How To: Invite your friends out in Chinese
Benny from askbenny.cn teaches you how to invite your friends out using Mandarin Chinese.
Benny from askbenny.cn teaches you how to invite your friends out using Mandarin Chinese.
Benny from askbenny.cn teaches you how to order tea or coffee in Mandarin Chinese.
Benny from askbenny.cn teaches you how to ask for and give an opinion in Mandarin Chinese including how to say "I agree," "I disagree," "I think," and "that's stupid"
Benny teaches you how to use sentences involving the words "today," "yesterday," and "tomorrow" in Mandarin Chinese.
Benny teaches you the basics of counting in Chinese including how to count to 10 and beyond.
Benny teaches you some Mandarin Chinese greetings, words and phrases used in the business environment.
Benny teaches you how to talk about feelings and emotions in Mandarin Chinese, including anger, happiness, and sadness and how to ask someone how they fell.
Benny teaches you how to say "I caught a cold" in Mandarin Chinese as well as how to say "I have a headache" and ask how to ask "Where is the pharmacy?"
Benny teaches you some greetings and phrases used in public speaking in Mandarin Chinese.
Benny teaches you how to call for help in emergencies in Mandarin Chinese.
Benny teaches you how to order beer, coffee, or coke in Mandarin Chinese.
Benny teaches you how to say ask someone's name and nationality in Mandarin Chinese as well as how to give your own.
The concept of the Dragon Vein - the ridge of a mountain range - is an important one for Chinese landscape painters. Using a brush made with chicken feathers, this tutorial shows you how to apply a dragon vein to your own landscape art.
This video features an old Chinese woman demonstrating how to write some Chinese calligraphy phrases. These phrases can be used to adorn paintings of some traditional Chinese painting subjects, which often feature such calligraphy. We are left to wonder how the host feels about deferring the teaching to his mother-in-law.
Hungry for Chinese cuisine? In this video, learn how to cook up a traditional Chinese egg drop soup with a slight variation. Using Chinese egg noodles, the noodles are implemented into the base to create a creamy corn style noodle soup. The texture and hardness of the noodles adds a classic touch to an already traditional soup. Ingredients are listed in the video.
Egg rolls are a delicious snack, and no Chinese food meal is complete without this yummy appetizer. In this tutorial, learn how to make traditional Chinese egg rolls with Kai. These rolls can be filled with veggies or your favorite meats like chicken, beef or even shrimp. So, the next time you order Chinese, beat the take out guy to your door and have some homemade eggrolls ready to serve with that delicious dinner.
Forget the take out tonight, cook some Chinese food at home instead. Watch this how to video as Chef Kai shows you how to cook Chinese red pork. This authentic pork Chinese dish is sure to be a crowd pleaser.
Forget the take out tonight, cook some Chinese food at home instead. Watch this how to video tutorial as professional Thai chef Kai shows you how to cook up an authentic Chinese crap soup. Enjoy your crab soup on any cold winter day.
Forget the Chinese take out, this vegetarian Chinese dish of fried noodles is perfect for any day of the week. Watch this how to video tutorial as professional Thai chef Kai shows you how to stir fry fried noodles. This vegetarian recipe is quick and delicious try it tonight.
Teach your kids about the ancient Chinese abacus, often used as a counting tool, with the help of a fun arts & crafts project! In this Simple Kid's Crafts tutorial, learn how to construct a Chinese abacus for fun with your kids. This is the perfect project for children ages kindergarden and up! Help your kid's get ahead of the curve with fun, educational arts & crafts projects like this one.
Mr. Baby Squirrel gets the ultimate spa treatment. Massaging a squirrel is a delicate process. Baby squirrels can benefit from some gentle petting. These are techniques for domesticating squirrels.
Noodles are the basis for many a Chinese dish, including the Americanized chow mien (or "cooked noodles" in Chinese), noodles in broth, noodles with wonton soup, noodles with air. After all, with a light, airy consistency they're the perfect complement for savory dishes like kung pao chicken and beef and broccoli with soy sauce.
This video shows viewers how to use orange peels to remove permanent marker from surfaces. Use a small piece of an orange peel for this. To begin, massage the skin (outer layer) of the orange peel. This will cause the oils in the skin to rise to the surface. Once you have massaged it enough, rub the orange peel over the marker stain. Keep rubbing until the marker is entirely gone, or only faint stains are left. It may take a couple of tries, but the stain will usually be entirely removed. In ...
