u6n
    @GleisonPaulino-u6n 9 місяців тому +2

    Linda chinesa. Inteligente, segura em suas apresentações. Ótimo canal que nos ensina a olhar o aprendizado de forma diferente. Adoro assistir seu talento único. Gleison 🇨🇳🇧🇷

  • @crack_dogy
    @crack_dogy 9 місяців тому +4

    It's weird, when you explained some sort of things, it looks much easier, than it was before

    • @PatEller
      @PatEller 7 місяців тому

      Yes, Zoe is very good!

  • @Sportyguyhahaha1234
    @Sportyguyhahaha1234 9 місяців тому +1

    I speak mandarin at home, but one day I should really learn how to write! 😂😂😂 learning Lebanese Arabic at the moment!
    This is so interesting! I’m going to start using these expressions with my parents!

  • @LiaLia-to8jw
    @LiaLia-to8jw 9 місяців тому

    This is so interessting! Thank you so much ❣ I love the Chinese language, it is so astonishingly beautiful. If just it were a bit easier ...
    And yes, this helps a lot. It's great to widen your comprehension of words/ characters in different functions, methaphors and orders.

  • @gabriellawrence6598
    @gabriellawrence6598 9 місяців тому +7

    Zoe, I beg you to speak Cantonese in a video or short.

  • @AlonzoLuceroSalazar
    @AlonzoLuceroSalazar 9 місяців тому +3

    Hey, Zoe. One hundred percent agree on the beauty and complexity of the Mandarin Chinese language. My girlfriend’s name means something like “heavy snowfall” because she was born in the dead of winter. I thought that was such a wonderful naming practice because where my family comes from-Mexico-we’re lucky if we’re named after saints, lol. Our names, like many Western names, don’t have an inherent meaning to them like Chinese names do. Also, I agree about Chinese grammar-it’s simpler than English and much simpler than Spanish where one has to conjugate literally every verb if you want to say something, haha. Love the channel and content. Keep up the great work, chica!

    • @zoe.languages
      @zoe.languages  9 місяців тому +1

      I finally got a chance to explain the logic ! 🤭

  • @tuongle7206
    @tuongle7206 9 місяців тому +1

    谢谢你,我是越南人,我住在德国,我在学习中文

  • @Quekan
    @Quekan 9 місяців тому

    6:33 en español. al menos en Colombia, decimos "blanquearse" para decir "fallar estrepitosamente", "no hacer ni un punto en un juego", a pesar de haberse esforzado...

  • @gregjillson9351
    @gregjillson9351 9 місяців тому +1

    Greetings. Thanks for info about HSK materials and discount. Guess I'm not smart enough to figure out how to access the offer. I can not get through steps to find offer. I will just go to other channel. I do want say Chinese is one of most beautiful and soft-spoken and romantic languages in the world. I am a total, never-before-tried-it learner. Thanks for all your videos. Thanks for your enthusiasm and joy and encouragements to learn. Hopefully I can find quality way to learn Chinese and other languages. Have a great day Zoe.

  • @israelrivera835
    @israelrivera835 9 місяців тому +1

    I enjoyed your video very much!

  • @SchinTeth
    @SchinTeth 9 місяців тому

    Very cool and super interesting information. Thank you Zoe

  • @fannypaouribe
    @fannypaouribe 9 місяців тому

    Thank you for the information, Best regards from Colombia

  • @sonfeylesof
    @sonfeylesof 9 місяців тому

    Such a beautiful video😍thank you💖我喜欢汉语🥰💕🌸🌸

  • @whatalifearewelivingin
    @whatalifearewelivingin 9 місяців тому

    I have a discord chinese learning community with 9000 members. Thank you for the video, I found it useful and I shared with my community!

  • @myeongwol
    @myeongwol 7 місяців тому

    Such a fun and interesting content!

  • @ShannonDerie
    @ShannonDerie 9 місяців тому

    In my 2nd year of learning mandarin.usually I slow down the videos to better understand .this is the first time I ever had to slow down the English.lol

  • @chinlang2020
    @chinlang2020 9 місяців тому +8

    unfortunately i bought green hat for my father in law and i told him wear it and i wanna get picture🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️😁😁

    • @zoe.languages
      @zoe.languages  9 місяців тому +2

      No way ! 😂😂😂 Is he Chinese !

  • @suwatmd
    @suwatmd 9 місяців тому

    早上好老师😊太谢谢你了🙇🎉

  • @DAG_M
    @DAG_M 9 місяців тому

    Additional fun fact:
    When you work in international company Chinese Colleagues make up their names in English language to make it easier for the rest.

  • @林賢奎
    @林賢奎 8 місяців тому

    花綻雨紛紛 柳搖風降春 紗窗隔淺霧 遠景罩煙雲
    左往右唸一首詩, 右往左唸也是一首詩.

