Welcome

Hi, welcome to the Immediate Chinese website. My name is Ray and I love Chinese.

I believe I can help anyone who desires to learn Chinese do so. Without learning to read Chinese characters or even pinyin. In fact, I believe that if you can speak English, you can communicate in Chinese easily and quickly. No complicated or confusing instruction. Just learning fun.

Youtube videos

With the internet learning can be both easy and fun. I hope to entertain and this is why I do most of my teaching through youtube videos. Each of the videos has valuable lessons and hopefully is fun to watch as well.

I list my videos here with the newest video at the top of the page. If you are new to the site you may want to view the older videos first. But, it really doesn't matter as each lesson is self contained.

Under each video are three types of text. There is the immediate chinese pronunciation guide which I suggest for people who want to communicate quickly without the hassle of learning new sounds for the letters of our alphabet. I also have included Chinese pinyin so you can see how the Chinese spell their language using our alphabet. And of course there is the English translation.

This is the newest video I have uploaded. More are in the works.

Ni hao

Knee How

You Good. Or Hello.

Ni hao ma?

wo hen hao.

How are you?

I'm very good.

This was a fun video to film, and I'll have new videos coming up in a few more days! Stay tuned. Also, I am gonna be redoing my layout on my website, new pics and more! -Ray

Woe she who+wan You+N Doe+ng. Wo xihuan yun dong. I like sports.
Woe she who+wan. Wo xihuan... I like
Lawn chee+yo. Lan chiu. Basketball.
Woe she who+wan do(t) lawn chee+yo. wo xihuan da lan chiu. I like to play basketball.
Woe sure Kobe...... Wo shi Kobe……. I am Kobe.
You yong.
Wo xihuan da wang chiu.
Wo xihuan chi jiao ta che.
Ta xihuan chi jiao ta che.
Wo xi huan pao bu.
Bang chiu. Bong Chi+yo
Wo xihuan gan lan chiu

Tie yang boo gin. Taiyang bu jian. The Sun is out of sight.

Taiyang is the sun. bu means not, and jian, means visible.

Not a lot of Chinese teaching in this video. I was in Shanghai on July 22, 2009 for the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st Century. Very cool.
Though not taught in the video, at one point I was standing next to a police car, so I think I should mention the two characters on the police car that form the word police.
Police. Jing cha, jing cho(p).

Words and Phrases taught:
Pa shan. pa shawn Mountain Climbing
Ni knee YouYou
Yao bu yao gen wo qu (sneeze)
Pa shan?
Xiao jie, ni yao bu yao gen wo qu pa shan?
Bu yao.

Miss, You want dont' want with me go mountain climbing.

One way to ask a question in Chinese it to give the options. Yao bu yao, is want not want. So to answer the question reply either with yao, which is want, or bu yao, which is don't want.

Chi fan.

Chir (p) fawn.
Eat rice.
Xiao jie, ni yao bu you gen wo qu chi fan?

Miss, Do you want to go with me to eat?

Bu yao.

Don't want.

Kan dian ying.

Khan Dee+Yen Ing.
See movie
Watch a movie.
Ni yao bu yao qu kan dian ying?
Wo ai ni, wo ai ni.

Woe eye knee, Woe eye Knee.

I love you, I love you.
Wo yao ni.

Woe Yao Knee.

I want you.

You yo Have
Mayo meiyo Don't have
Woe mayo I don't have.
Knee you mayo shengbing?
Shun jing bing.
Ni you mayo shen jing bing?
Wo meiyo shen jing bing.
Tou tung.
Head hurt, headache.
Ni you mayo tou tong.
Duzi tong. Stomach hurt.
My stomach got hurt from moving it too much, Of course most people get a stomach ache from eating too much or eating the wrong thing, as illustrated by my friend Kobe who ate too much ice cream.
La duzi.
Pull stomach.
Laduzi.
Wo you la duzi.

Ben dan, Stupid Egg, Bun Dawn.
Dai zi, Idiot,
Bai chi.
Bun Dawn
Die zi.

Bye chir(p).

Sheng Ri, Sh+ung er Birthday

kuai le. K+why Luh Happy

Ju ni sheng ri kuai le. Wish You Birthday Happy, or Happy Birthday!

Jew Knee Shung Er K+why Luh.

Wo wangji le.

Woe wong gee luh.

I forgot.

Wo shi meiguo ren. I am American.
Wo shi jianada ren. I am Canadian.
Moxige ren Mexican.
Yindian ren Een Dee(p) On Run. American Indian.
Auzhou ren Australian.
Yingguo ren British.
DeGuo ren German
Gan bei, Bottoms up!
YiDaLi ren, Italian.
EGuo ren, Russian.
XiLa ren. Greek.
XiBanYa ren, Spanish.
Wo shi FaGuo ren, I am French.
ChungGuo ren, Chinese
RiBen ren, Japanese.

Ba shi, Bus.
Huo che, Train.
Jie yun, Subway.
Zai nali. At where?
Jie yun jan zai nali?

Subway station at where?
Ji cheng che. Taxi.

Cesuo zai nali?

Toilet is where?
Daochu dou shi cesuo!

Everywhere all is a toilet.

Duo xiao chian? How much money?
Liu kwai Six Dollars.
Tai gui. Too Expensive.
Xie xie. Thank you.

YinYue Een yue. Music
Hen Hao ting. Hun how ting. Very Good Listening.
Hen nan ting. Hun non ting. Very difficult listening.
Re Gou Ruh go. Hot Dog

I was in Waikiki and there was a parade going down Kalakaua

Avenue. I filmed the girls that I had danced with the day

earlier. The lead dancer stole my moves. Which is clear if you watch part one of the Taiwanese dancers at the bottom of this page.

This is my first video for youtube. It was made with a computer mounted eye camera. So, please excuse the quality. Still, there are some useful phrases you can learn.

Ni hen piao liang. Knee Hun Pee+you Lee+yang.

You very pretty.

Ching wen, Ching One. Please ask or May I please ask
Ching wen Nido dianHua Haoma ma.

Ching one Knee duh dee+Yen Who+Wo(k) How Ma.

Please, your telephone number.
Wanshang you kong ma? Won Sh+(B)ong Yo Co(ke)+ng ma?

Tonight, you have free time?

Traditional Taiwanese Dancing

Xiao gei wo kan.

She+Yao Gay Woe Khan.

Smile for me.

This is what was asked of the little girl at the beginning of the video.

Not much Chinese learning in this video, but a chance to watch some

cute Taiwan girls dance. Along with some clowning around by me.

xiexie