Mandarin Course

Merry Christmas 聖誕快樂in Mandarin & Chinese Calligraphy

Merry Christmas in Mandarin has the opposite order as in English. In Chinese, we say 聖誕快樂or the other alternatives such as 祝你聖誕快樂祝你聖誕節快樂祝你有個快樂的聖誕節For “Happy New Year” in Chinese, it’s 新年快樂instead of 快樂新年. Free Chinese / English dictionary & translation dict.youdao.com Mandarin Chinese pronunciation www.neospeech.com 聖誕= Christmas 聖誕節= Christmas Day 快樂= happy; merry 祝= wish 你= you Filename: MerryChristmas-ChineseCalligraphy-Kaishu-12242010.wmv

Evolution of Chinese Character 生in Calligraphy Styles

Chinese calligraphy styles www.art-virtue.com It’s not necessary for a Chinese calligraphy teacher / student and a Mandarin Chinese teacher/student to teach or learn various styles of Chinese calligraphy and 異體字(variant Chinese characters) unless one is determined to master Chinese linguistics, calligraphy, sinology, seal carving, and/or etymology ( 文字學). Please understand that no one is able to memorize all those variant versions of Chinese characters in different calligraphy styles and this video only includes some portion of the different versions of a character and is not intended to confuse a beginner when learning Chinese. The different versions of characters and their brushstroke methods are usually good sources of learning Chinese history and calligraphy and their related subjects. To search for a specific Chinese character, please use ” Free Chinese Calligraphy Dictionary from www.9610.com ” www.youtube.com Stories of Chinese Characters 漢字的故事www.youtube.com 生live; life (Piyin: sheng1) The styles included in this video are 大篆, 小篆, 隸書, 行草書, and 楷書and are mostly arranged in chronological order. Why do Chinese people call Chinese scripts “Chinese characters or Hanji” but not “Chinese symbols?” www.art-virtue.com Filename: Evolution-ChineseCharacter-LIVE-LIFE-sheng-v1.wmv