新春大吉 ~ All the Best in Spring
It was before the Chinese New Year that we started writing these Chinese characters, but I was unable to upload them here earlier..
Chinese people love to decorate places with these good words (in calligraphy), especially during the Chinese New Year!
Most of my students focus on conversational Mandarin, and some of them are interested in reading + a bit of writing, but not many would like to practise writing, it takes time after all! Let's see how some of them writing beautifully though not professionally!
This is British student ~ Helen's work. She's writing "好"(read as "hao") which means "Good" in Chinese. She loves writing Chinese characters very much and we both are proud of her work, well done Helen!!
This is Dutch student ~ Alex's work. He's writing "一本万利" (read as "Yi Ben Wan Li") which literally means "ONE as cost, and gain TEN THOUSAND profit", paying little and getting great returns ~ a very popular greeting for businessman!! Alex speaks good Mandarin and he can read quite a lot of Chinese characters, the credit goes to his non stop studying! (not many students could persist studying like him!) Keep up the good work, Alex!! I have some other clippings on his writing, but failed to upload here, what a pity..
This is Australian student ~ Emma's work. Emma writes "出入平安" (read as Chu Ru Ping An), literally means "Out and In Safely", to be safe when going out and coming back.. Emma always goes for business trip, so this greeting is good for her too!
I have more students' work to show actually, but right now I need time to learn all these computer stuff first... so hopefully there's an update posting soon!
Chinese people love to decorate places with these good words (in calligraphy), especially during the Chinese New Year!
Most of my students focus on conversational Mandarin, and some of them are interested in reading + a bit of writing, but not many would like to practise writing, it takes time after all! Let's see how some of them writing beautifully though not professionally!
This is British student ~ Helen's work. She's writing "好"(read as "hao") which means "Good" in Chinese. She loves writing Chinese characters very much and we both are proud of her work, well done Helen!!
This is Dutch student ~ Alex's work. He's writing "一本万利" (read as "Yi Ben Wan Li") which literally means "ONE as cost, and gain TEN THOUSAND profit", paying little and getting great returns ~ a very popular greeting for businessman!! Alex speaks good Mandarin and he can read quite a lot of Chinese characters, the credit goes to his non stop studying! (not many students could persist studying like him!) Keep up the good work, Alex!! I have some other clippings on his writing, but failed to upload here, what a pity..
This is Australian student ~ Emma's work. Emma writes "出入平安" (read as Chu Ru Ping An), literally means "Out and In Safely", to be safe when going out and coming back.. Emma always goes for business trip, so this greeting is good for her too! Right now Emma is enjoying her honeymoon trip, hopefully still speaks Mandarin well after this whole month holiday!!
I have more students' work to show actually, but right now I need time to learn all these computer stuff first... so hopefully there's an update posting soon!
posted by Kitty @ 11:08 pm
5 Comments:
At 10:41 am,
Chelle said…
These little video clips are fascinating! Thanks for sharing them, I enjoyed it.
At 11:43 am,
Anita said…
I think those video clips are very cute. I think the last time I celebrated chinese new year in Hong Kong was in 1977. There are not too much chinese tradition in my currrent family setting since
my husand is an American. My 3 years old does not speak too many chinese words but he does prefer chinese food over american food.
I hope you had a great chinese new year and the year of Golden pig will bring you lots of happiness and good health.
My brother who lives in Calif is planning a 9 days trip to Hong Kong at the end of April.
At 6:58 am,
Anita said…
I am feeling a lot better now.
If you like, you can email me privately when you have time.
My email address is ann62texas@yahoo.com
At 5:47 pm,
Leeland said…
Poor Bryan! I can imagine how he felt... and how you felt! I think it ll turned out OK however and that such things won't happen again... We do what we can...
These videos are very interesting! The characters are so beautiful to look at...
Thanks for sharing, Kitty!
Lili
At 4:44 pm,
Elizabeth Braun said…
Very interesting! I too am a Mandarin teacher.=) I'm English adn working in England teaching Mandarin to people of various nationalities. We're doing a fair amount on reading, but haven't done a lot of writing yet. We will over the summer period though. Should be fun!=)
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