2010/01/29

GUEST's COLUMN (住客专栏)

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Consul General of P.R. China, Mr. Niu Qing Bao addressing the Management students (SIMSR) , MICF on 11th October 2011 at Somaiya Vidyavihar on inauguration of India-China Photo Exhibition to celeberate 2011 India-China the year of exchange.




H.E. Mr. Niu Qingbao (牛清报), Consul General (in center) , Mr. Zan, Consul-Cultural & Education (on left) of P.R.China & Dr. S.K.Upadhyay (萨丁德), ICF (on right) on 61 st Chinese National Day Reception in Hotel Taj Palace, Mumbai




A wonderful presentation by Mr. Yang (from Huawei) on Chinese New Year 2011, Year of Rabbit


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Watch Chinese Premier Mr. Li Keqian's speech in Chinese and English
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1VkAMDjhIU  

Watch Indian PM Mr. Manmohan Singh's speech in English and Chinese
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NCtWnhrQUY 

CHINA PARADISE FOR VEGETARIAN !!!
By Satyendra Upadhyay (Published in 'China daily')
I feel in China you can maintain your business as well as healthy life also just with your confidence and power of language. I am sure with this you will be saying "I am Loving It". ..(continued on link below.....)




Must read article ('IN-CHIN CLOSER') by Mr. Sudheendra Kulkarni A legend for India-China Relationship http://www.indianexpress.com/news/inchin-closer/723531/


"INDIA from a CHINA Classroom(Hindustan times 12 Dec. 2010, Page no. 10 "world" by Reshma)http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/PUBLICATIONS/HT/HM/2010/12/12/index.shtml"


********************************* [Kathleen Ludwig, Luxembourg]
"From my personal experience, what is very important when learning Chinese, particularly for beginners, is that one has to be patient. Chinese is quite a tough language, not so much because of the grammar, but mainly because of writing the characters and speaking the language (the different tones that one has to consider when pronouncing a word), so progress might be slow, especially in the beginning. But don't give in! And even if revising the same things again and again starts getting boring after a while, one has to hang in there and repeat it once more :-)
When learning how to write, it is crucial to constantly, again and again, repeat writing the same characters. Also, it is quite important to always write the characters in the same way. By that I mean that one has to draw all the strokes of a character in the same order, whenever one repeats writing the character. That way, one internalises the whole thing after a while.
As to speaking and listening Chinese, it would be best to ask a Chinese friend to help one practice. For instance, when I started learning Chinese, I had weekly meetings with a Chinese friend where we worked together for 2 hours. During one hour we only used German in our conversation (my friend was learning that language) and during the second hour we only conversed in Chinese. Through training with a Chinese speaker, one can learn a lot; for instance also colloquial language, etc.Obviously, the best thing to do to get fluent in spoken Chinese, is to travel to China and stay there for a while. As you are constantly surrounded by the language there and are kind of forced to use it, you will improve immensely. At first, it is difficult, because maybe you feel shy speaking Chinese because you are afraid of making mistakes (I sure was!), but after a while it gets easier. Plus, Chinese people usually appreciate it a lot if you are able to speak their language (even if it is not that great at the beginning) and they don't mind you making mistakes. That's at least how I experienced it.
So my advice in a nutshell: "Don't give up and practice a lot!"
My profile:
"Master of Arts in Sinology and History from University of Trier in Germany. One year fellowship by Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC) for advance study of Chinese language in OEC of Xiamen University, China and cleared HSK from Germany. Worked in German Company in Shenzhen.
I recently started taking Hindi lessons. Furthermore, I am fluent in Luxembourgish (my mother tongue), German, French and English. And I also speak some Italian ."
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2010/01/21

MEMBER's COLUMN (会员专栏)

[ This space is reserved for Members of Interactive Chinese Forum. Members can share their knwoledge, information by leaving messeges and useful input for other Chinese learners]
CONGRATULATION !!
*** Mr. Sanket Andharikar (上课) (Diploma Chinese Student) has been selected by one of most Famous University of China i.e. Shaanxi Normal University, for Chinese Language Program for one year (Sept.2010-July 2011).
** Ms. Ashwini Rao (Intermediate Chinese Student) has been selected by one of topmost University of China i.e.Tsinghua University, Beijing for Chinese Language Program for one semester (Feb-July 2010).
ICF members (Chindia Alumni) extend best wishes for their bright career.
From now on Mr. Sanket & Ms. Ashwini will contribute from China.

