year of the ram Archives - Ninchanese https://ninchanese.com/blog/tag/year-of-the-ram/ Learn Chinese with an adorable and effective method Thu, 17 Mar 2016 14:36:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://ninchanese.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/cropped-funandgamified-2-32x32.png year of the ram Archives - Ninchanese https://ninchanese.com/blog/tag/year-of-the-ram/ 32 32 Chinese New Year 2015: Happy Spring Festival! 春节快乐! https://ninchanese.com/blog/2015/02/18/happy-chinese-new-year-2015-%e6%98%a5%e8%8a%82%e5%bf%ab%e4%b9%90/ Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:03:34 +0000 http://ninchanese.com/?p=2745 It’s almost the Chinese New Year so learn how to wish everyone a Happy and Auspicious Happy New Year with our very own Sarah, from the Nincha Team!! Chinese New Year 2015 – Happy Year of the Goat! Can’t see the video above? Click here to watch it

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]]> It’s almost the Chinese New Year so learn how to wish everyone a Happy and Auspicious Happy New Year with our very own Sarah, from the Nincha Team!!

Chinese New Year 2015 – Happy Year of the Goat!

Can’t see the video above? Click here to watch it

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]]> 羊年快乐! Happy Year of the Goat and Sheep! https://ninchanese.com/blog/2015/02/17/%e7%be%8a%e5%b9%b4%e5%bf%ab%e4%b9%90-happy-year-of-the-goat-sheep/ Tue, 17 Feb 2015 20:13:08 +0000 http://ninchanese.com/?p=2740 We wish you an happy new year Ninchanese 祝 大家 新年快乐, 羊年吉祥 ! Ninchanese zhù dàjiā xīnnián kuàilè, yáng nián jíxiáng! Ninchanese wishes everyone a happy and auspicious year of the sheep! Got your sheep costume ready for February the 19th, to start celebrating the Spring Festival , i.e the Chinese New Year?

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Ninchanese 祝 大家 新年快乐, 羊年吉祥 !

Ninchanese zhù dàjiā xīnnián kuàilè, yáng nián jíxiáng!

Ninchanese wishes everyone a happy and auspicious year of the sheep!

Got your sheep costume ready for February the 19th, to start celebrating the Spring Festival , i.e the Chinese New Year?

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]]> Year of the goat or year of the sheep? https://ninchanese.com/blog/2015/02/10/year-of-the-goat-or-year-of-the-sheep/ Tue, 10 Feb 2015 16:59:42 +0000 http://ninchanese.com/?p=2726 羊年 is coming! The Chinese New Year celebrations are starting soon, and you might be asking yourself a crucial question: Are we entering the year of the goat or the year of the sheep? Or is it the year of the ram? You’ve probably seen all three in posts and illustrations, so we understand you

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]]> 羊年 is coming! The Chinese New Year celebrations are starting soon, and you might be asking yourself a crucial question: Are we entering the year of the goat or the year of the sheep? Or is it the year of the ram?
You’ve probably seen all three in posts and illustrations, so we understand you could be puzzled. Here’s what you need to know.

Happy Horned ruminating mammal year!

羊 in Chinese has a fairly broad meaning, and is a generic term for “various horned ruminating mammals”. Helpful, huh? As 羊 covers the whole “goat, sheep, ram” category and both male and female species, there’s no perfect translation in English for the new Lunar year we’re entering, 羊年.

In fact, different nationalities use different terms: the Chinese are rumored to use mostly sheep, and sometimes ram, the Koreans say “Year of the ram” and the Vietnamese mostly use “The Year of the Goat”. That being said, even within a nationality, there’s no real consensus on what to use.

It’s a matter of personal choice

So here’s what we suggest:
Year of the ram, year of the goat, year of the sheep, year of the “羊”… Just pick the one you like best and have a wonderful lunar year celebration!

P.S: If you’re wondering what a ram is, like I was, it’s a un-castrated male sheep.
So, it’s usually more associated with males. But then, again, it’s all a matter of personal choice!

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