Playful Chinese

Today we are learning about "I love you." in Chinese.

Expression note is in

• English
• Pinyin (pronunciation guide)

You are welcome.   = bù kè qì, 

I love you. = wǒ ài nǐ.

baby = bǎo bao

something or someone precious; treasure. = bǎo bèi. 

I love you, baby. = wǒ ài nǐ, bǎo bao. 

small = xiǎo 

big = dà 

panda = xióng māo  (China);    māo xióng  (Taiwan)

giant panda = dà xióng māo (China), also  dà māo xióng  (Taiwan)

The host for Playful Chinese is Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett and her students call her "Miss Panda."

You can learn more about Miss Panda and her teaching resources at 

https://www.misspandachinese.com/

Miss Panda writes songs, music and stories for children so they can learn Chinese in an adventure-filled and engaging environment!  The theme music for the podcast is composed and performed by Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett "Miss Panda." The title of the song is “Hello Nǐ Hǎo” and it is the title song in the “Let’s Learn Mandarin Chinese with Miss Panda!” MP3 and streaming album and you can listen to it on Amazon, iTunes, Spotify, and all major music streaming platforms.  

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We are learning about "Good Night" in Chinese.

Expressions are in

• English
• Pinyin (pronunciation guide)
• traditional Chinese | simplified Chinese

Good night - Wǎn'ān 晚安。

tired - lèi le 累了。

Are you tired? - nǐ lèi le ma? 你累了嗎？| 你累了吗？

You are not tired. - nǐ bú lèi 你不累。

Mom, are you tired. - Māmā nǐ lèi le ma 媽媽 你累了嗎？| 妈妈 你累了吗 ？

Mom is tired. - māmā lèi le 媽媽累了。| 妈妈累了。

How about you? - nǐ ne 你呢 ?

Really? - zhēn de ma 真的嗎？| 真的吗?

Dad, are you tired? - bàba nǐ lèi le ma 爸爸你累了嗎？| 爸爸你累了吗？

I am tired - wǒ lèi le 我累了。

The host for Playful Chinese is Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett and her students

call her "Miss Panda." You can visit Miss Panda and see her programs at

https://www.misspandachinese.com/

Miss Panda writes songs, music and stories for children so they can learn Chinese in an adventure-filled and engaging environment! The theme music for the podcast is composed and performed by Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett "Miss Panda." The title of the song is “Hello Nǐ Hǎo” and it is the title song in the “Let’s Learn Mandarin Chinese with Miss Panda!” MP3 and streaming album and you can listen to it on Amazon, iTunes, Spotify, GooglePlay and all major music streaming platforms.

Sound Effect Credit: bbc.co.uk©copyright 2019 BBC

Good Night Song Music Credit: Miss Panda Chinese©2011-2019 Amanda C Hsiung-Blodgett

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Today we are talking about "Good Morning!" in Chinese.

Expression note is in

• English
• Pinyin (pronunciation guide)
• Traditional Chinese | Simplified Chinese

Good morning - zǎo shang hǎo 早上好

Good morning -  zǎo 早

Good morning -  zǎo ān 早安

Mom - māmā  媽媽 | 妈妈

Dad  - bà ba 爸爸

Grandma (Dad's side)  - nǎi nai  奶奶

Grandpa (Dad's side) - yé yé 爺爺 | 爷爷

Get up - qǐ chuáng 起床

Playful Chinese Host: Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett and her students call her "Miss Panda."

You can visit Miss Panda at  https://www.misspandachinese.com/

"Let's Learn Mandarin Chinese with Miss Panda!" audio album is available at

Amazon, iTunes, Spotify, and all major music streaming platforms.  

Miss Panda writes songs, music and stories for children so young learners can learn Chinese in an adventure-filled and engaging environment!  The theme music for the podcast is composed and performed by Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett "Miss Panda." The title of the song is “Hello Nǐ Hǎo” and it is the title song in the “Let’s Learn Mandarin Chinese with Miss Panda!” MP3 and streaming album.

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Today we are talking about Thanksgiving, turkey and pie in Chinese.

Expression note is in

• English
• Pinyin (pronunciation guide)
• Traditional Chinese | Simplified Chinese

Happy Thanksgiving - Gǎn'ēn jié kuài lè  感恩節快樂！ | 感恩节快乐！

Thanksgiving - Gǎn'ēn jié  感恩節。 | 感恩节。

Gratitude - gǎn xiè 感恩。 

Turkey - huǒ jī 火雞。|火鸡。

Let's eat roasted turkey! - wǒ men lái chī kǎo huǒ  jī

我們來吃烤火雞。| 我们来吃烤火鸡。

Pie - pài。派

Apple pie - píng guǒ pài  蘋果派。 | 苹果派

Pumpkin pie - nán guā pài 南瓜派。

Let's eat pie! - wǒ men lái chī pài 我們來吃派。| 我们来吃派。

The host for Playful Chinese is Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett and her students call her "Miss Panda."

