Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Guan Yin

Guan Yin (观世音菩萨) is a great bodhisattva in Buddhism and is famous by his compassion(慈悲心). 慈者与乐,悲者拔苦。无缘大慈,同体大悲。He also has the most fate of the Saha World(他和我们居住的这个娑婆世界众生最有缘). When you are in all kinds of dangers and feel no methods to relief yourself, if you say his name: 观世音菩萨 sincerely, then you can relief yourself.

I have several friends who like this bodhisattva very much.  He has helped themseveral times.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

More uses of the word 把【ba】2011-02-16

More uses of the word 把【ba】

把. + something + verb + place

1. If you get up at six o’clock tomorrow, then do your homework first

如果你明天六点起床,把你的功课做完。

rú guǒ nǐ míng tiān liù diǎn qǐ chuáng,bǎ nǐ de gōng kè zuò wán。

2. Use that pen

把那支笔用完

bǎ nà zhī bǐ yòng wan

3. Drink your coffee

把你的咖啡喝完

bǎ nǐ de kā fēi hē wán

4. If you go to the bookstore, buy me that magazine.

如果你去书店,把那本杂志买给我.

rú guǒ nǐ qù shū diàn bǎ nà běn zá zhì mǎi gěi wǒ Tomorrow, go to Costco.

5. Tomorrow, go buy something at Costco.

明天去costco把东西买来

míng tiān qù costco bǎ dōng xī mǎi lái

2011-02-16 用这些字造句

用这些字造句

yòng zhè xiē zì zào jù
(use these words make sentences)

1. 问【wèn】 ask

Tomorrow you should ask your teacher two questions.

明天你应该问你的老师两个问题。

míng tiān nǐ yīng gāi wèn nǐ de lǎo shī liǎng gè wèn tí

2. 题【tí】 topic; subject; title; problem; inscribe.

He has a lot of questions.

他有很多问题

tā yǒu hěn duō wèn tí

3. 应【yīng】 should; ought to; a surname.

You should study Chinese every day

你应该每天都学习中文

nǐ yīng gāi měi tiān dōu xué xí zhōng wén

4. 【yìng】 answer; respond; agree (to do sth.)

Our daughter agreed to finish her homework

我的女儿答应把她的功课做完

wǒ de nǚ ér dá yìng bǎ tā de gōng kè zuò wán

or

我的女儿答应做完她的功课

wǒ de nǚ ér dá yìng zuò wán tā de gōng kè

5. 广【guǎng】 wide; vast;

I have a big idea.

我有一个广泛的想法

wǒ yǒu yī gè guǎng fàn de xiǎng fǎ

Wyoming is the Big Sky state.

怀 俄 明 是 一个有 广 大 天 空 的 州

huái é míng shì yī gè yǒu guǎng dà tiān kōng de zhōu

6. 页【yè】 page; leaf.

This book has how many pages?

这本书有几页?

zhè běn shū yǒu jǐ yè

7. 该【gāi】 ought to; should; be sb.'s turn to do sth.; deserve; most likely; probably; ought to; should; owe; this; that; the said; the above-mentioned

My wife should buy that new sweater.

我妻子应该买那个新毛衣

wǒ qī zǐ yīng gāi mǎi nà gè xīn máo yī

8. 言【yán】 speech; word; say; talk; speak; character; word; (Yan2) a surname.

My son wants to study linguistics at the university.

我儿子想在大学学语言学。

wǒ ér zǐ xiǎng zài dà xué xué yǔ yán xué

9. 亥【hài】 the last of the twelve Earthly Branches.

I was born at haishi.

我在亥时出生

wǒ zài hài shí chū shēng

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Use of the word 把【ba】

Use of the word 把【ba】

把. + something + verb + place

1. Read this book first

先把这本书读一读。

xiān bǎ zhè běn shū dú yī dú

2. Drive a car

把车开来。

bǎ chē kāi lái

3. Put the cup down there

把杯子放下。

bǎ bēi zǐ fàng xià

(or)

把杯子放在那儿。

bǎ bēi zǐ fàng zài nà ér

4. Eat your rice

把饭吃完

bǎ fàn chī wán

5. do your homework.

把你的功课做完

bǎ nǐ de gōng kè zuò wán

Monday, February 7, 2011

Chinese sentence practice 2011-02-07

1. 东【dōng east
I get on the bus at the east gate.
我在东门上车。

2. 南【nán south
I get off the bus at the south gate.
我在南门下车。

3. 西【xī west
I want to go see western China.
我想去看一看中国西部

4. 北【běi north
Harbin is a city in northern China.
哈尔滨是在中国北部的都市。

5. 天气【tiānqì weather.
The weather in Harbin is very cold.
哈尔滨的天气很冷.

6. 天【tiān sky
The sky today is not blue.
      今天的天空不蓝。

7. 气【qìair
Yesterday I saw a lot of balloons in the park.
我昨天在公园看到了很多气球

8. 挂【guà hang
My wife asked me to hang our new curtains
我妻子要我把新窗帘挂上. (chuānglián)

Friday, February 4, 2011

What I am reading now

Now I am reading The Road by Cormac McCarthy on my Kindle and also reading Still Alice by Lisa Genova on paperback.