The Nincha Team wishes everyone a :
中秋节快乐!
Happy Mid Autumn Festival!
pinyin: Zhōngqiū jié kuàilè
Vocabulary
The Nincha Team wishes you a happy Fourth of July celebration, full of red, white and blue icecream, picnics, and fireworks! Happy Independance Day to all the 美国人 out there!
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周末愉快! Have a great weekend!
Ninchanese June 21, 2013Have a nice weekend! How do you wish a good time to your friends or colleagues? Discover two Chinese expressions to say so.
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Dragon Boat Festival! 端午节快乐!
Ninchanese June 12, 2013Today is 端午节(duān wǔ jié), the Dragon Boat Festival!
Time to race in dragon-shaped boats, eat delicious rice balls, called 粽子 (Zòngzi) filled with various tasty fillings and discover the many other customs associated with this holiday, such as balancing eggs to bring yourself good luck for the coming year! Let us tell you all about it!
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Cold in Chinese: Have you got the sniffles?
Ninchanese June 7, 2013Feeling like this cat despite the nice weather?
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Emotions in Chinese: Express your feelings!
Ninchanese May 29, 2013Learn how to express emotions in Chinese! And seriously, what better way to learn how to say how you’re feeling in Chinese than by looking at pictures of cute animals making very human-like faces?
read moreHow do you feel about learning Chinese one bite at a time?
Ok, you’ll be mostly learning about Chinese food, but this popular CCTV documentary, aptly named “A bite of China” is a great excuse to practice your Chinese while feasting your eyes on mouth-watering specialties. Does that sound good? More (and the video!) after the jump.
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Video game in Chinese: the ultimate guide
Ninchanese May 16, 2013If you follow this blog, you may have seen that we are working at an awesome place: the Plaine Images. What makes this place so awesome? Mainly its video game atmosphere! We love being here because at Ninchanese, we’ll be using game mechanics to help you (and even us) learn Chinese. The Plaine Images is even currently hosting an extraordinary exhibit about video games, which covers the history of video gaming, from its beginning in the 70s to what video games are like today. It also has a big ass game boy (that’s me trying to play it)!
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Food Mnemonics in Chinese!
Ninchanese May 8, 2013Food mnemonics are a more visual way to learn food vocabulary in Chinese. Here’s a good example given by All About Chinese! Do you like these food-related character mnemonics?
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Like Chinese massages? This infographic of human body parts in Chinese will be very useful to explain where you’d like to get a massage. Comes in handy in other situations too! Learn how to describe your body from head to toe in Chinese with this handy worksheet.
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