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Basic Spanish vocab you probably should have learned by now and used everyday 🤔
la puesta de sol - sunset
hacer frontera con un país - to border on a country
meter el dedo en la llaga - to hit a nerve
El mundo es un pañuelo. - It’s a small world.
el dedo meñique - pinky finger
a escondidas - in secret, secretly
el encargado = el gerente - manager
el administrativo = el funcionario - state official
el bufete de abogados - law firm
sin entrar en detalles - without going into detail
el colchón - mattress
la sábana - bed sheet
el guion - dash -
el guion bajo - underscore _
la carpeta - file folder
marrón - brown (doesn’t change form no matter the grammatical gender)
charlatán/charlatana/ - talkative
el mango - handle
coger algo por el mango - to grab sth by the handle
la cometa - kite
la pala - shovel
la margen - river bank
el cajón - drawer
el escaparate - store window
visionar algo - to watch
el celo - adhesive tape
el tablón - board
el teleoperador - telemarketing company
el perchero - coat rack
la pajarita - bow tie
estar malo - to be sick, to be unwell
el sótano - basement
la esquina - corner
en punto - o’clock
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another chinese tone thing! first attempt, second attempt, and answers (although I did get everything buy one right for the third attempt.
words: 6/20
characters: 24/40
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Sino films on youtube
English name (Chinese name) year, director. Languages.
Will be updated as I find more / Please message me if there are issues!
Bold = very very recommended
Angel Warriors (铁血娇娃之丛林日记) 2013, Fu Huayang, English dub, Chinese & English subs
Ashes of Time (东邪西毒) 1994, Wong Kar-Wai. Cantonese/Mandarin, Chinese subs
Assembly (集结号) 2007, Feng Xiaogang. Mandarin, Chinese subs
Back to 1942 (一九四二) 2012, Feng Xiaogang. Mandarin/English, Chinese subs
The Banquet (夜宴) 2006, Feng Xiaogang, Mandarin, no subs
Be There or Squared (不见不散) 1998, Feng Xiaogang, Mandarin/English. *NB: Link in title is HQ with no subs. Here is a link for LQ with English & Chinese subs
Black and White Episode 1: Dawn of Assault (痞子英雄) 2012, Tsai Yueh-Hsun. Mandarin, Chinese & English subs
Blind Shaft (盲井) 2002, Li Yang. Mandarin, Chinese subs
The Blue Kite (蓝风筝) 1992, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Mandarin, Chinese & English subs
Caught in the Web (搜索) 2012, Chen Kaige. Mandarin, Chinese subs
Chungking Express (重庆森林) 1994, Wong Kar-Wai. Cantonese/Mandarin, English subs. *NB: split into 10 parts
City of Sadness (悲情城市) 1989, Hou Hsiao-Hsien. Taiwanese/Japanese, Chinese subs
Crazy New Year’s Eve (一路惊喜) 2015. Mandarin, Chinese & English & Vietnamese subs.
Crazy Stone (疯狂的石头) 2006, Ning Hao. Mandarin/Sichuanese, Chinese subs
Dangerous Liaisons (危险关系) 2012 Jin-Ho Hur, Mandarin, Chinese & English subs
Detective Chinatown (唐人街侦探) 2015, Chen Sicheng. Mandarin, Chinese & English subs. NB: filmed illegally in the cinema
Double Xposure (二次曝光) 2012, Li Yu. Mandarin, Chinese & English subs
The Eagle Shooting Heroes (东成西就) 1993, Jeffrey Lau. Cantonese originally but this version is in Mandarin, Chinese subs
Fall in Love Like A Star (怦然星动) 2015, Tony Chan. Mandarin, Chinese & English subs
Farewell My Concubine (霸王别姬) 1992, Chen Kaige. Mandarin, English subs
Fist of Fury 1991 (新精武门1991) 1991, Cho Chung-sing, Cantonese, English subs
Fist of Fury II (精武门续集) 1992, Iksan Lahardi & Tso-nam Lee, Cantonese, English subs
The Fox Lover (白狐) 2013, Niu Chaoyang, Mandarin, Chinese & English subs
The God of Cookery (食神) 1996, Stephen Chow. Cantonese, Chinese subs
Happy Together (春光乍泄) 1997, Wong Kar-Wai. Cantonese, English & Spanish subs
I Am Somebody (我是路人甲) 2015, Derek Yee. Mandarin, Chinese subs
If You Are The One (非诚勿扰) 2008, Feng Xiaogang. Mandarin, English subs
Impossible (不可思议) 2015, Sun Zhou. Mandarin, Chinese & English subs
Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (西游：降魔篇) 2013, Stephen Chow. Mandarin, Chinese & English subs
Ju Dou (菊豆) 1990, Zhang Yimou, Mandarin, English subs
Lady of the Dynasty (王朝的女人：杨贵妃) 2015, Shi Qing. Mandarin, Chinese & English subs
Lost on Journey (人在囧途) 2010, Raymond Yip. Mandarin, Chinese subs
Lost on Journey 2: Lost in Thailand (人在囧途之泰囧) 2012, Xu Zheng. Mandarin, Chinese & English subs
Lost on Journey 3: Lost in Hong Kong (人在囧途之港囧) 2015, Xu Zheng. Mandarin/Cantonese, Chinese subs
Love Actually (真爱至上), Mandarin, Chinese subs. NB: What the hell? I stumbled upon this film when looking for a different one, and can barely find any information about it anywhere. Nonetheless, it looks like an actual film so I’m putting it here… but I’m so confused lol. If anyone actually watches this please tell me what’s going on.
