COLOURS in Mandarin Go Beyond Words
They call it “learning”. We say it's “Fun”.
Welcome to "Fun Mandarin 玩中文"!
This is our 'Beyond Words' series, where you can discover Mandarin words and expressions that carry intriguing meanings beyond their literal sense, and, most importantly, are frequently used in Mandarin conversations.
The first episode features expressions with COLORS in Mandarin. There are so many fun ones, but we have narrowed it down to four colors (Red, Black, White & Green) for the first episode.
All the expressions are presented with a dialogue and context - let’s see how many you can figure out! And make sure you stick around to the end as we have a bonus phrase for you!
📌Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:29 ❤️ RED 紅色 / 红色
03:59 🖤 BLACK 黑色
09:16 🤍 WHITE 白色
12:24 💚 GREEN 綠色 / 绿色
14:08 ➕ Bonus Phrase
15:07 🫢 Blooper
📝Notes: The captions in the video are in both traditional and simplified Chinese characters. Traditional Chinese characters are highlighted with a blue background, while simplified ones are highlighted in green.
❗Disclaimer: The expressions featuring colors in Mandarin are used solely for linguistic and cultural reference, and bear no offensive connotations towards any races or ethnicities. The usages are not intended to convey any discriminatory meanings.
Here comes the answer to the 'Bonus Phrase' 電腦小白 / 电脑小白: (1). Computer Novice 💻👶 Did you get it right? 😊
oh my god, your channel is gold. just found your channel and im really glad i did. thanks for tbe very fun and informative videos! ❤
Thank you so much for your kind words and for finding us! While the channel is still very small, we especially appreciate all the support. The new video will be published in the coming days. We hope you'll come back to enjoy the new episode :)
非常嚴謹的教學設計，有趣、實用。給個讚!!!
非常感謝您的支持和鼓勵 ! 我會繼續加油 !
Thank you for this vedio it's very interesting to see how the colours are used.
Thank you for watching and taking the time to leave comments. It's made my day 😊 I wish you a lovely holiday:)
im very happy that youtube has recommended your channel 😭😭 your content is quite useful and easy to understand. also, the examples make it even easier to remember the new phrases since they're not like textbook ones(i dont know much mandarin rn, but it wasn't difficult to guess the meaning with pics😅). 萬分感謝！！我學習簡體中文，可是我的‘’小‘’愛好也是學習繁體中文。如果一個人會看或者寫簡體漢字，我覺得他／她也會明白繁體字。雖然簡體漢字看很難，還是值得學習。 sorry if i made any mistakes 🙏 thanks again
It's always a pleasure to hear such positive feedback! ☺️ As you might be aware, I'm a strong advocate of the Communicative Approach, so new vocabulary or phrases should always be applied in meaningful contexts rather than just translating word by word or relying on mechanical memorisation. I believe this is the best way to master any language. I'm really pleased it works for you too! 👍 Your Mandarin is really impressive, and it's so lovely to see traditional characters in your comments! 👍👍👍I understand that for practicality, most Mandarin learners use simplified characters, but I agree with you that it's beneficial to be able to read both systems. Traditional characters are known for their complexity and greater number of strokes, making them daunting for Mandarin learners, especially in the initial stages of learning. However, once you get the hang of them, you'll find that the components in traditional characters are very effective for conveying meaning and memorising new ones. In my humble opinion, they will help you appreciate the beauty of the Mandarin language even more at a later stage. In this channel, we provide both simplified and traditional characters for the key phrases in the dialogues,so it's actually very beneficial for learners to see that both systems share quite a few similarities. I wish you good luck on your Mandarin journey and hope you find the other videos on this channel helpful as well! 😇
If you are opting to know some more basic color vocabulary, we strongly recommend checking out these two brilliant videos: 🌞Learn to Say Colours in Chinese kzhead.info/sun/rLeJkdihsH6NdKc/bejne.html 🎵Chinese Rap Sing-Along Song: Colours kzhead.info/sun/dLeskduNgJOmdY0/bejne.html
Very interesting lesson! In the opportunity, I wish that Jesus, the Name above all names (Phillipians 2), bless you, and may you feed from His Word and Salvation! 非常有趣的課！在這個機會中，我希望耶穌，這個高於一切名字的名字（腓立比書2），祝福你，願你從他的話語和救恩中餵養！
Thank you so much for your kind words and blessings :) Much appreciate it!
Fun way to learn Chinese. tebie ganxie
I'm very pleased to know you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching and commenting😊