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How to Write a Chinese Essay

Dec 16, 2020 | Guest Blogs & Media

The more essays you write, the better you get at communicating with Chinese. To write a good essay, you first have to reach a high language mastery level.

Do you admire the students who write seamless Chinese essay? If you do, then you should know that you too can achieve this level of proficiency. In the meantime, don’t be afraid to pay for your essay if you cannot write it on your own. Online academic writers are a resource each student should take advantage of.

Here are tips to help you get better at writing essays in Chinese.

How to Write a Chinese Essay | That's Mandarin Blog

Learn New Chinese Words

The key to communicating in a new language is learning as many words as you can. Take it upon yourself to learn at least one Chinese word a day. Chinese words are to essay writing what bricks are to a building. The more words you have, the better you get at constructing meaningful sentences.

Case in point, if you’re going to write a Chinese sentence that constitutes ten words, but you don’t know the right way to spell three of those words, your sentence might end up not making sense.

During your Chinese learning experience, words are your arsenal and don’t forget to master the meaning of each word you learn.

Read Chinese Literature

Reading is the most effective way of learning a new language. Remember not to read for the sake of it; find out the meaning of each new word you encounter. When you are an avid reader of Chinese literature, nothing can stop you from writing fluent Chinese.

In the beginning, it might seem like you’re not making any progress, but after a while, you will notice how drastically your writing will change. Receiving information in Chinese helps your brain get accustomed to the language’s sentence patterns, and you can translate this to your essays.

Be extensive in your reading to ensure you get as much as possible out of each article. Remember that it’s not about how fast you finish an article, but rather, how much you gain from the exercise.

Translate Articles from your Native Language to Chinese

Have you ever thought about translating your favorite read to Chinese? This exercise might be tedious, but you will learn a lot from it. The art of translation allows you to seamlessly shift from one language’s sentence pattern into the other. The more you do this, the easier it will be for your brain to convert English sentences into Chinese phrases that people can comprehend.

You can always show your Chinese professor your translations for positive criticism. The more you get corrected, the better you will get at translation. Who knows, you might actually like being a translator once you graduate.

Final Thoughts

Adrian Lomezzo | Guest Author at That's Mandarin Blog

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The Guide to Writing Your First Mandarin Essay

When you want to be able to make writing your first Mandarin essay nice and easy, it pays to put plenty of thought and effort into the preparation. As the old saying goes ‘fail to prepare, prepare to fail.’ To give you plenty of food for thought we’ve put together everything you need to know to get things moving. All you need to do is work through the following steps, and you’ll be submitting your essay in no time at all.

Check you understand the basics

There are so many things you have to think about when writing an essay, particularly when it’s not in your native language. But as with any cognitively demanding task, the process for getting started is always the same. Check you understand the following basics and you’ll be heading in the right direction:

Do you know what the question means?
Have you made a note of the final submission date?
Make sure you read some past examples to get a feel for what’s expected of you
Do you understand the question that has been set?
Do you know who you can talk to if you need advice along the way?
Are there any restrictions on the dialect you should be aware of?

Once you can write the answers to the above down on a single side of the paper, you are ready to tackle the main part of the problem: putting pen to paper.

Set aside time to write

The chances are that you’re not going to be able to pen the entire essay in a single sitting, and that’s okay. It’s nothing to be ashamed of or to worry about, and it’s natural that you need to work across multiple days when writing your first essay.

If you want to be able to make great progress, the most important thing is sticking to a routine. You need to have consistency in your application, and you need to be able to know when you are at your most productive. It’s no good staying up late one night and then carrying on early the next morning. You’d be far better off writing for the same amount of time but on two successive afternoons. Think about how your studies fit in with the rest of your daily life, and then choose the time that seems most appropriate. If you box it off and decide it’s only for writing, you’ll be in a great routine before you even know it.

Clear space so you can focus

As well as having time to write each day, you need a place to write too. The world is full of distractions (most of them are digital and social) so that means you’re going to want to keep yourself to yourself, and your phone in a different room. It might seem a little boring or uncomfortable at first, but you need to practice the habit of deep work. It’s what will allow you to create the most in the shortest time — ideal if you want to have plenty of time leftover to spend doing the other things that matter to you.

Have a daily word count in mind

Telling yourself that you want to write an essay today is one thing, but if you’re really going to push yourself to stick to your goal then you need to get quantitative. If you have a word count in mind that you need to hit, then it will prevent you from giving up and throwing in the towel the minute you start having to think and concentrate more than feels normal. Just like working out in the gym, it’s the temporary moments of extra effort that really drive the big differences. It’s when you’ll see the biggest improvement in your writing ability, and the lessons you teach yourself will stay with you for years to come. Ideal if you want to become a fluent Mandarin writer, as well as an engaging face-to-face speaker.

Read widely to provide context

When you’re immersed in an essay it can be all too easy to become blinkered and fail to pay attention to everything else that’s going on around you. Of course, you want to be focused on the task at hand, but you don’t want to be single-minded to the point of ignoring other great learning resources that are just a click away.

Reading widely is one of the best ways to improve your essay writing because it exposes you to techniques and approaches used by the best of the best. You’re not expected to be able to instantly write like a native speaker after an hour of reading. But what you will be able to do with consistent application is build up confidence and familiarity with written Mandarin. Over time this will reflect on the quality and depth of your writing as you gradually improve and take onboard lessons you’ve learned.