*** Next ICF meeting is scheduled on Last Sunday of every month (details are given at bottom of this webpage)
CAREER in CHINESE
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Language: Good command on Spoken Chinese, reading and writing skills can give you additional value.
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LEARNING CHINESE (学习中文)

You may visit following link for self study of Chinese language

1. Interactive dictionary, pinyin, understanding Chinese character, basic translation
http://us1.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php

2. Free download 8 lession audio of basic Chinese from http://www.downloadpimsleur.net/?tpl=sa2

3. Read Chinese daily news on http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/hqzx/

4. Link to practice your Chinese (listening, exercise, download etc.) http://www.cctv.com/english/special/chinese/sc/index.shtml
https://chinesepod.com/accounts/signup [Contributed by Miss Ashwini from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China]

5. Classroom learning: For details please write a email
NOTE: Many more useful link will be added in near future.

STUDENT's LATEST CONTRIBUTION >>>

1. Chinese Poems: (Contributed by Mr. Sanket Andharikar from Xian, China :October 2010:)
一二三,三二一
一二三四五六七
七个孩子来摘果
七个篮子手中提
七个果子七个样
苹果,香蕉,桔子,
柿子,李子,栗子,梨。
2。Dialogues
A.
(新来的 几个留学生 在 跟 办公室的 王老师 说话)
学生: 您好,老师!
王老师: 你好! 你是 小林一郎 吗?
学生: 不, 我不是小林, 他是小林。
小林: 您好! 我是小林。王老师: 他是谁?
小林: 他是 马克,是美国留学生。

B. (艾丽斯 在路上 看见了 小林一郎)
艾丽斯: 小林,你上哪儿?
小林: 我上超市, 你上哪儿?
艾丽斯: 我上银行。
小林: 那我们走吧。
KNOWLEDGE of this week:
3. Some Chinese Proverbs [Submitted in ICF meeting by Sanket Andharikar "上课" ]

入 乡 随 俗
rù xiāng suí sú
When in Rome do as the Romans do.
(Lit: Follow the local custom when you go to a foreign place.)
无 风 不 起 浪
wú fēng bù qi làng
There is no smoke without fire.
(Lit: There is no wave without wind.)
不 入 虎穴, 焉得 虎子
bù rù huxué, yāndé huzi
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
(Lit: If you don't go into the cave of the tiger, how are you going to get its cub?)
人 算 不如 天 算
rén suàn bùrú tiān suàn
Man proposes and God disposes.
(Lit: Man's schemes are inferior to those made by Heaven.)
以 毒 攻 毒
yi dú gōng dú
Fight fire with fire.
(Lit: Fight fire with fire.)
骄 兵 必 败
jiāo bīng bì bài
Pride goes before a fall.
(Lit: The arrogant (or over-confident) army will lose the battle for sure.)

yī zì qiān jīn
一 字 千 金 one word is worth a thousand tales of gold

yī mù nán zhī
一 木 难 支 one single post cannot bear the burden

jīn mù shuǐ huǒ tǔ
金 木 水 火 土 the 5 element of Chinese philosophy

dú mù bù chéng lín
独 木 不 成 林 one tree doesn't make a forest-one person alone cannot accomplish much

mù yǐ chéng zhōu
木 已 成 舟 the wood is already made into a boat - what is done cannot be undone

shí nián shù mù bǎi nián shù rén
十 年 树 木, 百 年 树 人 it takes ten years to grow trees, but a hundred to rear people (a hundred years to bring up a generation of able men)

yī bù yī gè jiǎo yìn ér
一 步 一 个 脚 印 儿 every step leaves its print - work steadily and make solid progress

qiān fāng bǎi jì
千 方 百 计 be every possible means (by hook or by crook)

qiān lǐ zhī dī kuì yú yǐ xué
千 里 之 堤 溃 于 蚁 穴 one ant-hole may cause the collapse of a thousand li dyke (slight negligence may lead to great disaster)

qiān lǐ zhī xíng kāi shǐ yú zú xià
千 里 之 行 开 始 于 足 下 a thousand meter journey is started by taking first step

