Welcome to Chinese MasterClass
China is becoming the place to deal with.
More people speak Mandarin than any other language in the world.
Mandarin Chinese is the most used language on the Internet.
One Fifth of the world’s population lives in China
China has a massive population. With 1.35 billion people China is the world’s most populous nation. Wouldn’t you like to be able to communicate with them? Learning Chinese is a great way to make friends and connect with people from China. You will learn how Chinese people live and how friendly they are.
With 1.3 billion Chinese speakers in the world, you’ll have lots of people to talk to!
Being Able To Communicate With 1.3 Billion People is Very Empowering
If you learn Chinese, you immediately have access to talking to more people than any other language. More than 1.3 BILLION people speak Chinese; you can now interact with so many new and different people, understand vast new sources of media and learn about a storied and glorious culture. The doors that open for you if you learn Chinese is incredible. Learning Chinese can potentially help you to make so many fascinating or even powerful friends and create so many new, unique opportunities for yourself in life.
Around one-fifth of the entire world’s population speaks Chinese as a native language! Combine that with the number of non-native speakers that can speak or understand Chinese and you’ve got a whole lot of the world covered.
Mandarin is spoken all over the world. It feels great to speak Chinese with people at your local Chinese supermarket or Nail salon. Chinese can help you get a great understanding of expat Chinese communities of which there are many. China towns are well known in most big American cities with cities all over the world having vibrant Chinese communities.
Outside of China it is spoken from SF China town to Singapore
So if you are still thinking about whether or not you should learn Chinese, these are five excellent reasons why it might just change your life! Speaking and writing Chinese has so many advantages – career, culture, health and intelligence wise. You can open up new career paths, make a whole new world of friends, see things you never would have been able to see before, and discover an entire new part of the world that most non-Chinese speakers will never see.
Meet New People & Make New Friends = You can meet some wonderful people from China, who you might not have been able to meet before, if you only spoke English.
A warm and welcoming culture
Chinese people are notoriously warm and welcoming, and whether you’re in Taiwan or Malaysia, you will encounter a wonderful culture through Chinese language.
Ancient culture
If you learn to read Chinese, you will be able to delve into one of the world’s most ancient cultures through its strong literary and cultural traditions.
Who couldn’t benefit from a deeper understanding of one of the world’s oldest and most fascinating cultures?
When you learn Mandarin Chinese, you can get a feeling of the history of the language and can relate more to Chinese culture and Chinese arts.
The Chinese language is one of the most cultured and ancient languages in the entire world and it really is such a diverse and exciting language to learn. There are of course many varieties or dialects within the Chinese language, like, Mandarin, Cantonese, Wu and Min, but to keep things simple for this article we shall encompass all dialects and refer to them as ‘Chinese’ or the ‘Chinese language’. If you are having doubts about learning this great language, then read on; these five reasons should help convince you that now really is the time to learn Chinese.
Chinese culture is over 5000 years old. By learning the Chinese Language, you will learn another culture. Learning a language gives you a better understanding through the grammar and even how the words are derived of the culture behind them. There is a lot of Chinese Poetry that loses some deep/subtle meaning when translated.
Home to the Great wall of China and the Terracotta warriors, China is one of the world’s oldest civilizations. The great thinker Confucius, the great imperial lord Kublai Khan and many others shaped Chinese history. Learning the Chinese language will help you understand China’s past and present. To find out more about Chinese history check out this awesome video
Many people study Mandarin for years just to get by.
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It’s a Challenge= The more challenging a thing in life can be, the more rewarding it becomes to accomplish.
Easy to get started
Despite what you might’ve heard, Chinese has a shallow learning curve, meaning that it’s very easy to get started speaking basic Chinese after just a few weeks of learning!