Take a break before you proofread

Last but not least, you need to remember that essay writing is a marathon, not a sprint. It’s all about taking the time to get things written before you hand them in, not racing through to try and finish on time. If you want to get the most out of your writing you need to take a day off between finishing your draft and proofing it. That way your brain will have had plenty of time to reflect on the work you’ve produced, and you’ll be able to spot many more little mistakes and places for improvement than you would if you proofed right away.

Final Thoughts

Writing Mandarin is a challenging task that will test your language skills and make you think hard about how to apply what you’ve learned so far. It might be slow going to begin with, but that’s great as it means you’re pushing your limits and building on your existing skills. If you want to be able to master Mandarin, you need to persevere and stay the course. Once you do, you’ll start to improve a lot faster than you expect.

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Level 1 (HSK 1+): Elementary Chinese

Level 1 unit 1 – story: my room in beijing.

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Describe Your Room in Chinese | Elementary Chinese Reading Story

Unit 1 Review 2 ▸ In this HSK 1 Elementary Chinese reading story, we will practice how to describe your room in Chinese. You will be able to say where your room is and discuss the size or it. Listen to the story in the video lesson, answer questions and repeat after the story to practice speaking Chinese.

INSTRUCTIONS

Listen to the story
Repeat after the story
Answer the given questions
Copy the transcript both by typing and handwriting
Practice daily until fluent

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Mǎkě 马可's is describing his room in Chinese.

What country does 马可 live in?
In what city does 马可 learn Chinese?
How is his Chinese school and how are the teachers?
Where is 马可’s room?
What does he do in his room?

Èrlíngyīqī nián liùyuè shíwǔ rì

Wǒ jiào Mǎkě, shì Měiguórén。

Wǒ bú zhù zài Měiguó, Wǒ zhù zài Zhóngguó。Wǒ zài Běijīng xuéxí Hànyǔ。

Zhè suǒ Hànyǔ xuéxiào hěndà, wǒde Hànyǔ lǎoshī hěnhǎo。

Wǒ zài Běijīng yǒu yíge fángjiān。Fángjiān búdà, hěnxiǎo。

Wǒ zài wǒde fángjiān hēchá、xuéxí。Wǒ hěn xǐhuan wǒde fángjiān。

二零一七年六月十五日

我不住在美国，我住在中国。我在北京学习汉语。

这所汉语学校很大，我的汉语老师很好。

我在北京有一个房间。房间不大，很小。

我在我的房间喝茶、学习。我很喜欢我的房间。

*The English translation is made to be literal for a better understanding of the Chinese sentence structures and language flow.

June 15 2017

My name is Mǎkě; am American.

I don't live in America; I live in China. I'm learning Chinese in Beijing.

This Chinese school (is) pretty big; my Chinese teacher (is) pretty good.

I have a room in Beijing. The room (is) not big; pretty small.

I drink tea and study in my room. I like my room a lot.

二零一七年六月十五日我叫马克，是美国人。我不住在美国; 我住在中国. 我在中国北京学习汉语。这所汉语学校很大; 我的汉语老师很号。我在北京有一个房间. 房间不大; 很小。我在房间喝茶，学习. 我很喜欢我的房间。

二零二三年十月十六日她叫关老师。她是北京人。她是住在美国的汉语老师。她在老师宿舍有一个房间。她在学校喜欢吃苹果。她在学校喜欢喝茶。她有二十个学生，她们都爱学习汉语。她学习英语法语。

马可住在中国。他在北京学习汉语。他的所汉语学校很大。他的汉语老师很好。他在北京有一个房间。房间不大，很小。他在他的房间喝茶，学习。他很喜欢他的房间。

Typing Practice：二零一七年六月十五日我叫马可，是美国人。我不住在美国，我住在中国。我在北京学习汉语。这所汉语学校很大。我的汉语老师很好。我在北京有一个房间。房间不大，很小。我在我的房间喝茶，学习。我很喜欢我的房间。

吗可住在中国她在北京学习汉语他的学校很大，她的老师很好她的房间在北京他喝茶，学习

二零一七年六月十五日我叫马可，是美国人。我不住在美国，我住在中国。我在北京学习汉语。这所汉语学校很大，我的汉语老师很好。我在北京有一个房间。房间不大,很小。我在我的房间喝茶，学习。我很喜欢我的房间。

How is pronounced 零？”Ling” or “Liang”? Thank you Lili .

it’s pronounced Ling. Liang is this character 两。

Thank you Lili. I will go straight to the Tone Drills Course as you suggest. I have never come across half third tone.

Thank you again for these lessons. LiLi. I am sure you are going to say “Yes” to my question. But I just want to be sure. In the expression ‘Wo3 hen3 xi3 huan’ would the tones became ‘Wo2 Hen2 xi3 huan’ as happens when just two third tones follow each other? If so, the rule then is that no two 3rd tones can sit next to each other.

Hi Leonard, thanks for your question. I’m glad you noticed the micro differences among the Third Tones. You have good listening skills!

Have you checked out our Tone Drills Course ? Out of the 16 lessons, 5 of them are about the Third Tones.

When three Third Tones are together , there are basically two ways to pronounce the phrase, depending on the grammatical structure of the phrase. In the phrase 我很喜欢 wǒ hěn xǐhuan, 我 wǒ is pronounced in the Half Third Tone , 很 hěn turns into a Second Tone and then xǐ is also a Half Third Tone because it is not at the end of a sentence. When a Third Tone is at the end of a sentence, it is usually pronounced in a Full Original Third Tone.

Please check out the links, the videos have a lot of examples of phrases that have 2, 3 or even more Third Tones together.