Watch this instructional painting video to paint the "Bird" in Chinese calligraphy with sumi-e ink on rice paper. This is actually a design based on four English letters, spelling b-i-r-d. The original mark was used during the Shang dynasty to mark bronzeware about 4,000 years ago.
Happy New Year! You're probably wondering, "Wha? The New Year passed two months ago." But Chinese New Year, or the Lunar New Year, occured this year on February 3rd and lasts for fifteen days. Celebrating the purging of the old and the coming of prosperity and luck, Chinese New Year is all about starting over.
Chinese Stealth Armor is a rare armor in Fallout New Vegas that will make you nearly invisible to enemies (although not fully, as in Fallout 3). If you steal or sneak a lot (who doesn't?) watch this video for a guide to acquiring two suits of Chinese Stealth Armor.
As far as Chinese food goes, lo mien is the most requested complement to more savory meat and vegetable dishes. While clearly much more unhealthy than steamed rice (and maybe even friend rice), lo mien is oily, salty, and overall yummy.
Any artist who excels enough in his profession will create some sort of signature on his painting to notify other it's his work. Some painters, like Jan van Eyck, are cryptic with their inscriptions, putting it in almost impossible to see areas in the painting, while others, like Chinese painters, put their literal stamp on paintings with a carved seal stamp.
For this project you will need a Chinese takeout container, a hole punch, paint brush, paint, a container for the paint and newspaper. Flatten the Chinese takeout container. Use your hole punch to make holes in it, choosing any pattern you would like. Place the container on the newspaper and paint the outer surface, using any color you prefer. Once you have allowed the pain to dry you can reassemble the Chinese takeout container, back to it's original look. Then you simply place a tea light i...
Happy Chinese New Year! Now that the beginning of another year is upon us, celebrate the cycle of life and of time by making one of the twelve animals from the Chinese zodiac. Check out this video to learn how to fold an origami snake.
In China and Japan there exists a special zodiac quite different from that which we have in the states. The Chinese zodiac consists of twelve animals, each animal representing one year in the constant twelve year revolution.
The esteemed tradition of Chinese watercolor goes back thousands of years and hasn't changed much in terms of composition, subject matter, and materials used. So back then as much as today sky dieties and kings would sip green tea outside pagodas perched high above the clouds, surrounded by monumental mountains and far removed from mortal space.
Chinese seals are some of the oldest and most refined sorts of seals in the world. This video shows you some types of knives that you can use to make them and then demonstrates their use in making some seals out of wooden blocks. Add a new skill to your Chinese art skillset by watching this video.
In order to help a bay to fall asleep you will need to establish a routine. The first step of a sleep routine is a warm bath. After you bathe the baby, you'll need to give the child a massage. Massage one body part at a time with baby lotion. To engage the child, you can name the body parts, as you massage them. Next, you should transition into quiet activities. This is a good time to read to the child or discuss the day. Even very young toddlers benefit from being read to. When the child app...
This two part video shows you the materials needed to mount a Chinese painting. Chinese brush work leaves finished paintings a bit wrinkled and wavy. You will need a specific mounting brush and all purpose flour to make a mounting paste.
Starting the day off right is very important, no matter what country you're in. So, learning the local words for "good morning" and such will help the rest of the day flow. If you're in China (or visiting soon), this video will help you learn to say "good morning" in Mandarin Chinese, along with other words at a hotel breakfast buffet setting. You'll also learn the words you'll need to order the breakfast dishes of your choice, including bacon and eggs, naturally!
When traveling abroad, the one thing you're going to need is how to quench your thirst. Ordering a simple cup of coffee or a hot cup of tea could be impossible if you don't know the local language. This video will show you how to order a drink in Mandarin Chinese. You'll also learn how to point to any snack item that you might want, even if you don't know what it's called in Mandarin! You'll see that communicating with a waiter or waitress need not be too difficult in China.
Watch this great video giving you an in-depth guide to the bicep muscle. This helps you to find the trigger points of the bicep muscle through this easy and informative instructional video.
Learn how to pain down the leg and locate different muscles, such as the gluteus minimus piriformis muscle.
Watch this video to learn about the abdominal muscles, how to locate and massage them.