Learning Chinese is easier than you think
Studying Chinese can be quite daunting at first, but it is actually quite a simple language. Chinese does not use plurals, noun declension or conjugation. The sentence structure is similar to English and follows a subject , Verb , Object pattern. While Chinese character can be tricky, even for Chinese to learn, it is definitely a very enjoyable exercise. Buzzfeed lists 15 reasons why Chinese is easier than English, check it out here
It’s Fun= It’s a ton of fun learning how to speak a new language and speaking to other people in that language!
Chinese is nearly impossible to learn alone.
Tutorials are provided by native Chinese Speakers.
All lessons can be learned at your pace from wherever you like.
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Try amazing food
Learn to order in a Chinese Restaurant
Chinese food is amazing and everybody needs food to live. Learning Chinese will help you distinguish between Jiaozi and Baozi. You can discover the vast array of Chinese dishes consumed by more than a billion people around the world. If you are a foodie, you too will appreciate it.
You’ll make your mom gush with pride as you order food in Chinese, or carry on conversations with your Chinese-speaking neighbors.
Chinese cuisine is one of the most beloved and richest food traditions on earth, and studying Chinese will help you uncover amazing dishes. Try new restaurants and discover new flavors!
Be able to read simple Chinese Headlines
Learn what’s going on in China before others will
Travel to exotic places
Mandarin language is spoken in lots of places, from Beijing to Singapore. If you study Chinese, you can travel all over East and Southeast Asia, as well as other parts of the world and communicate with Chinese people.
China is an amazing country to travel. There is such a vast array of landscapes you could never explore it all. There is Yangshuo, famed for its amazing karst landscape. The Great wall near Beijing, Xian the ancient capital of China among many others. To explore China it helps an awful lot to learn some Chinese before coming or at the beginning of your trip.
Knowing how to ask for directions when in China will ensure that your taxi driver doesn’t get lost.
A lot of people love to travel all over the world. If you travel to another country and don’t know how to speak their language, it can make you feel uncomfortable and out of place. By Learning Mandarin Chinese, a language spoken by over 50 percent of the population, you will feel more at peace and can communicate with the locals when you go out to eat or are lost.
Learning Chinese will give you a better command of English, as you understand how one language differs from the other.
It Can Better Your English Skills= Did you know that by learning a new language, you skill levels in your primary language increases drastically?
Knowledge of Chinese can help you in learning other languages as well, including Japanese and Korean.
According to scientists, learning Chinese (or indeed any foreign language) can actually make parts of the brain grow, namely, the hippocampus, which is a deep-lying brain structure associated with learning new material spatial navigation, and three areas found within the cerebral cortex.
Learning another language keeps your brain sharp and active. When one uses a word, this word also triggers associations in the brain, brought about by the other languages one knows. Maybe this is why it seems that people who know more than one language are smarter. The numerous mental associations playing in their brain, opens new ideas. It also helps as people age. I once had a fun talk with a programmer explaining how learning a new computer language helped keep his mind fresh; One particular headmaster told me that he has improved his memory a lot since he started learning Mandarin Chinese, and his memory loss has been cured with learning it.
When you learn a new language your brain has to switch between languages which exercises the cognitive ‘muscles’ thus improving a one’s ability to maintain focus and move between several tasks at the same time. Generally speaking, those that have mastered more than one language are better at prioritizing and multi-tasking.
Grow Your Confidence= Let’s face it, the more languages you can speak, the more respect you get from others and the more confident you will become.
Boost your brainpower
Chinese is a tonal language, meaning that the word definitions can change based on intonation. Much like music, Chinese language requires speakers to engage the right and left sides of their brains, and studies have shown that Mandarin speakers do use both sides of their brains!
You will be elevated to near celebrity status when native Chinese speakers hear you using their language.
Become more artistic
Chinese is written using iconographic characters rather than letters. These characters developed out of cave paintings and pictures and require an incredible amount of artistic skill to be written.
Economically important
China looks set to become the world’s largest Economy
The sheer numbers of people that speak Chinese make it an economically important language, but combine that with the prowess of Chinese speaking countries, such as Singapore, Taiwan and China itself, and you can see how economically important a language it is.
