Archive for the ‘Mandarin’ Category

A ‘Piece’ of Apple? Are You Sure?

It is ‘a piece of apple’, not ‘an apple’.
Of course, I’m talking about speaking the Chinese language.
Unlike English, you often add a classifier, or measure word, when you are describing quantity. It is, therefore,more proper to say ‘a piece of apple’, i.e. yi ge pingguo 一个苹果; rather than ‘an apple’ 一苹果– without the [...]

Should I learn Mandarin or Chinese?

“Should I learn to speak Mandarin or Chinese?” You may ask. Well, this depends on how you define the Chinese language. If you are talking about learning the official spoken Chinese, then you should learn Mandarin. In this case, Mandarin IS Chinese.