What we’re about
* Currently, our activities focus on language learning (listening and conversational practice, particularly in Mandarin and Cantonese) and Chinese culture (especially music, poems, movies, regional cuisines, art, calligraphy, history)
* Use your computer to plan ahead.
Look at our monthly calendar to find activities that appeal to you:
https://www.meetup.com/austin-chinese-language-and-culture/events/calendar/
RSVP a week in advance if you can. Otherwise, do so at least a day before the event.
If no one signs up for an event, it will probably be cancelled a couple of days before.
* Use the app to check messages (Event Chats and Direct Messages) a day or two before any event for possible discussion.
If you won't be able to attend, update your RSVP before the event starts.
If the host needs to make a schedule change, s/he should do so before the event start time, preferably at least a day in advance.
* Participate regularly.
If we don't see you for a few weeks, you'll probably be removed from the group. Nothing personal--our events probably just don't fit your interests or schedule.
* We're here to learn and improve.
Participate in online activities using headphones and from a quiet location.
Be open to information/strategies that may challenge your practices.
We invite discussion based on research/experience.
* Please do not advertise, attack, campaign, proposition, proselytize, or solicit.
If anyone contacts you through Meetup to do any of these, please let us know.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- intermediate (口语和书面) Mandarin listening comprehension study sessionLink visible for attendees
Participants should recognize and understand more than 500 words. We will emphasize fairly standard Putonghua pronunciation but also work towards comprehending regional accents.
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During the meeting, please
[1] be in a distraction-free, quiet environment;
[2] use headphones to minimize audio feedback;
[3] pay close attention to melody, rhythm, and sounds.---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.---
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9:00 听力 listening warm-up / "comprehensible input"
Blabla Chinese(CCTV) "Happy Chinese" (Season One)
Ep. 11 "An Important Task"---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.---
9:15 发音 pronunciation/accent warm-up
tone pair practice
shíshí, shíshī, shíshì, shíshǐ, shīshí, shīshì, shìshí, shìshì, shǐshí, shǐshī绕口令 (tongue twisters)
吃葡萄
黑蝴蝶飞
鸟岛
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9:25 口语/书面 词汇 conversational/literary vocabulary
rénshānrénhǎi "people everywhere"
Nǐ xíng, nǐ shàng "Put up or shut up."
xiǎng dé měi "Dream on!"; "thought beautifully"
méimé'r "No way!"Shuō Cáocāo, Cáocāo dào. "Speak of the devil..."
Bù pà yīwàn, jiù pà wànyī. "better (to be) safe than sorry"
fóxì ("Buddha-like") super-chill; ultra laid-back; not "caught up in the rat race"
Zhǒng guā dé guā, zhǒng dòu dé dòu. (lit. "plant melons, get melons; plant beans, get beans") "You reap what you sow."---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.---
HSK Standard Course 4 or 5 video w/translations---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.---
9:40 听力 listening / "comprehensible input"
日常对话 Real-life Chinese
大鹏说中文 Speak Chinese with Da Peng
Chinese Talk Ep. 2 ("抢着买")---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.---
10:15 听力 special story listening
《小王子》(Le Petit Prince; The Little Prince book read)---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.---
Use calendar view to see other upcoming events at a glance. - Cantonese challenges, chants, and chatLink visible for attendees
如果你能夠講流利嘅廣州話, 我地特別歡迎你來參加。
If you can fluently speak Cantonese, we would especially welcome you to come and participate.---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.---
Fluent Forever tone patterns of Cantonesebasic phrases in a few languages, incl. Cantonese
short paragraph read aloud in Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakkacore words/phrases
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(radio drama) 歐陽志強/"From Girls to Ladies" (Ep. 3)短片 (short film) Pizza
短片 (short film) From Love---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.---
頴珊頻道 The Wingshantsui Channel
slang1 family tone particles slang2 act Chinese student life weird words verbs English words 茶餐廳 song numbers doctor foods? HK street food beginners1 beginners2 work idioms麥兜McDull:麥太扭花臣
1 急口令
2 親子武術
3 揀老婆
4 親子活動
5 英文時間
6 家居瑜伽
7 爸爸去哪兒
8 腸蛋腸蛋包
9 格言
10 親子藝術
11 婆媳問題
12 相依為命
13 撚手小菜
14 煮雞大法
15 食不言
16 包教曉
17 每日運程
18 肉羅漢齋
19 家居空間
20 室內設計
21 拜神雞
22 天荒地滷水香蕉素食人生 vegetarian life
地道廣東話教室 Hong Kong Cantonese
演化; “懶音“
粵語 百話 嶺南話 廣東話 廣州話 香港話?
