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Chinese 中 文
I started learning chinese several years ago, and didn't make a whole lot of progress until recently. I was using Teach yourself Beginners Chinese for a long time which is a very good book, but eventually I decided to enrol in a course and do things properly. I'm now studying at SOAS on their Beginners Chinese Language course, which is good fun but a little intense. To give you some idea of how difficult it is, half the group had dropped out after the first four weeks! It's a pretty expensive option (I'm paying £280 per 12-week term), but if you're serious about learning a language it's money well spent.
If you can only see squares below, you'll need to install some Chinese fonts!
| Characters |
Pinyin |
English |
| 你 好 |
Ni hao |
Hello! |
| 你 叫 什 么? |
Ni jiao shenme? |
What's your name? |
| 我 不 喜欢 歌剧 |
Wo bu xihuan geju. |
I don't like Chinese opera. |
| 我 怕 鲨鱼 |
Wo pa shayu |
I am afraid of sharks. |
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