Love Is Not Blind (失恋33天) 2011, Teng Huatao. Mandarin, Chinese subs
Monster Hunt (捉妖记) 2015, Raman Hui. Mandarin, Chinese & English subs
Mr. Six (老炮儿) 2015, Guan Hu. Mandarin, Chinese & English subs.
Mulan: Rise of a Warrior (花木兰) 2009, Jingle Ma, Mandarin, no subs
Peking Opera Blues (刀马旦) 1986, Tsui Hark, Cantonese, English subs
Platform (站台) 2000, Jia Zhangke. Jin/Mandarin, Chinese subs
Raise the Red Lantern (大红灯笼高高挂) 1991, Zhang Yimou. Mandarin, Arabic & Chinese & Czech & Dutch & English & Finnish & French & German & Greek & Hebrew & Indoniesian & Korean & Persian & Portuguese & Spanish & Swedish & Turkish & Vietnamese subs
Red Sorghum (红高粱) 1987, Zhang Yimou, Mandarin, Chinese subs
Suzhou River (苏州河) 2000, Lou Ye. Mandarin, no subs
Tiny Times (小时代) 2013, Guo Jingming. Mandarin, Chinese & English subs
Tiny Times 2 (小时代：青木时代) 2013, Guo Jingming. Mandarin, Chinese & Russian (?) subs
Tiny Times 3 (小时代：刺金时代) 2014, Guo Jingming. Mandarin, Chinese & English subs
Tiny Times 4 (小时代：灵魂尽头) 2015, Guo Jingming. Mandarin, Chinese & English subs
To Live (活着) 1994, Zhang Yimou. Mandarin, English subs
What Time Is It There? (你那边几点？) 2001, Tsai Ming-Liang. Mandarin/Taiwanese, English subs
White Vengeance (鸿门宴) 2011, Daniel Lee, Mandarin, Chinese subs
World (世界) 2004, Jia Zhangke. Mandarin, Chinese & English subs
Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl (天浴) 1998, Joan Chen. Mandarin, Chinese subs
Yellow Earth (黄土地) 1984, Chen Kaige, Mandarin, English subs
Yi Yi: A One and a Two (一一) 2000, Edward Yang. Mandarin/Taiwanese, Chinese & English subs
Special thanks to @fallingforsincerity for contributing!
Last updated 16/02/2016
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first round: 25/40 characters, 8/20 words!
I didn't do this this time, but I want to take screenshots of the first attempt, second, and then the correct answers. then I can find out where I'm struggling the most.
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Resources aimed at intermediate-level intensive listening practice or comprehensible input, *not* teaching you vocabulary or grammar.
YouTube:
Mandarin Corner. Tons of content, tagline “content to get you from beginner to intermediate”. Notable for an excellent selection of slow intermediate listening practice videos.
Slow & Clear Chinese. Slow intermediate listening practice, with read-along characters.
Easy Mandarin. On-the-street interviews in Taiwan, meant to be accessible for learners.
Audio Books:
Mandarin Companion has audiobooks of quite a few of their graded readers, available for sale on iTunes/Amazon/Audible. (Paid.)
This project has just started, but here’s an audiobook of the Chinese translation of The Little Prince in podcast format. There’s a decent amount of background white noise, but the audio is still easily understandable.
Podcasts:
ChinesePod. Tons of resources, paid and free. Beginner content is English/Mandarin, advanced is nearly all in Chinese. I subscribe to their podcasts with my usual podcatcher.
听故事学中文Learning Chinese through Stories. Various levels (coded through numbers at the beginning of episode titles), super accessible.
慢速中文 - Slow Chinese. An excellent resource, although more on the advanced side.