方言: 溫州話 客家語 福州話 福建話 潮州/潮汕話 台山話 廣州話 海南話---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.---
搵兩餐 (MC Jin/歐陽靖)
一起走過的日子 w/romanization (劉德華/Andy Lau)
夢中人 Canto version of The Cranberries' "Dreams" (王菲/Faye Wong)---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.---
Cantonese-English dictionary w/examples [quite good; no audio]
Chinese characters ==> Cantonese audio
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Use calendar view to see other upcoming events at a glance. - [in-person] tea tasting: Tiěguānyīn and all that!West China Tea House, Austin, TX
If you think tea is bland/boring/weak, this event is especially for you. If you have only tried "Earl Grey", "English breakfast", or flavored teas like "jasmine", get ready to have your mind (and palate!) expanded!
Come learn about and enjoy gōngfū chá (功夫茶) tea tasting.
We will aim to taste at least one "oolong" (烏龍) and one pǔ'ěr (普洱).
Tea tasting at the front tea bar typically works out to about $10/hour.If the parking lot is full, you may park around the corner on Harmon Ave and walk on the sidewalk along the I-35 frontage road.
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Tea is a beverage commonly prepared by pouring hot water over leaves of the tea plant, an evergreen shrub native to Asia. The tea plant originated in the region which today is NE India/SW China.The word for tea in almost every language is derived from either Hokkien (Amoy or Teochew dialects) tê or Cantonese (and later Mandarin) chá. Many major European languages (Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish), Tamil, and Telugu have words that come from the first pronunciation, while the words in Arabic, Hindi and many other Indian languages, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, and Turkish derive from the second one, particularly the Persianized form chai.
Chrysanthemum, chamomile, cinnamon, ginger, hibiscus, lavender, peppermint, rooibos, and rosehip "teas" are infusions of bark, flowers, herbs, leaves, roots, or spices and not truly tea in the strict sense.
Every high quality tea has a variety of interesting and complex aromas and flavor notes that come through intensely or subtly, depending on the type and the steeping process. Most will have some "grassy" vegetable-like taste, with some astringent and/or bitter flavors. Some may even have a fruit-like sweetness. Appreciating these components is part of the enjoyment process.
烏龍/乌龙 ("Oolong") wū lóng "dark dragon"
毛蟹 máo xiè "hairy crab"
鐵觀音/铁观音 Tiěguānyīn ("Iron Goddess of Compassion"), 安溪 Ānxī County, 福建省 Fújiàn Province
大紅袍 Dà Hóng Páo ("big red robe"), from 武夷山 Wǔyí mountains, 福建省 Fújiàn Province普洱 pǔ'ěr, traditionally from 雲南/云南 Yúnnán Province
生 shēng "raw"; unfermented; "classic pǔ'ěr"
熟 shú (or shóu) "ripe"; wet piling and fermented to simulate aged pǔ'ěrHere's a list of famous teas, most with names in Chinese and English.
蓋碗/盖碗 gàiwǎn covered bowl, for steeping tea
公道杯 gōngdào bēi equity cup, for serving tea
茶杯 chábēi teacup, for tasting/drinking tea---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.---
Use calendar view to see other upcoming events at a glance. - pre-intermediate listening, vocabulary, pronunciation, and bits of grammarLink visible for attendees
Participants should
understand how pinyin notation expresses the precise pronunciation of Mandarin Chinese, including the "melody";
be familiar with a few hundred words, incl. words for
"one" through "ninety-nine"; to arrive; to be; to be at/in/on (somewhere); behind; clothes; cold; color; to come; computer; doctor; to eat; exercise; facing; few; from ... to ...; in front of; to go; hot; to know (a fact); to know (be acquainted with); noodles; pencil; to run; to sleep; some; to speak; time (concept/quantity); time (event/point); weather; workbe able to ask and answer questions like these:
"Do you like to dance/eat/sing/swim?" "I like to sing." "I don't like to dance."
"Who is she?" "She's my friend."
"What is this?" "This is a book/cup/fruit."
"What time are we going to see a movie?" "Tomorrow, at 7:30 in the evening."
"Where is David?" "He's at home."
"Why do you study Chinese?" "Because I would like to speak Chinese."and have a general idea of the "golden rule" of basic sentence structure
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my favorite resources
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listening material
HSK Level 3 audio translated
第二课,课文四 (Lesson 2, Dialogue 4)胖 pàng fat; plump
其实 qíshí actually
瘦 shòu lean; skinnyChinese for Us
Mandarin Bean
Road to Success(new HSK "3.0") Level 3 lessons
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"lighten up" and "tighten up"
Does your "wo" sound like "whoa"?! 😂---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.--- ---.---
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