Just as a very quick example of some of the words we use in Chinese on the Mandarin Monkey podcast. These are some of the words we said on episode 117 of the podcast not so long ago. 

This particular episode was staring Josh from the band Transition who had a huge hit with their Mandarin Chinese song Dui Bu Qi which has got over 3.3 million views on YouTube! 

A great conversation with a very friendly and talented individual. Josh, told us a great deal about the band and how they got started but also about his Mandarin studies and how they evolved. 

We loved the chat, so much so that we only got through five of the ten questions we sent him over. I will post the questions in a separate post. 

Josh will be back on to finish the questions and fill us in on some of his learning strategies and other stories. 

Traditional

Simplified

Pinyin

English

 

勇敢

勇敢

yǒnggǎn

rave

 

團長

团长

tuánzhǎng

leader (of a band)

 

打鼓

打鼓

dǎgǔ

play drums

 

寄宿家庭

寄宿家庭

jìsù jiātíng

Homestay

 

邀請

邀请

yāoqǐng

invite

 

一開始

一开始

yìkāishǐ

in the beginning

 

期待

期待

qídài

look forward to

 

流利地

流利地

liúlìde

fluently

 

相反

相反

xiāngfǎn

in contrast

 

連結

连结

liánjié

connection

 

文法

文法

wénfǎ

grammar

 

環境

环境

huánjìng

surroundings/ environment

 

優勢

优势

yōushì

Advantage

 

不知不覺地

不知不觉地

bùzhībùjuéde

Unknowingly

 

春吶

春呐

chūnnà

Spring Festival (a music festival in Taiwan)

 

學費

学费

xuéfèi

tuition

 

視覺

视觉

shìjué

visual

 

聽覺

听觉

tīngjué

Auditory

 

字典

字典

zìdiǎn

dictionary

 

吃虧就是占便宜

吃亏就是占便宜

chīkuī jiùshì zhànpiányí

Losing is taking advantage

 

奧運

奥运

àoyùn

Olympics

 

We make these tables of words regularly for our Patrons.

We also provide the decks for the spaced repetition software Anki. 

If you have any questions about this or about anything else, let us know. chat@mandarinmonkey.com