{"id":32375,"date":"2018-04-19T13:34:22","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T13:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=32375"},"modified":"2018-04-19T13:34:22","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T13:34:22","slug":"4-things-dont-know-chinese-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/4-things-dont-know-chinese-language","title":{"rendered":"4 Things you don&#8217;t know about Mandarin"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The upsurge of Chinese learning is affecting more people from all over the world.<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32428\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32428\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-32428 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/04\/Jane-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32428\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32428 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/04\/Jane-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript> Jane always use Chinese social media (Wechat) to learn Chinese and teach English.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jane is an English teacher, she has been teaching English to Chinese children in Beijing for years. \u201cI have been in contact with Chinese students for the last 15 years.\u00a0\u00a0 I never thought it possible to learn the language until a friend who has been learning said it\u2019s enjoyable and not as difficult as it looks. Especially with pinyin.\u201d Said Jane. For people like Jane who is interested in Chinese, there are 4 things they usually feel strange about.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<h3>There are 5 tones in Mandarin<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32431\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32431\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-32431 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/04\/tone-625x351.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32431\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32431 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/04\/tone-625x351.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript> Tones in Chinese language may be difficult to learn for beginners.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mandarin is a tonal language. Chinese used to pronounce the same syllable in different tones. That\u2019s a basic way to distinguish different meanings. The tone of Mandarin gives it a very unique quality. But if you don&#8217;t give proper attention, these tones may also be the source of poor communication. Mandarin is construct with four main tones and a neutral tone. Each tone has a unique pitch contour that can be drawn using a Chinese 5-level system.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>\n<h3>\u201cForm imitation\u201d&#8212;Pictogram<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32442\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32442\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-32442 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/04\/chinese-writing-and-calligraphy_6-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32442\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32442 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/04\/chinese-writing-and-calligraphy_6-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript> Pictorial words is very easy to understand and explain the transition of Chinese words.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>About 600 Chinese characters are pictorial words stylized figures of the objects they represent. These are usually one of the oldest characters. Some of the earliest forms can be traced back to Oracle in the 12th century BC. \u201cWhen I saw the Chinese words changed from some similar shape, it is very interesting!\u201dJane said. These pictorial words become more stylized and lose their photographic flavor. At the same time, Chinese word become more easily to be spread.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>\n<h3>The different sentence order in Mandarin<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-32430\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/04\/order-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-32430\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/04\/order-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Chinese grammar does not have no tenses or conjugation. Unlike English, Chinese language tend to put \u201ctime\u201d behind subject. For example, we say \u201cI ate an apple yesterday.\u201d In Chinese, people used to say \u201c I yesterday ate an apple.\u201d\u00a0\u201cAlthough it is not that difficult to put the time words forward, I always forget to do that.&#8221; Said Jane.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>\n<h3>Special meaning of Chinese numbers<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-32429\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/04\/lucky-language-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-32429\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/04\/lucky-language-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>In Chinese tradition, some people believe that some numbers are auspicious or inauspicious. Sometimes it depends on the Chinese word that the number sounds similar to. For instance, the number \u201c4\u201d is believed an unlucky number in Chinese language. Because the pronunciation is very similar with the word \u201cdeath\u201d. Therefore, there are many buildings in East Asia omit floors with 4. While the number 8 is more lucky, it sounds like \u201cfa\u201din Chinese. It means prosper in Chinese culture. People usually pick 8 in their phone number and car number plate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The upsurge of Chinese learning is affecting more people from all over the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":32614,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,17],"tags":[],"coauthors":[656],"class_list":["post-32375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-culture","category-global-city","category-sport-health"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>4 Things you don&#039;t know about Mandarin - InterCardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"4 Things you don&#039;t know about Mandarin - 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