  • @qualyy
    @qualyy 9 місяців тому

    Beautiful video!❤

  • @freeeeman2011
    @freeeeman2011 9 місяців тому

    In my country some time ago it was fashionable to dye your hair green, it’s a pity that I didn’t know about the peculiarity of this color before 😂

  • @caleb40426
    @caleb40426 9 місяців тому

    As a native speaker, I learned a lot about differences of food names in north and south. And it's my first time to notice that there's a color word in the phrase "白干了" Perhaps it's quite commonly used so i didn't notice lol

  • @sweeten1100
    @sweeten1100 9 місяців тому

    اهلا بيك زوي انا اسمي هالة انا جدا معجبة باسلوبك وفيديوهاتك ومتابعة لكي من البدايات اتمنى لك التوفيق والنجاح
    لدي اقتراحان اولا تدريس اللغة الصينية ولكن بطريقتك ومهاراتك في تعلم اللغة اما الاقتراح الثاني وهو تصوير نفسك عند دراسة اللغات لايف وجعلنا ندرس معك ❤❤
    اخيرا احب ان اقول لك انك اثرتي فيني ودرست الايطالية العام الماضي ولكن توقفت بسبب التسويف والتشتت وكانت تجربة جميلة شكرا من قلبي لك 🥰👍

    • @VikingAge
      @VikingAge 6 місяців тому

      علمني أحد أصدقائي في مدينة الهفوف السعودية عبارة عربية، تُنطق: KAS A-Maga. أخبرني أنها تعني "مرحبًا"، حتى أخبرني صديق سعودي آخر أنها لا تعني "أنت". """جيد"" يعني!

    • @sweeten1100
      @sweeten1100 6 місяців тому

      @@VikingAge انها كلمة سيئة اما كلمة مرحبا في اللهجات السعودية( هلا -مرحبا) اما في لهجتي مثلا السودانية نقول (اهلين -مراحب-اهلا)👍😊

  • @victoremman4639
    @victoremman4639 9 місяців тому

    You may know that latin caracters came from semitic cradle, and each caracter represents a word, like the graphem R is still the head profile, and express Order, command, so the word Resh hebrew or Ras arabic. The M is still represents Water, the M used in grammar and morphology to indicate a place or a moment. Investigating in languages origin, I notice some link between semitic with sino-tibetan language. The indo-european languages have their cradle in semitic one, and some of sino-tibetan in north europe.

    • @victoremman4639
      @victoremman4639 9 місяців тому

      Nice example you offered : Dao (tao) the phone D in semitic language indicates direction, like Din, or Huda, and in aramaic, it indicates an owner, genitive case. Then in latin too. The meaning of D is mainly about extension, so the latin root Additio (addition) from semitic عدّ or مدد simply, in hebrew and arabic.

  • @6Uncles
    @6Uncles 9 місяців тому

    Can you post the reference for at the end where you mention the cognitive research into reading Hanzi

  • @marcohan5175
    @marcohan5175 9 місяців тому +2

    这节课真是栩栩如生

    • @BitFlowerS-Ku
      @BitFlowerS-Ku 8 місяців тому

      wait....why you say 栩栩如生...

    • @marcohan5175
      @marcohan5175 8 місяців тому

      @@BitFlowerS-Ku “栩栩如生”是一个汉语成语,原意是指画作、雕塑中的艺术形象等生动逼真,就像活的一样。出自《庄子·齐物论》。现在,“栩栩如生”多用来形容艺术形象生动逼真,像活的一样。例如,可以说某个画作中的人物形象栩栩如生,就像真实存在的人一样。这个成语体现了对艺术的高度赞扬和认可,同时也传达了人们对真实、生动事物的追求和向往。

  • @Xihuanhuahuadepingzi
    @Xihuanhuahuadepingzi 8 місяців тому

    我就是來留個言,點個贊!🥰

  • @ourdan14
    @ourdan14 9 місяців тому +2

    For me you are special polyglot because, you challenged yourself to learn hardest languages in the world and furthermore you learn them at very advanced level. Very impressive :D

  • @hfdennycheng9010
    @hfdennycheng9010 9 місяців тому

    AS A CHINESE, I JUST KNOW ABOUT 500 COMMON CHINESE CHARACTERS BUT THAT IS ENOUGH FOR READING THE HISTORY BOOKS ABOUT WW2

  • @nvkotian7539
    @nvkotian7539 6 місяців тому

    Beauty with brain.❤❤❤

  • @asyed1995
    @asyed1995 8 місяців тому

    Great efforts .

  • @PrPaPeCECE20
    @PrPaPeCECE20 9 місяців тому

    very good , love it ,O ! 非常好,非常喜欢哦!