China is emerging rapidly from a long period of stagnation/slumbering to its place as one of the great powers of the world today. China’s economy currently stands the second largest in the world and continues to grow at an amazing pace. Learning to speak Mandarin Chinese is a great way to take advantage of this huge economic shift and opportunities, to give oneself and one’s children an advantage in the increasingly competitive business world.
The world is becoming a global economy. Per a famous book, the world is becoming flat so communication, ideas, and goods are travelling faster and faster between countries including the UK and China. Learning Chinese gives you the opportunity to take advantage of this change. It’s a great ice breaker when working with people from China if you can speak or even say a few words in Chinese. This helps especially when dealing with business people on the other side of the world via conference call.
Do business
Many companies trade with Taiwan and China nowadays, so speaking Chinese can be a distinct advantage to doing business in Asia.
A lot of business nowadays is being pushed off shores due to cheaper employment costs, and China is one of the strongest trade partners with the United States at the moment.
Your career will benefit greatly
You’ll be light years ahead of your competition in the job market.
Learning Chinese Will Improve Your Job Prospects
Knowing Chinese can help land you a job with some of the world’s biggest companies.
Better Job Chances= Nowadays companies hire people who are bilingual over people who only speak English. So learning Chinese can improve your chances of finding a job, a heck of a lot easier.A new outlook on life
Whether you work in government, media, tourism or trade, learning Chinese can boost your career prospects greatly. Working in China or with Chinese companies can give you a great insight into Chinese business culture.
It can be argued that learning Chinese is not easy but for those who persevere with this tonal language, there are potentially great rewards on the job front. If you can put on your CV that you can speak fluent Chinese, then you put yourself ahead of the rest of the pack who are going for the job. Due to the difficulty in learning the language, it is a skill which impresses a lot of different employers. With the Chinese economic market constantly rising, companies increasingly require fluent Chinese speakers (and writers). Read more about job opportunities in ‘ 4 ‘ below (Companies Worldwide Are Seizing Massive Marketing & Manufacturing.)
Studying Chinese can be great for your career. Many companies want employees that can speak more than one language. With China becoming a major world power, the Chinese language will become more and more important.
With such massive marketing opportunities these days, companies are climbing over each other to find qualified Chinese speakers – you could land yourself a very lucrative job by just being able to speak the Chinese language alongside your marketing qualification and experience.
Similarly there are great job opportunities within manufacturing. In the manufacturing world, everything that is quality and is also cheap comes from China – so or they say. This is also good news for those who have mastered the Chinese language.
Opportunity, opportunity, opportunities not to be missed: international companies are competing for those with Mandarin Chinese skills to be placed as executives for their China ventures. Just ask: between equal foreign competitors courting a Chinese company, who will the company choose to associate with: a Chinese-speaking foreigner or a foreigner with a translator? It is high time for those aspiring to learn Chinese today for a bright tomorrow!
Chinese has become very useful in government. The Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd is fluent in Mandarin Chinese. The US Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geitner studied Chinese and attended Beijing University. The former Utah Governor, now Ambassador to China, Jon Huntsman, is fluent in Chinese (he learned it as a missionary in Taiwan and has an adopted child from China).
Trade Links
Many international Companies have set up shop in China
Many of the world’s largest corporations have offices and factories in China. China is a big source of foreign investment.
China is the factory of the world. In fact China is the largest trading partner of the EU. With China exporting vast amounts of manufactured good around the world, communication is important. If you want to trade with China using an interpreter can be a barrier while learning the language yourself means you can make the deals you want.
China is a huge export market for any country that takes export seriously.1/5th of the world’s population lives in the amazing land of China. Overseas Chinese dominate the economies of many countries in Asia, and speaking Mandarin gives you an edge in doing business with them, too. Countries with large overseas Chinese populations include Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, and Malaysia.
