Chinese names for
Adidas
and
SKECHERS
are phonetic translations of the brand names into Chinese.
Hanzi: 阿迪达斯
Pinyin: Ādídásī
SKECHERS
Hanzi: 斯凯奇
Pinyin: Sīkǎiqí
☕️How to say Starbucks in Chinese ☕️
星巴克
Pinyin: Xīng bā kè
· 星 (Xīng) = star
· 巴 (bā) = (phonetic part, from "bucks")
· 克 (kè) = (phonetic part, from "bucks")
When ordering food through an app, there is an option to choose the location (dine-in / takeout).
门店就餐 mén diàn jiù cān
dine-in 🥙🍜🍛
打包带走 dǎ bāo dài zǒu
takeout /to go
For English speakers, learning languages like Japanese, Korean, Arabic or Chinese can require about 2200 classroom hours according to the U.S. Foreign Service Institute.
Today we will learn the most common restaurant sentencies
Dine-in 🥢vs. Takeout
门店就餐 mén diàn jiù cān
dine-in 🥙🍜🍛
打包带走 dǎ bāo dài zǒu
takeout /to go
在这儿吃 zài zhèr chī
eat here 🥢🍵
带走
dài zǒu
take away
I follow also a number of YT Chinese teachers.
These 3 apps plus YT is my go to combo, as I think it is actually a really solid mix that covers different bases,
hits pronunciation,
comprehensive learning,
sentence building
and habit-building all in one go.
day 1.
Chinese is genuinely hard—the Foreign Service Institute ranks it as Category IV, "exceptionally difficult".
So here I am, documenting my journey.
Today:
Pimsleur - 2 lessons
Super Chinese -2 lessons
and 5 minutes - Duolingo.