Hakuna Matata

国际汉语教学education 1. 666 liùliùliù Sure, you know, 666 means that something or someone is really cool. It’s one of the way to express your admiration. But do you know why people use exact 6 for expressing “cool” meaning? The answer is simple, just because Chinese language has lots of homophone. 6 is pronounced like liù which is homophone to  流   liú  (meaning to let you slip from the troubles ) and  牛 niú ( wow, cool). There are some examples how you can use 666~ – I can speak 4 languages. – Wow,  666 , that’s awesome. – My boyfriend gifted me a brilliant necklace! –  666666 , happy for you ! – Our teacher went for a business trip, so we don’t have classes for whole next week. –  666,  you are so lucky. 2. 555 wǔwǔwǔ The pronunciation of  五(5)  wǔ is same as  呜 wū ( the sound of crying). It means that someone is crying very hard but in a humorous way. In fact, nothing really bad happened, k...

1. Don’t learn just ONE word, learn the WHOLE sentence. Have you noticed that sometimes when you learn just a single word, you can recognize it and even say the meaning, but you have no clue how to use it? To avoid this situation, you should watch in which context and how you can use this word. Yes, it will take more time, but trust me, the result will be not long in coming! There is one example. You learn words 厚 hòu – thick, generous So then can you say 厚孩子 hòu hái zi or 厚脖子 hòu bó zi? If you don’t learn the context, you don’t know with what words this adjective can be matched. But when you see and learn the examples with this word, then you can easily answer on that question. We cannot say 厚孩子 hòu hái zi or 厚脖子 hòu bó zi, because with people we use the adjective 胖 pàng and for thick things in diameter 粗 cū ，胖孩子 pàng hái zi and 粗脖子cū bó zi. We can say: 厚书   hòu shū  – a thick book 厚木板  hòu mù bǎn   – a thick plank 厚礼 hòu lǐ  –...