ChillChat. This one’s in English and Chinese – accessible upper-intermediate lessons with a learner and a native speaker. I really like the vibe of this one, which is why I’m including it even though it’s not 100% in Chinese.
鱼淼淼. Bedtime stories for Chinese speaking kids.
海外兒童中文頻道 Mandarin Podcast for Kids. 10-20 minute long episodes aimed at kids from overseas Chinese families (and well as non-native speakers).
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not counting this one up but heres todays!
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thank you for the tag omg🙏🙏this makes my journey to the west goal so much closer haha
The 4 Classic Novels of China— Easy Mode
I’ve mentioned several times how important the classic novels are to learning Chinese, but like classic English novels, they’re not incredibly accessible due to their old-fashioned and highly literary writing. I collected a few options for people who want to read these novels, but aren’t at the level required for the original versions.
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#i can 100% do 600 characters#i think im at like 150 now?#yesss okay I need to get going haha#resources#chinesestuff#birdsstuff
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Yes! Chinese Graded Readers
Recently, I found a really useful Chinese reading resource for learners of all levels. As the name states, it contains a bunch of graded readers split up based on grade level and HSK level. I’ve selected Elementary School Grade 1 (HSK-1), and here’s what it looks like:
I’ve selected the story 少了一头驴. As you can see, the vocabulary and grammar should be tailored to the grade level, so it’s really useful, especially if you’re studying for the HSK. All the stories include audio, and some of the lower grade levels even have nice background music and sound effects. Some of the higher levels only have Google Translate audio though (even though Google Translate for Mandarin still pretty decent). Here’s the layout of the stories:
There are 3 tabs: Picture Story, Vocabulary and Print. “Picture Story” is just the story itself, and “Vocabulary” is exactly what it sounds like, although not every story has a vocabulary list ready to go. Here’s a snippet of a vocabulary list from another story:
Going back to the story itself: if you hover over the words, you’ll highlight a vocabulary word/phrase and two things will pop up:
If you click on the audio button, the highlighted words will be pronounced, and if you click on the screen looking button, the following will pop up:
This is a really thorough one-on-one analysis of each character. It gives you some common usages of the character (there are several panels of common words; just click on the numbers in the top left), the Pinyin, and the stroke order.
Pressing the “P” will show the breakdown of the Pinyin and how it’s pronounced:
Pressing the play button will play the stroke order gif, and the rewind button is to restart the gif:
Definitely check out this site for reading practice, I can’t believe I just found out about it. Keep this bookmarked if you’re planning on doing the HSK anytime soon!
Yes! Chinese Website: (link)
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me: yeah no listening isn't too much of an issue, if I know the words I'll eventually be able to figure it out
also my slow evolution when talking: Do you want to go to (store)? -> dyou wanna go to (store)? -> wanna go (store)? -> (store)??
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reccomendaciones de youtubers españoles
archivo mitología - si te gusta la mitología este canal es perfecto. los episodios duran 10-30 minutos, son muy interesantes y tienen animaciones bonitas. el canal tiene un foco en mitología griegas, pero a veces habla de otros mitologías, como la nórdica.
wissbegierde - él tiene muchos videos sobre diferentes lenguas, ambos lenguas reales & conlangs. también habla de cómo aprender lenguas.
leyendas & videojuegos - este canal es un canal de ensayos, historia, curiosidades y diseño de videojuegos. los topicos son siempre interesantes.
infoprimates - un otro canal sobre lengas, este tiempo con animaciones. creo que los videos son muy divertidos :].
jaime - él tiene muchos videos sobre música y tecnología y es muy interesante. él tambien tiene un otro canal cuando el habla de muchos mas tópicos.
perdón si tengo errores, y porfa corregirme :]
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what if I tried to read journey to the west at some point in Chinese <- knows like a solid forty characters total
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5/20 words correct, 20/40 characters correct. I also only allowed myself to listen to the audio once before I answered
hello im back dwbi, coding hyperfixation started strangling me
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I think I've mentioned that el michi is slang for "kitty" and just a cat in general but two other things you should know if you're online in Spanish
I don't know if this is specific to a country but if you see the word firulais it tends to mean "dog" as slang [I've read it's a Spanish derivation of "free of lice"], so if you see anything related to a firulais they mean "dog" or "doggie"
The other thing you should know because it's a bit confusing is that especially in animal lover spaces the default name for a pet owner seems to be "Karen" (usually a woman, just in case it wasn't clear)... so if you end up in a Spanish-speaking instagram account where a michi is talking to their Karen it's a cat talking to the owner
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another round late at night!
8/20 words correct, 20/40 characters correct
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bit late in the night but whatever
4/20 full words correct, and 20/40 tones correct!
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