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5 Indirect Negative Responses in Chinese
Sometimes your colleagues and friends express their thoughts or ask your opinions on their view, but you think it's absolutely not great


5 Chinese Phrases for Shopping Scenario
Have you ever wondered, if you're shopping in a Chinese speaking countries, and would like to apply your Chinese skills, how would like...


5 Chinese Phrases for ordering in Restaurants (Part 2)
In the last article, we've provided you with 5 common Chinese phrases for ordering in restaurants. This time, we'll continue with 5


5 Chinese Phrases for ordering in Restaurants (Part 1)
Have you experienced situations when you're in a restaurant, and would like to order food, ask for culinaries, take away food, pay the b


Responding with ‘好的hǎo de’, ‘好啊hǎo a’, ‘好吧hǎo ba’, ‘好嘛hǎo ma’, ‘好啦hǎo la’
‘好hǎo’ originally means ‘good’, and when it’s used as a response or reply, it automatically transforms to mean ‘fine’, ‘sure’ or ‘ok’. Yet,


5 Common Chinese Interjections to Add Tonal Color -啊(a) 吧(ba) 呢(ne) 啦(la) 嘛(ma)
Many of you may already know it’s a common phenomenon for Chinese sentences to end with interjections, which serve to express one’s tone or


How to Speak Business Chinese Professionally: 12 Essential Phrases for Social Business
Whether you want to be more involved and engaged in a business conversation, or to show your sincerity and enthusiasm in working with Chines
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