qiān lǜ yī de
千 虑 一 得 even a fool may sometime have a good idea

qiān zài yī shí
千 载 一 时 only once in a thousand years (golden opportunity)

gè yǒu qiān qiū
各 有 千 秋 each has something strong to recommend (each has strong point)

hǎo shì bù chū mén huài shì chuán qiān lǐ
好 事 不 出 门 坏 事 传 千 里 Good news never goes beyond the gate and bad news spread far and wide

shù gāo qiān zhàng yè luò guī gēn
树 高 千 丈, 叶 落 归 根 a tree may grow a thousand zhang high but its leaves fall back to the roots; a person residing away from home eventually
returns to his native soil

yǎng bīng qiān rì yòng bīng yī shí
养 兵 千 日, 用 兵 一 时 maintain an army for a thousand days to use it for an hour

yī kè qiān jīn
一 刻 千 金 every minute is precious

yī rì qiān lǐ
一 日 千 里 thousand meter in a day (at a tremendous pace; with giant strides )

yī zhì qiān jīn
一 掷 千 金 stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (spend money like water)

zhì zhě qiān lǜ bì yǒu yī shī
智 者 千 虑, 必 有 一 失 even the wise are not always free from eror

zhì zài qiān lǐ
志 在 千 里 have great ambitions

tán hé róng yì
谈 何 容 易 easier said than done (bu no means easy)

shí yí sú yì
时 移 俗 易 circumstances change with the passage of time

xīn jìn huǒ chuán
薪 尽 火 传 as one piece of fuel is consumed the flame passes to another (the torch of learning passed on from teacher to student and from generation to generation)

zhēn jīn bù pà huǒ liàn
真 金 不 怕 火 炼 true gold fears no fire (a person of integrity can stand severe test)
Quote of the Week:
Jin zhù xīnnián kuàilè xìngfú, dàjídàlì !
谨 祝 新年 快乐 幸福, 大吉大利!
Wish you a happy New Year and great fortune! —Most popular Chinese New Year greetings.

4. Learn Chinese with picture (Contributed by Ms. Ashwini in August 2010)










Chinese Radicals, Strokes & Example











Family Relationships in Chinese












Fruit & Vegetables in Chinese












Daily-needs in Chinese





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QUESTION of this week: Translate the following into Chinese and post as comment in same column.
FAMOUS CHINESE TEA
The green tea and oolong tea are two most valuable ingredients of traditional Chinese tea. While some people are fond of black tea and jasmine tea. The yellow tea and white tea, especially the compressed tea, also possess a wide market. A prosperous situation prevails in the tea family like a hundred flowers blossoming. Generally speaking, people in the north and west are fond of jasmine tea. People living in the Changjiang river vally have the greatest esteem for green tea. People living in the Fujian and Taiwan like oolong tea, while people in Guangdong prefer to black tea. It goes without saying that the delicate fragrant green tea and the strong fragrant oolong tea embody the cream of traditional Chinese tea. And the tea cultute of two-thousand-year history really has a long pleasurable aftertaste.

New Words
尤其【yóuqí】 especially ; 红茶【hóngchá】 black tea ;
绿茶【u】 green tea ;茶叶【cháyè】 tea; tea-leaves.

文化【wénhuà】 culture ;回味【huíwèi】 aftertaste
一般【yībān】 in general ;流域【liúyù】 valley

Q&A on Chinese new Year
Q1. Traditionally, Chinese New Year is also called "春节." Do you know the Chinese pinyin of "春节?"
A. Chūnjié B. Chūntiān C. Chuīniú D. Chūnlián
Q2. One of the important activities in Chinese New Year is to pay a New Year call. Do you know the Chinese characters for "to pay a New Year call?"
A. 拜访 (bàifang) B. 拜年 (bàinián) C. 礼拜 (libài) D. 崇拜 (chóngbài)

ANSWER (Translation of Famous Chinese tea (名茶) is given below):
中国茶叶家族,以绿茶和乌龙茶为上佳珍品,红茶,花茶,也有广大的爱好者,而黄,白黑茶,尤其是紧压茶,亦有较大市场,呈两峰对峙,百花齐放的局面。一般来说北方和西部地区,喜花茶者为多,长江流域以绿茶为宗,福建台湾尚乌龙,广东一带泽爱红茶。当然,最能代表中国茶之成就者,绝对是茶的清音雅韵和乌龙之幽谷飘香。伴着茶香,中国两年千的茶文化才真正是回味无穷的呢!
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2010/01/17

CHINDIA ALUMNI (中印校友)

Consul General of P.R. China welcomes members of Interactive Chinese forum on Photo Exibition of 60th Anniversary of Foundation of P.R.China at Chinese Consulate,Mumbai on 30 June 2009

您好,
******祝你新年快乐*****

Objective of CHINESE FORUM: This platform is designed to help anyone who are interested to understand/share Chinese culture, language, Chinese business management etc.