With over 1.3 billion inhabitants, China’s relentless work force produces so much for much cheaper wages than in Europe and America. However, many of these manufacturing companies are run by foreign companies, so if you are able to get involved with these foreign companies, the very fact that you can speak Chinese can open doors for you. Indeed, you could become vital to the company’s manufacturing side
Companies Worldwide Are Seizing Massive Marketing & Manufacturing Opportunities ……………….more good news for you if you speak Chinese!
China is not only the country where everything is created – the factory of the world – it is also the quickest growing market on the planet, with over one billion consumers. Companies who do business with China see massive marketing opportunities for themselves. By creating one effective marketing campaign in China, a company could find itself more clients than in any other country in the world.
You’ll be able to buy twice as many Chinese souvenirs because you can bargain like a pro!
Learning Chinese will give a student a competitive advantage. Chinese is the fastest growing Foreign Language being taught at schools in the west, US in particular. I like Mayor Daly’s quote: “We want to give our young people opportunities to advance … and [Chinese] is a great opportunity to survive in today’s economy.” Students can get higher grades when they take Chinese subjects in school because they started early at home.
It Can Improve Math Skills = It has been scientifically proven that learning a new language can improve your math skills.
China is over 5,000 years old and has a fascinating history
Studies have proven that Chinese speakers think about things differently than others. The Chinese have different concepts of time, space and history that can only be understood through the intricate details of Mandarin language. The grammatical structure, word order and even the choices of phrases and questions all help inform the Chinese outlook on life!
Mandarin Chinese is the most taught foreign language after English in Japan. If the Japanese are learning it, shouldn’t people in the west? The Japanese have a sharp scent on who or what is arriving.
Love, Courtship, Marriage, Family and Community- we do have quite a few people learning Mandarin Chinese with us for very personal reasons: they fancy oriental (Chinese) ladies for friendship, fiancée or marriage, they need to impress them with the ability to speak their language and communicate with their families when in China; It’s so great to be able to speak with them and the community in Chinese. There are big Chinese communities all over the world. Whether for business or to establish personal ties, knowing the language is not only useful, but endears you to people you want to connect to.
Learning Chinese Is a Growing Trend
If I were to tell you that everybody is learning Chinese these days, I would be lying. Of course, not everybody is but it is a fact that there are more people actively learning or considering taking up Chinese than any other language in the world today. More and more people have become aware of China’s rise and importance on the world stage, particularly after the success of the 2009 Beijing Olympics, and, as a result, there is a growing fascination with Chinese customs, people and culture. Also, due to the global expansion of China, companies worldwide are increasingly recruiting staff that can speak Chinese and education facilities are more keen to take on greater numbers of well qualified Chinese language teachers.
Think about the potential in the ‘youth market’, for example. Young people in China are now, more than ever, interested in having the best gadgets and quality of life – just as most kids, teenagers and young adults in European and American countries have.
Research has also shown that those who can speak more than one language are less likely to be hit by the disease associated with ageing, Alzheimers. Studies have shown that if you are going to be hit by this terrible affliction, bilingualism can hold if off for around four years longer.
You’ll know what people’s Chinese tattoos really mean.
Top 40 Reasons to Learn Mandarin Chinese Now
Global Influence: Mandarin Chinese is the most widely spoken language in the world, with over 1.3 billion native speakers.
Bilingual Advantages: Being bilingual enhances cognitive abilities and improves memory retention.
Enhanced Problem-Solving Skills: Learning Mandarin involves understanding and interpreting characters, enhancing your analytical abilities.
Access to Chinese Media: Learning Mandarin allows you to enjoy Chinese movies, TV shows, music, and literature without translation.
Language of the Internet: Mandarin is the second most used language on the internet, offering access to a wide range of online resources.
Language of Innovation: China is becoming a hub for technological and scientific advancements.
Language for the Future: China’s growing global influence suggests Mandarin will become even more essential in the coming years.
Chinese Cuisine: Ordering food and exploring authentic Chinese dishes becomes more enjoyable when you can speak the language.
