Teaching Chinese

Simplified: 轻 Traditional: 輕 Pinyin: qīng Meaning: light; lightweight; unimportant; gentle; easy; to belittle The Chinese character 轻 (qīng) represents the concept of lightness in both physical and...

Simplified: 高 Traditional: 高 Pinyin: gāo Meaning: high; tall; elevated; superior; lofty The Chinese character 高 (gāo) represents the fundamental concept of vertical elevation and superiority. It is ...

Simplified: 低 Traditional: 低 Pinyin: dī Meaning: low; lowly; to lower; to hang down The Chinese character 低 (dī) represents the fundamental concept of lowness and downward orientation. As the direct...

Simplified: 难 Traditional: 難 Pinyin: nán (difficult), nàn (disaster) Core Meaning: hardship; misfortune; adversity Basic Meaning of 难 The character 难 embodies two profound dimensions of human exp...

Simplified: 易 Traditional: 易 Pinyin: yì Meaning: change; easy; exchange The Chinese character 易 (yì) is deceptively simple in form yet profound in meaning. It centrally represents the concepts of c...

Simplified: 内 Pinyin: nèi Meaning: inside / inner / internal / within The Chinese character 内 (nèi) represents the concept of being inside, within, or internal. It is a fundamental character for ex...

Simplified: 外 Pinyin: wài Meaning: outside / external / foreign / beyond / other than The Chinese character 外 (wài) represents the concept of the outside, the external, or that which is beyond a bo...

Simplified: 年 Pinyin: nián Meaning: year / harvest / annual / New Year The Chinese character 年 (nián) represents one of the most fundamental concepts of time and one of the most important cultural f...

Simplified: 周 Pinyin: zhōu Meaning: circumference / all around / thoughtful / week / Zhou Dynasty The Chinese character 周 (zhōu) is a multifaceted character with meanings ranging from spatial conce...

Simplified: 他 Pinyin: tā Meaning: he / him / (in classical Chinese) other / another The Chinese character 他 (tā) is the standard third-person singular pronoun in modern Mandarin, primarily used to ...

Simplified: 她 Pinyin: tā Meaning: she / herThe Chinese character 她 (tā) is the third-person singular pronoun used exclusively to refer to a female person not present in the conversation. It is a c...

Simplified: 它 Pinyin: tā Meaning: it The Chinese character 它 (tā) is the third-person singular pronoun used to refer to non-human entities, such as objects, animals, or abstract concepts. Its exist...