You can visit Miss Panda and learn more about her resources at 

https://www.misspandachinese.com/

Miss Panda writes songs, music and stories for children so they can learn Chinese in an adventure-filled and engaging environment!  The theme music for the podcast is composed and performed by Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett "Miss Panda." The title of the song is “Hello Nǐ Hǎo” and it is the title song in the “Let’s Learn Mandarin Chinese with Miss Panda!” MP3 and streaming album and you can listen to it on Amazon, iTunes, Spotify, and all major music streaming platforms.  

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Today we are learning Magic Word, "thank you" in Chinese.

Expressions are in

• English
• Pinyin (pronunciation guide)
• Traditional Chinese characters | Simplifed Chinese characters

Thanks  - Xiè xiè  

謝謝。 | 谢谢。

Thank you - xiè xiè nǐ  

謝謝你。 | 谢谢你。

Appreciation, being grateful for... - gǎnxiè nǐ  

感謝。 | 感谢。

What are you grateful for today? - jīn tiān nǐ yào gǎn xiè shén me ne? 

今天你要感謝什麼呢？| 今天你要感谢什么呢？

I am grateful for... -  Wǒ yào gǎn xiè ...

我要感謝... | 我要感谢...

You can read the list of the family members here.

The host for Playful Chinese is Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett.  Her students call her "Miss Panda!"

You can visit Miss Panda and ask questions at  

https://www.misspandachinese.com/

Miss Panda writes songs, music and stories for children so they can learn Chinese in an adventure-filled and engaging environment!  The theme music for the podcast is composed and performed by Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett "Miss Panda." The title of the song is “Hello Nǐ Hǎo” and it is the title song in the “Let’s Learn Mandarin Chinese with Miss Panda!” MP3 and streaming album and you can listen to it on Amazon, iTunes, Spotify, and all major music streaming platforms.  

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Today we are learning about happy, sad, and angry, the expressions for feelings in Chinese.

Expression note is in

• English
• Pinyin (pronunciation guide)
• traditional Chinese | simplified Chinese

happy  - kāi xīn 開心。 开心。 - kuài lè。 快樂。快乐。

I am very happy. - wǒ hěn kāi xīn。我很開心。 | 我很开心。

sad - shāng xīn。 傷心。 | 伤心。

I am very sad. - wǒ hěn shāng xīn。我很傷心。| 我很伤心。

angry - shēng qì。生氣。| 生气。

I am very angry. - wǒ hěn shēng qì。 我很生氣。| 我很生气。

Don't be sad. - bù yào shāng xīn。 不要傷心。| 不要伤心。

Don't be angry. - bù yào shēng qì。不要生氣。| 不要生气。

The host for Playful Chinese is Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett her students call her "Miss Panda."

You can visit Miss Panda  at 

https://www.misspandachinese.com/

You can ask questions at

https://www.misspandachinese.com/contact/

Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett, Miss Panda writes songs, music and stories for children so they can learn Chinese in an adventure-filled and engaging environment!  The theme music for the podcast is composed and performed by Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett "Miss Panda." The title of the song is “Hello Nǐ Hǎo” and it is the title song in the “Let’s Learn Mandarin Chinese with Miss Panda!” MP3 and streaming album and you can listen to it on Amazon, iTunes, Spotify, and all major music streaming platforms.  

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Today we are talking about "Please pick up your toys." in Chinese.

Expression note is in

• English
• Pinyin (pronunciation guide)

Pick up your toy(s) - bǎ wán jù jiǎn qǐ lái

把 玩具 撿起來 | 把 玩具 捡起来

Please pick up your toy(s) - qǐng bǎ wán jù jiǎn qǐ lái

請把玩具撿起來 | 请 把 玩具 捡起来

book(s) - shū

書 | 书

stinky sock(s) - chòu wà zi

臭襪子 | 臭袜子

stinky - chòu

臭 

sock(s) - wà zi

襪子 | 袜子

The host for Playful Chinese is Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett, "Miss Panda."