It’s Fun and Fulfilling: Learning Mandarin is an exciting and fulfilling journey that introduces you to a rich and vibrant culture.
Ability to Negotiate: In business dealings, knowing Mandarin can be advantageous during negotiations.
International Business: China is a major economic power, and knowing Mandarin can open doors to numerous business opportunities.
Business Partnerships: Building relationships with Chinese companies can lead to mutually beneficial partnerships.
Understand Chinese Business Etiquette: Knowing Mandarin helps navigate Chinese business customs and manners.
Career Advancement: Companies with ties to China often seek employees with Mandarin language skills for international positions.
Learn Other Languages Easier: Learning Mandarin can make it easier to learn other Sino-Tibetan languages.
Job Opportunities: Knowledge of Mandarin Chinese is a valuable skill in many industries, providing a competitive edge in the job market.
Travel Convenience: When traveling to China and other Mandarin-speaking regions, knowing the language will enhance your travel experience.
Business Travel Facilitation: In business trips to China, knowing Mandarin will make communication smoother.
Cultural Understanding: Learning Mandarin will give you insights into Chinese culture, history, and traditions.
Personal Growth: Learning a new language challenges your brain and fosters personal development.
Academic Opportunities: Mandarin is increasingly offered as a foreign language in schools and universities around the world.
Friendship and Connections: Knowing Mandarin can help build strong relationships with Mandarin speakers, leading to valuable connections.
Cross-Cultural Communication: Understanding Mandarin enables you to communicate effectively with people from diverse backgrounds.
Social Media and Gaming: Engage with a broader online community and explore Chinese social media platforms and games.
Academic Research: Knowledge of Mandarin opens up access to a vast array of academic research published in Chinese.
Impress Others: Knowing a less common language like Mandarin can impress friends, colleagues, and potential employers.
Gain Respect: Chinese speakers often appreciate and respect those who make an effort to learn their language.
Stand Out as a Professional: In certain industries, being one of the few Mandarin speakers can set you apart from the competition.
Boosts Memory: The challenge of learning Mandarin improves memory and cognitive function.
Study Abroad Opportunities: Many universities in China offer scholarships and exchange programs for international students.
Chinese Arts and Calligraphy: Understanding Mandarin allows you to appreciate Chinese art forms in their original context.
Chinese Philosophy and Literature: Read classic works from Confucius, Lao Zi, and other influential Chinese thinkers.
Cultural Exchange: Speak with native Mandarin speakers and exchange cultural knowledge.
Increased Empathy: Learning Mandarin can foster empathy and cultural understanding between nations.
Access to Chinese Music and Entertainment: Enjoy Chinese pop, traditional music, and entertainment in their original language.
Tutoring Opportunities: Teach Mandarin as a second language and provide tutoring services.
Promote Peace and Diplomacy: Language skills can foster better international relations and understanding.
Appreciate Chinese History: Learn about ancient Chinese dynasties and historical events in their original language.
Communicate with Overseas Chinese Communities: Connect with Chinese diaspora communities worldwide.
Competitive Edge in Academia: If you study Chinese-related subjects, knowing Mandarin can significantly benefit your research.
Let’s start with the 4 tones of Chinese:
1st tone sounds like when we sing.
2nd tone sounds like when we are asking a question.
3rd tone sounds like starting angry and then goes up like a question.
4th tone sounds like when we are angry.
Please Listen First and then Repeat
一 Yī one |
二 Èr two |
三 Sān three |
四 Sì four |
五 Wǔ five |
六 Liù six |
七 Qī seven |
八 Bā eight |
九 Jiǔ nine |
十 Shí ten |
红 Hóng red |
黄 Huáng yellow |
绿 Lǜ green |
白 Bái white |
黑 Hēi black |
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我 Wǒ I |
你 Nǐ you |
她 Tā she |
他 Tā he |
人 Rén person |
女 Nǚ girl |
男 Nán boy |
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