  • @adminnimda2821
    @adminnimda2821 9 місяців тому +1

    So interesting

  • @AEPFF
    @AEPFF 9 місяців тому

    Love it!

  • @TheMediinaa
    @TheMediinaa 8 місяців тому

    Recently started learning Mandarin Chinese just for fun. I first heard of different hanzi giving names different meanings (or feelings?) in the Death Note manga (but then I'd have to say kanji right?).
    Out of curiosity, if this ever reach you, how is the spelling of your name Zoe?

  • @士雪
    @士雪 9 місяців тому

    An interesting presentation of Chinese language.

  • @eccentrek6324
    @eccentrek6324 9 місяців тому +2

    Good video! Watched this three times already! Where can I find beginner friendly chengyu learning materials? I am currently studying Mandarin but I am just a beginner at HSK 2. I will definitely subscribe to learn more, thanks for the amazing video!

    • @OmeidaYangshuo
      @OmeidaYangshuo 9 місяців тому

      there is this playlist on sysmandarin channel that teaches some chengyu stories in mandarin + english that is great if you're learning chinese: ua-cam.com/video/bMBCK0C96Sg/v-deo.html

  • @ahmedalghamdi3236
    @ahmedalghamdi3236 9 місяців тому

    The Chinese language currently has a prominent international status thanks to China's rapid growth and economic and cultural influence, making it an important language in many fields. do both Chinese characters (Hanzi) and Kanji share common origins and visual forms?

    • @alicemargaret8092
      @alicemargaret8092 8 місяців тому

      Kanji (the Japanese one) is derived from Hanzi, people there crossed the see to China to transplant it into their own language based on the local oral speech, and Japanese people created their own some new characters by time. That’s why there are two ways to read for kanji, one sounds similar to the original Chinese, and one is the oral speech people use first to represent the same meaning. However, the Kanji would be quite different from the one you see in China. That’s because Chinese government simplified it to eliminate the illiteracy when the country was really poor(and it worked well), and now you can find traditional Chinese mainly in the area of Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau, simplified in Chinese mainland, Singapore, Malaysia, etc. Btw, people who speak Chinese can read both version easily. I hope this helps😊( I am native Chinese and learning Japanese

  • @tdm.896
    @tdm.896 9 місяців тому

    Thank you so much

  • @alexyoung3609
    @alexyoung3609 9 місяців тому +1

    love you👍👍

  • @musabaydn9045
    @musabaydn9045 9 місяців тому

    Hey zoe u said u was going to learn kurdish when do u plan to start that journey and are u going to make videos about kurdish language thnk youu 🎉🎉

  • @josephmarrow5598
    @josephmarrow5598 9 місяців тому

    Any resources suggestions for learning 成语 for English native speakers?

    • @OmeidaYangshuo
      @OmeidaYangshuo 9 місяців тому

      there is this playlist on sysmandarin channel that teaches some chengyu stories in mandarin + english that is great if you're learning chinese: ua-cam.com/video/bMBCK0C96Sg/v-deo.html

  • @relaxingdeepsleeping6365
    @relaxingdeepsleeping6365 9 місяців тому +3

    Zoe, you look gorgeous

  • @litony514
    @litony514 9 місяців тому +1

    结束的动作好潇洒 !

  • @bhjland3280
    @bhjland3280 9 місяців тому

    Can you explain why China use the characthers 非洲 for Africa since you wants to chose some nice words for everything else?

    • @zoe.languages
      @zoe.languages  9 місяців тому

      The usage of “非” in this context doesn’t carry its standalone meaning of “not” or “non-”, but rather is part of a phonetic transliteration from” fi “ part . “非 also has the meaning of “ extraordinary “ and “ very “ like 非常

    • @shanhaichinese1528
      @shanhaichinese1528 9 місяців тому

      非洲 is the abbreviation for 阿非利加洲 which is a phonetic transliteration and 非 here is for the syllable “fi” in the word Africa. 飞 is rarely used in country names, because it means unstable in some contexts. Although basically 非 means not or non-, it is not derogatory per se, and to a native Chinese speaker, it is even philosophical. Like 庄子Zhuang Zi's famous saying, "子非鱼,安知鱼之乐" which means "You are not a fish, how can you know the happiness of fish?".

  • @wewillworld522
    @wewillworld522 9 місяців тому +1

    Many THX ….

  • @nawfelmoumen1910
    @nawfelmoumen1910 8 місяців тому

    Interesting 🇲🇦🤝🇨🇳

  • @hnionrya
    @hnionrya 9 місяців тому

    I'm really happpy to learn it and feel it n_n

  • @AthanasiosJapan
    @AthanasiosJapan 9 місяців тому

    I have noticed that Chinese people want to know the meaning of names.
    The meaning of my name is 不死.
    Nice to meet you!