You can visit Miss Panda at 

https://www.misspandachinese.com/

You can ask questions at

https://www.misspandachinese.com/contact/

Miss Panda writes songs, music and stories for children so they can learn Chinese in an adventure-filled and engaging environment!  The theme music for the podcast is composed and performed by Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett "Miss Panda." The title of the song is “Hello Nǐ Hǎo” and it is the title song in the “Let’s Learn Mandarin Chinese with Miss Panda!” MP3 and streaming album and you can listen to it on Amazon, iTunes, Spotify, and all major music streaming platforms.  

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There are two parts in this interview.  The first part is in English.  The second part with the same questions (at 10:30)  is in Mandarin.

Expression note is in 

• English
• Pinyin (pronunciation guide)
• Traditional Chinese  | Simplified Chinese

Key expressions:  English - pinyin - traditional Chinese | simplified Chinese

teacher - lǎo shī 老師 | 老师

Mid Autumn Festival - zhōng qiū jié 中秋節 | 中秋节

Name of the Chinese moon lady - cháng'é 嫦娥 | 

Name of the archer  - hòu yì 后羿 

Jade Rabit - yù tù 玉兔

Mooncake - yuè bǐng 月餅 | 月饼

The host for Playful Chinese is Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett and her students call her "Miss Panda."

Our guest for this culture episode is Amy Wang.

You can explore more about the Mid Autumn Festival at 

https://www.misspandachinese.com/chinese-mid-autumn-festival-the-moon-festival/

Miss Panda writes songs, music and stories for children so they can learn Chinese in an adventure-filled and engaging environment!  The theme music for the podcast is composed and performed by Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett "Miss Panda." The title of the song is “Hello Nǐ Hǎo” and it is the title song in the “Let’s Learn Mandarin Chinese with Miss Panda!” MP3 and streaming album and you can listen to it on Amazon, iTunes, Spotify, and all major music streaming platforms.  

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Today we are learning the word "chocolate" in Chinese and we have a review of the expressions we've learned earlier.

Miss Panda's young guest for this episode is Emily.

Expression note is in

• English
• Pinyin (pronunciation guide)
• Chinese traditional | simplified

You are not hungry. -Nǐ bù è.

你不餓。 | 你不饿。

I am hungry. -Wǒ è le

我餓了。 | 我饿了。

Miss Panda is hungry. -Miss Panda è le.

Miss Panda 餓了。 | Miss Panda 饿了。

Dad is very hungry. -Bàba fēi cháng è

爸爸非常餓。 | 爸爸非常饿。

Mom is very hungry. -Māma fēi cháng è

媽媽非常餓。 | 妈妈非常饿。

Miss Panda eats chocolate. -Miss Panda chī qiǎo kè lì

Miss Panda 吃巧克力。

good, well -hǎo

好。

very good -fēi cháng hǎo

很好。

The host for Playful Chinese is Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett, her students call her "Miss Panda."

You can visit Miss Panda Chinese at

https://www.misspandachinese.com/

Miss Panda writes songs, music and stories for children so they can learn Chinese in an adventure-filled and engaging environment! The theme music for the podcast is composed and performed by Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett "Miss Panda." The title of the song is “Hello Nǐ Hǎo” and it is the title song in the “Let’s Learn Mandarin Chinese with Miss Panda!” MP3 and streaming album and you can listen to it on Amazon, iTunes, Spotify, and all major music streaming platforms.

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Today we are learning about "Goodbye." in Chinese.

Expressions are in

• English
• Pinyin (pronunciation guide)
• Chinese (traditional | simplified)

goodbye -zàijiàn  

再見。| 再见。

Dad, goodbye. -bàba zàijiàn 

爸爸， 再見。| 爸爸，再见。

Mom, goodbye -māma zàijiàn 

媽媽，再見。| 妈妈，再见。

Dad (and) Mom, -goodbye. -bàba māma zàijiàn 

爸爸 媽媽， 再見，| 爸爸妈妈，再见。

We'll see you next time -wǒmen xià cì jiàn 

我們下次見。| 我们下次见。

The host for Playful Chinese is Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett and her students call her "Miss Panda."

You can visit Miss Panda at 

https://www.misspandachinese.com/

Miss Panda writes songs, music and stories for children so they can learn Chinese in an adventure-filled and engaging environment!  The theme music for the podcast is composed and performed by Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett "Miss Panda." The title of the song is “Hello Nǐ Hǎo” and it is the title song in the “Let’s Learn Mandarin Chinese with Miss Panda!” MP3 and streaming album and you can listen to it on Amazon, iTunes, Spotify, and all major music streaming platforms.  

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