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Learn the Chinese symbols for kinship and holidays with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn the Chinese symbols for “father” with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn the Chinese symbols for “son” with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn the Chinese symbols for “daughter” with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn the Chinese symbols for “mother's brother” with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn the Chinese symbols for “holiday” with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn the symbols for “Chinese New Year” with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn the Chinese symbols for “Lantern Festival” with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn the Chinese symbols for “Tomb-Sweeping Day” with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn the Chinese symbols for “Dragon Boat Day” with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn the Chinese symbols for “Moon Festival” with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn the Chinese symbols for “Double Ninth Festival” with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn the Chinese symbols for “National Day” with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn the Chinese symbols for “Labor Day” with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn the Chinese symbols for “Mother's Day” with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn the Chinese symbols for “Father's Day” with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

In Chinese writing, a character, or symbol is used to represent each individual syllable. There are over 47,000 Chinese characters in total, however many of these are rarely used, and the average person would need to know only about 4000 characters to be literate. Most modern Chinese words contain more than one syllable and therefore require multiple characters to write out. However, a person knowing the meanings of individual characters can often infer the general meaning of a word. In this free video series, learn how to write some basic Chinese symbols from a Chinese language specialist. This free video series demonstrates how to write a variety of different Chinese characters and symbols. Find out how to write father, son, daughter, mother's birthday, holiday, New Year, Lantern Festival and Tomb-Sweeping Day. Also, learn Chinese symbols for Dragon Boat Day, Moon Festival, Double Ninth Festival, National Day, Labor Day, Mother's Day and Father's Day. With this video series, get free Chinese lessons, so take a moment, and learn how to write some Chinese symbols today!
Xi Chen Xi Chen got her Certificate of Teaching Chinese As a Foreign Language in 2005, one of less than 5,000 certificate holders across China. Recently, she was newly appointed program director of Chinese training as a foreign language at her home institution, China Agricultural University (CAU), Beijing, China. Currently, Chen is a Fulbright Chinese teaching assistant at Umass Amhert, teaching intermediate Chinese course. Please feel free to contact her at: erbaochen@hotmail.com.dkdk
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