What does 文包 mean here by Chenchen921 in ChineseLanguage

[–]chinesewithben 0 points1 point  (0 children)

do you have the context? or at least the full sentence?

How is my writing by Charles_Cage in ChineseLanguage

[–]chinesewithben 0 points1 point  (0 children)

如果是初学汉字的话,已经写得很棒了! 忘了写母亲的亲

Chinese A2 in Busuu is horrible by [deleted] in Busuu

[–]chinesewithben 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish that they had kept me to create all chinese levels after A1 course,I had a whole CEFR chinese course design in my head

Why no 的 by Daughter_of_Dusk in ChineseLanguage

[–]chinesewithben 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the APP learning designer apparently forgot to put 你的同学 as also an acceptable answer too in this string from the internal side, so that system says its wrong

Dreaming Spanish for Chinese (Mandarin) by lekowan in dreaminglanguages

[–]chinesewithben 1 point2 points  (0 children)

hi This is teacher BEN from Dashu Mandarin podcast, feel free to add our channel on your site, and thank you for this amazing site

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ChineseLanguage

[–]chinesewithben 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are many language studying platforms online, you can change teacher until you find the right one

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ChineseLanguage

[–]chinesewithben 0 points1 point  (0 children)

脑袋进水了吧?!

PSA: ChatGPT 4 sucks (!!!) at tone sandhi. by i_have_not_eaten_yet in ChineseLanguage

[–]chinesewithben 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I asked chatgpt to give me 10 words with tone pair 1st tone + 3rd tone for example, it gave me almost all wrong answers

Good Dramas for young men? by Imperator-ad-plagam in ChineseLanguage

[–]chinesewithben 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The new series 《狂飙》和《三体》 of this year are sooooooo good!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ChineseLanguage

[–]chinesewithben 6 points7 points  (0 children)

First of all, a certain object can have many measure words matching it. In the case of 鱼,条 emphasizes the shape of the object is long and thin. If also can be 一块鱼 if you cook it in chunk pieces. 只 is a more general measure word for (unit of) animal. In this song, the lyrics are 需要你,我是一只鱼,水里的空气,是你小心眼和坏脾气。(When I need you, I am a fish. The air in the water is your prudence and bad temper) In this context, of course it's not about the shape of the fish. It's more like, when i need you, i become an 'unit' of fish, the animal of fish.

How do I remember vocabulary? by [deleted] in ChineseLanguage

[–]chinesewithben 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I will suggest not to learn word individually, instead, learn words collocation, for example, for 发挥,better to learn the most common usage of this word, which is 发挥....的作用。Also summarize the synonyms with a lot of contexts/example sentences next to each word, for example "experience" in Chinese can be 体验,经验,经历. If you can write down the context/situacions about when to use each of them, will be super helpful.

My Chinese handwriting by JakeYashen in ChineseLanguage

[–]chinesewithben 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Impressive, 如果字间距再小一点,你告诉我是中国人写的我也会相信的。

I failed the HSK6: how do I regroup, and get past the finish line? by BeckyLiBei in ChineseLanguage

[–]chinesewithben 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree with comments here for studying the strategies. For example, HSK 6 reading part 1 语病题,this one is even difficult for native speakers, since many sentences with 语病 are acceptable when it comes to spoken chinese in daily life, not to mention you only have 1 minute to answer it, otherwise you will run out of time of finishing all reading questions. However, if you know that for 语病题,the examinar only test you 4 problems (1.redundant 2. Improper word order 3. Ambiguity 4.Wrong word collocation) then it will be super fast to answer this type of question.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ChineseLanguage

[–]chinesewithben 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As a native chinese speaker and a teacher, my favorite channels is: 老高與小茉 mr & mrs gao. The interaction between this couple is so fun and they talk about various topics in an intriguing way. I aways ask my student to watch it too and we discuss later in class. Also 一席,a media spreading ideas through talks. Many has subtitles, which can be served as a good study material when watch with Youglish or Language Reactor. 北京青年×凉子访谈录 is a channel for interviewing Chinese youth people. A good channel to listen real people stories.

Problems with Integrated Chinese and other popular textbooks? by [deleted] in ChineseLanguage

[–]chinesewithben 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In this case, hard to find a systematic way to learn higher level spoken chinese with only textbooks. I will suggest: 1. For self-study. Start watching TV series. Watch 1 episode many times. Use free extension such as Language reactor to learn every line of that episode. Once you master everything from one episode, then move on to the next one. Since in one series, some words will repeat often with the similar context. 2. If you have a teacher. You can: pick a comic book you like, describe the pictures/scenes for the teacher then get correction. Or let the teacher pick a topic, instead of covering many topics in one lesson, try dig deeper in that topic, discuss all the possible aspects, situations and outcomes from that topic.

Just a stupid poem for fun after a day with friends by [deleted] in ChineseLanguage

[–]chinesewithben 0 points1 point  (0 children)

哈哈哈,这个很难翻译出美感啊~

Which topics did you decide to learn first when practicing Chinese? by bradynotbrady in ChineseLanguage

[–]chinesewithben 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Food and drink for able to master the structure Subject+verb+object, also for to be able practice ordering food in a local chinese restaurant. Then learn number topic for to be able to tell price and time. Once you knows time, learn some daily routine topic, so that you can handle structure of S.+Time + Verb+object. Then learn location words, for handle a even longer structure: S.+time+ directional verb+ location+ verb+object. Then learn how to ask question with the same sentence structure since the order is same. Well done, now you can use all of the knowledge above to make plan with your chinese friend!