  • @lolosobeh3100
    @lolosobeh3100 9 місяців тому

    Is it ok to learn mandarin and Spanish at the same time?
    I speak Arabic as mother tongue
    And English as my second language
    I don't know whether it will be possible to learn both languages at the same time

  • @shanksswife
    @shanksswife 8 місяців тому

    I can’t die before I at least learn how to say a proper Chinese sentence!!! 😭🙏

  • @nour_benz
    @nour_benz 9 місяців тому

    Haha it's a new vocabulary❤❤ 感谢你Zoe ❤❤520 ❤

  • @JasielMontes14
    @JasielMontes14 9 місяців тому

    gracias

  • @Yohasakura57
    @Yohasakura57 9 місяців тому

    Very nice

  • @xyzlynn6465
    @xyzlynn6465 8 місяців тому

    Current Chinese is not Han language (漢語) but Mandarin (滿語). Han language is ancient Chinese language way back to nearly two thousand years.

  • @angelcastilla7907
    @angelcastilla7907 9 місяців тому +1

    a man, and a tree
    👤🌳
    like it!
    c:

  • @human_rights_activist
    @human_rights_activist 9 місяців тому

    I am waiting for Your classes On phonetics

  • @艾力-f2x
    @艾力-f2x 9 місяців тому

    我在两年前开始学汉语,现在我会说汉语。希望我一天去中国。

    • @青风g
      @青风g 9 місяців тому

      加油,中国欢迎友好的朋友

    • @青风g
      @青风g 9 місяців тому

      你的这个句子有些问题,正确的描述应该是这样“我在两年前开始学习汉语,现在我会说汉语。希望我有一天能去中国。”

    • @艾力-f2x
      @艾力-f2x 9 місяців тому

      @@青风g 啊啊啊啊,谢谢朋友。

  • @楓允
    @楓允 7 місяців тому

    好美啊😍😍

  • @Yunkai_639
    @Yunkai_639 9 місяців тому

    As a native speaker.(母语是中文) I think those knowledge are simple to me. But If it's for People from other countries Except chinese. I think That it is a little confused.

  • @artugert
    @artugert 9 місяців тому

    I knew all these, as they are all very basic. By the title, I got the impression there might be more obscure facts, but I guess not.

  • @rattanachotsumantakul6718
    @rattanachotsumantakul6718 9 місяців тому

    Where are you from?

  • @fromsamuraitoscience7184
    @fromsamuraitoscience7184 9 місяців тому

    Maybe I should give up, Chinese is already difficult 🤣, just started a few weeks ago

    • @fromsamuraitoscience7184
      @fromsamuraitoscience7184 9 місяців тому +1

      But since you say it helps with brain function I am convinced to continue 😜

  • @patriceesela5000
    @patriceesela5000 9 місяців тому +1

    👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

  • @zm-lw1zf
    @zm-lw1zf 8 місяців тому

    I thought they throw pan down the stairs n name the kid after produced sound

  • @Ciprian-IonutPanait
    @Ciprian-IonutPanait 9 місяців тому

    1:05 which makes it hard to communicate. Is really dumb having tonal meaning. what if you get a cold?

    • @shanhaichinese1528
      @shanhaichinese1528 9 місяців тому +2

      More than 1.4 billion people master this language, except for you. Who the hell is dumb?

  • @林賢奎
    @林賢奎 8 місяців тому

    正宗台灣腔😊😊

  • @eliascampos6721
    @eliascampos6721 9 місяців тому

    HOLA SALUDOS DESDE LIM APERU ,OJAL UNN DIA VENIERAS A PERU A CONOCER LA COMIDA Y SU HISTORIA CUZCO MACHUPICHU CULTURA INCA MAS DE 5 MIL AÑOS DE HISTORIA IMPERIOS Y MARAVILLAS DE CONSTRUCCIONES CON EL SOL Y LA LUNA ,AH APENDO MANDARIN POR MI CUENTA SALUDOS

  • @chinarown746
    @chinarown746 8 місяців тому

    Faits amusants sur la langue chinoise ..c'est a dire toutes les langues chinoises ? mandarin ,cantonais, wu, min .....

  • @Saggah
    @Saggah 9 місяців тому

    Very interesting lesson! In the opportunity, I wish that Jesus, the Name above all names (Phillipians 2), bless you, and may you feed from His Word and Salvation!
    非常有趣的課!在這個機會中,我希望耶穌,這個高於一切名字的名字(腓立比書2),祝福你,願你從他的話語和救恩中餵養!

  • @ThinkingUkranian
    @ThinkingUkranian 9 місяців тому

    Omg such a cute teacher! 😍