Social post: Single Chinese people are always looking for Mr. or Ms. Perfect. What do you think of their checklist for finding a good match? Learn more about ??? (gao fù shuài) and ??? (bái fù mei) here: http://bit.ly/1PB3PoW
Social post: How to say “Sea Bunny” and other cute sea creatures, or ke ài de hai yáng dòng wù (???????) in Chinese!
Social post: Make sure your Chinese tattoo has the right meaning! Check out 4 more funny #tattoofails here: http://bit.ly/1Q8QnZw
Have you seen any Chinese tattoo mistakes since you've started learning Chinese?
Social post: "Crouching tiger hidden dragon" - ???? (wò hu cáng lóng) is a really cool Chinese idiom (and movie) you should know. This Chinese idiom - ?? (chéng yu) describes people with unusual hidden talents.
Example sentences:
???????????? (xué zhong wén de rén ken dìng shì wò hu cáng lóng) - People who study Chinese definitely have unusual hidden talents.
???????????? (zhong guó shì yí ge wò hu cáng lóng de dì fang) - China is a place of crouching tigers and hidden dragons.
Note: You can change the order and it means the same thing! ???? (cáng lóng wò hu) - "hidden dragon crouching tiger"! #chengyu
Social post: Get flirty with today's #YOYOslang - ?? (fàng diàn) - literally "release electricity"!
Use ?? (fàng diàn) when you're feeling confident and ready to attract attention!
Example sentences:
???? (qù fàng diàn ba) - "Go flirt!"
????? (ta hen huì fàng diàn) - "She really knows how to flirt!"
Share this with someone you want to ?? (fàng diàn) - flirt with!
Social post: No time to read our blog this week? No problem! Use this handy infographic to learn the 6 Chinese brands we discussed on the blog. Share this with your friends to show your impressive Chinese business knowledge! ?? And join the discussion with your fellow students here: http://bit.ly/1RRDR1g
Social post 1 of 2: Guess the Star Wars Character using only the Chinese pronunciation! Can you figure out who these two helmet-wearing villains are? Read the pinyin a few times then give us your best guesses below!
Pinyin:
bo ba · fèi tè
dá si · wéi dé
Simplified:
?? · ??
?? · ??
Traditional:
?? · ??
?? · ??
We'll reveal the correct answers in a few hours. : ) #YOYOgame
Social post 2 of 2: Welcome back to Guess the Star Wars Character! Here are the right answers!
?? · ?? (bo ba · fèi tè) - Boba Fett
?? · ?? (dá si · wéi dé) - Darth Vader
Did you get them right? Check out our video pinyin chart to find the pronunciation for each pinyin syllable here: http://bit.ly/1iDut4K. See you next week for another #YOYOgame! #starwars #darthvader #bobafett
Social post: Airplanes (??, fei ji)—or "flying machines" as we like to call them at Yoyo Chinese—and robots (???, ji qì rén) are everywhere these days. But there are so many other Chinese ? (ji) words that people use all the time! Add a few more machine-related words to your vocabulary today! Know any others?
Airplane
?? (fei ji)
Robot
??? (ji qì rén)
Mobile phone
?? (shou ji)
Helicopter
??? (zhí sheng ji)
Lighter
??? (da huo ji)
#YOYOcollage
Social post: Tasty sea creature names are more fun in Chinese! Check out the building block nature of shrimp, lobster, and crayfish:
? (xia) - shrimp
?? (lóng xia) - lobster AKA "dragon shrimp"
??? (xiao lóng xia) - crayfish AKA "small dragon shrimp"
Know any other Chinese building block words? Share them below!
Social post: Saying “please” and “thank you” to the wrong person in China just might get you flying-kicked in the head! Discover the secret art of ?(li)-Chinese etiquette and manners on our blog here: http://bit.ly/1NF3G3L #learnchineseonline #yoyochinese
Social post: Giraffe - ??? (cháng jing lù)
? (cháng) - long
? (jing) - neck
? (lù) - deer
Did you know that "long neck deer" babies are already 6 feet tall when they're born?! That's a lot of giraffe! smile emoticon
Big thanks to our students for suggesting new words for us to break down into their building blocks! Let us know more in the comments below! And if you want to learn more about the building blocks of the Chinese language, check out our YOYO 300 character course here: http://bit.ly/1LzhZmg #YOYOabc
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Selected social media posts from my time as the Social Media Community Manager at Yoyo Chinese Inc. All images were conceptualized and designed by me. All accompanying copy was written by me as well.
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