This forum is organised by dedicated Chinese learners and supporters. Therefore anyone who has studied Chinese even little, can be part of CHINDIA ALUMNI i.e. The family of Chinese language and Culture in India.
Executive Committee
1. Dr. Satyendra K. Upadhyay (萨丁德), Head of Chinese Alumni & Forum
2. Dr. Shankarnaryan, Dr. Deshpandy, Director, Buddhist Studies Center
3. Dr. Vijay Poman, (Chinese Diploma student): Coordinator for Chinese test
4. Mr. Arvindan Chanda, (Business Chinese):Coordinator for Chatting session
5. Mr. Sanket & Ms. Ashvini, (Intermediate Chinese student): Alumni Coordinator
6. Ms. Ashvini : Live Experience in China
7. Dr. Sonal (苏娜) : Chinese forum blog update
Organising Committee
1. Mr. Sanket : Organising associate
2. Ms. Krupa, (Intermediate Chinese student) : Event flow
3. Ms. Shilpa, (Intermediate Chinese student) : Flashcards
4. Mr. Mehul (Chinese Certificate student) : Interactive Chatting
5. Ms. Shailesh & Mr. Pradeep(Chinese Certificate student): Business Chatting
6. Mr. Chaudhary (Chinese Certificate student) : Basic Chinese
7. Ms. Sanika, (Intermediate Chinese student) : Chinese Quiz
Honorable Members
1. Ms. Cui Weiwei, Executive in a Chinese Bank, Shanghai, China
2. Mr. Sakthivel, Chief Representative of Union Bank of India, Beijing,China
Registered Members: 15
Name Chinese Name
1. Arvindan Chanda [ā rì yìn dé (阿日印德)]
2. Dilip Chengot [dì lì bā (帝力巴)]
3. Mehul Sanghvi [měi hú lè (美湖乐)]
4. Pradip Pinge [bā dìbèi (巴帝贝)]
5. Rajesh M shah [ruì jí shí (瑞及时)]
6. Sanket Saraf [shān kě tè (山可特)]
7. Shailesh Jain [shài léi shì (晒雷士)]
8. Shilpa Khanvilkar [xí lè bā (媳乐巴)]
9. Sanket Andharikar [shān kě (山可)]
10. Sanika [shā ní ke (沙妮卡)]
11. Govind Sawant [guó yìn dé (国印德)]
12. Indrani Bhole [yìn dà ní lè(印大呢乐)]
13. Krupa Parekh [gu rú ba (古如把)]
14. Dr. Poman [ bó men (博满]
15. Ashwini [ài shì ní (瑷士尼]
Non-registered participants: >32
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We are very thankful to Chinese Consulate, Times of India Foundation, Somaiya College (Buddhist Studies Center) , ICCCI for their kind support.

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45th Interactive Chinese Forum (ICF) Meeting: 中文论坛 (第四十五会议)












 45th ICF, meeting will be held on 30th June (sunday) 2013:中文论坛




Time (时间): 10.30am-01.30pm
Venue (地点): Institute of Management Building, Somaiya Campus, Vidyavihar (East), Mumbai, INDIA
Topic (题目): 中国总理访问到印度"zhōng guó zǒng lǐ fǎng wèn dào yìn" (Chinese Premier's visit to India) (pl. refer youtube link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1VkAMDjhIU  ; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NCtWnhrQUY   for preparation)

Participants (参加人): ICF members (Businessmen, Executives and Fresh graduates)
NOTE: Non ICF members contact skchineseforum@gmail.com for prior free registration or call to Dr. Satyendra (9867052227), Dr.(Mrs) Deshpandy (022-21024338), Mr. Bhole (9870464363)