pop over to BEIHAI PARK, one...
by Krystynn
pop over to BEIHAI PARK, one of the best examples of a classical garden found in China.
Dominating Jade Islet on the lake is the White Pagoda (can you see it in the pic?), a 36-meter high monument shaped like a peppermint bottle! Incidentally this monument was built over 450 years ago...
Learn Chinese (Mandarin) -...
by Krystynn
Learn Chinese (Mandarin) - The Easy Way!
Do you know how to speak Cantonese too?
Ni ye hui shuo Guang Dong hua ma?
Glad to meet you!
Jian dao ni hen gao xing!
Goodbye!
Zai jian!
Good day!
Wu an!
Good evening!
Wan shang hao!
Good luck!
Zhu ni hao yun!
Good morning!
Zao chen hao!
Good night!
Wan an.
Hello!
Ni hao!
How do you say ... in Chinese?... (an English word or phrase)
de zhong wen zen me shuo?
How's your dad and mom?
Ni de ba ba ma ma hao ma?
I am - Krystynn.
Wo shi - Krystynn.
I don't speak Chinese.
Wo bu hui jiang hua yu.
I think you are cute.
Wo jue de ni hen ke ai. :-)
kind regards
wen hao
Let me introduce you to each other.
Wo gei ni men jie shao yi xia.
May I speak with - (name of person)?
Wo ke yi he - (name of person) shuo hua ma?
See you next time.
Zai hui!
See you tomorrow!
Ming tian jian.
So-so.
Ma ma hu hu.
Speak slowly so that I can learn it.
Shuo de man dianr, wo hao xue.
Sorry!
Dui Bu Qi!
Welcome to my home.
Huan ying dao wo jia zuo ke.
What is your name?
Ni gui xing?
Wish you a happy journey!
Zhu ni luu tu yu kuai!
Bon Voyage!
Zhu ni yi lu shun feng!
Wish you a safe journey back home!
Zhu ni yi lu ping an!
Below: Exhibits from the Beijing National Palace Museum showing what people used to dress during the Tang Dynasty.
THE CHANNELS
Around the...
by SirRichard
THE CHANNELS
Around the Forbidden City you can find a very quiet area with nice channels and old buildings, that reminds sometimes to Venice and its channels. It's a nice walk around after the rushing ambiance of the rest of the town.
Sin Dong Yeng Night Market
by tuff about Wangfujing Street
“Sin Dong Yeng” night market, this section sells the same stuff as the food area in Wangfujing except these are all street vendors, smoke aroma filled the street with BBQ lamb, chicken, pork, squire, crickets etc…
Bicycles
by Jim_Eliason
Beijing is a city of bicycles. Everywhere you go, a sea of bikes can always be encountered. One of the most amazing sights I have seen are swarm of bikes going one direction in an intersection meeting another and they just seem to sieve through each other with no collisions. How? I don't know. For a real thrill, go to Saigon and watch them do the same with motorcycles!