我喜欢坐火车旅行

Wǒ xǐhuan zuò huǒchē lǚxíng

I love taking the train to travel

Let’s break down the words:

• 我 – Wǒ – I, me, my. Here: I
• 喜欢 – xǐhuan –  to like, to be fond of.
• 坐  – zuò – to sit; to take
• 火车 –  huǒchē –  train
• 旅行 – lǚxíng – to travel, journey, trip. Here: to travel.
  • Here’s a tip to find 旅行 with your IME (input method editor, what allows you to type in Chinese): instead of the ü, type a v! That’s the norm in Chinese as most keyboards don’t have an easy way to type such things (with the exception of languages like French or German, that have diacritical marks like ¨ or accents).

Did you know?  To say “to take the train”, the Chinese say 坐火车, which literally means “to sit (in) the train”. That actually makes a lot of sense. When you take a train, you’re sitting on the train, not driving it, so why not be specific and say that instead of just “take”? Make sure you remember. In a similar fashion, you can say  坐公共汽车 to take the bus or  坐飞机, to take a plane.

Stay tuned for more of Nincha’s adventures and travels!

Related: Nincha discovers mooncakes!

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The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th of the 8th lunar month each year, which happens to be today, September 15th this year. It’s, therefore, finally time to eat yummy 月饼 mooncakes! If you’ve been following us on Facebook or Twitter lately, you know your Chinese teachers here at Ninchanese, especially Master Yocha and Nincha, have been drooling in anticipation over the idea of eating these yummy treats on this day. Why? Because 中秋月饼 mooncakes are customarily eaten on that day to celebrate the festival!

Happy mooncake eating!

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Just make sure you don’t overdo it, like Nincha did below:

Poor Nincha!

Happy 中秋节!

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Have fun during these few days!

复活节快乐!

(Fùhuó jié kuàilè)

Happy Easter!

Have fun looking for eggs today! Enjoy the egg hunt… and the chocolate! Yumm

Did you know Nincha loves searching for eggs, especially for Easter? He loves chocolate!

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It’s World Happy Day today, so here’s your mission for today: Smile!

And today’s motto is:

A good sentence to remember whenever you feel down. Be happy, smile to the world and the world will smile back at you! ☼

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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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Here’s to hoping that this New Year 2015 will turn out to be all you want it to be!

What’s in store for you in this new year 2015?

Why not start by making 2015 the year you learn to speak Chinese?

We know just how: Come have fun with us on Ninchanese and learn Chinese!

Don’t be shy, Nincha and Lupishu are waiting for you!

As for us, we have plenty to show you in 2015! You’ll be seeing a new beta update soon!

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Luckily for you, this album cover is an interesting collage of Chinese tickets and boarding passes!

The album is by 好妹妹 (Haomeimei), a Chinese band with a soft style, plenty of kid songs and cool graphics.

So what am I seeing here? Chinese tickets!

The larger ones are Chinese tickets for planes boarding passes.

The smaller ones are Chinese tickets for trains.

The blue Chinese tickets are magnetic card tickets

The pink ones, which were a lot more common but are being increasingly replaced by the blue ones, are paper tickets

To know more about train tickets, you can read this article!

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First a TV, now this (these are researchers at a giant panda research center in China)? Everyone wants to cheer up the 大熊猫!

We’re sticking by our lovely Nincha cats though.

And besides, what’s a panda, after all in Chinese? A cat!

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Valentine’s day in Chinese

Valentine’s day in Chinese is called 情人节 (qíngrén jié), literally the festival for those who have feelings, i.e. lovers. Awww.

Declare your love in Chinese with a love Nincha

As Nincha shows, saying I love you in Chinese is easy:

Share this Love Nincha to show your love! Or use this Nincha Valentine’s card to declare your love in Chinese to someone special!

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Here’s our Tiger year resolution:

What’s your new tiger year’s resolution?  Hope your love of Chinese and your desire to learn the language stay strong!

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