Chinese Weekly 3.24.08

Chi nese Language Pr ogr am of NYU i n Shanghai 2008 Spr i ng
New sl et t er
2008
2008

I-1: Elementary 1 I-2: Elementary 2
II-1: Intermediate 1 II-2: Intermediate 2 III: Advanced
- 1 -

Issue 5 Mar. 2008)
(2008 )
Editors of this week: PanXiaoxia; Xu Jinjing Mar. 24
th
- 28
th
, 2008
2008 3 24 28

Congratul ati ons ! Di a n a Sh e n , K a t h e r i n e Wa n g a n d Er i c
B r o w n got the correct ans wer to the ques ti ons of l as t
i s s ues .

zh ng
gu
chu n
t ng
sh
Traditional Chinese costumes

q p o

h ndu r n
d u

zh d o

zh nggu

n x ng

f i ch ng

x huan

q p o

t bi
z i
gu

ch nj i

j x ng

j i h ndi nl
de

sh h u

h ndu

n x ng
d u

xu nz
chu n

q p o

y nw i

q p o
n ng

zh nsh

n x ng
de

q xi nm i
h

m i l

su y

q p o

f i ch ng
sh u

hu ny ng

q p o
de

y ns

du zh ng

du y ng

d nsh

h ngs
zu

ch ngj i n

y xi

c ngu n
de

f w yu n
d u
chu n

h ngs
de

q p o

n

f xi n
l e
ma

z i

di ny ng

hu y ng

New sl et t er
2008
2008

- 2 -

ni nhu
l

zh ngm ny

y g ng
chu n
l e
23
t o

q p o

r gu

d j i

g nx ngq

k y
k n
xi
di n
y ng

b o
zh ng
r ng
k i
y n
j i
(II, III)
As we all know, Chinese women like Qipao
very much. They prefer to wear qipao especially
during Spring Festival and wedding parties. Qipao is
very popular because it can display women's S-line
and charm. Qipao is in different colors while red is
the most common. Have you ever found that
waitresses in some restaurants always wear red
Qipao? Maggie Cheung displayed 23 different
pieces of Qipao in the movie "The Mood for Love". If
you feel interested, just see this eye-opening movie.

Language Tips (I, II-1)
bi
especi al l y
de
sh
h u
when

q xi nm i
S- l i ne
sh uhu ny ng
popul ar

du zh ngdu y ng
di f f erent
ch ngj i n
common

g nx ngq
f eel i nterested
b ozh ng
promi se

d k i y nj i
broaden one' s eye

New sl et t er
2008
2008

- 3 -

t ng
zhu ng

d j i
h i

j de
ma
2001
ni n
APEC

hu y
z i

sh ngh i

j x ng

l ngd o

r nmen
d u
chu n
l e
t ng
zhu ng

h ndu r n
d u

r nw i

t ng
zhu ng

j i sh

zh nggu

t ngd i
de

y f u

q sh

b sh

y nw i

gu w i
d u
b

zh nggu r n
zh
de

d f ng
j i o

t ngr nj i

su y

r nmen
b

zh zh ng

zh ngsh

f zhu ng

j i ozu

t ngzhu ng

t ng
zhu ng
y u

h ngs

l ns
d ng

h ndu

y ns

sh ngmi an

h i y u
f

l
d ng

t n

d du sh
t ng
zhu ng

d ush
y ng

s ch u
zu
de

t ng
zhu ng

k y
h

ni z i k

du nq n
d ng

d p i

sh f n

sh sh ng

g nku i
m i
j i n
ba
(II, III)

Did you still remember? Presidents from different countries all wore
Tangzhuang when APEC was held in Shanghai in
2001. Many people believe that Tangzhuang is the
clothes of Tang Dynasty. However, Tangzhuang was

New sl et t er
2008
2008

- 4 -

named after Tang Ren J ie, which means "China Town". Tangzhuang are in
different colors and with Chinese charaters such as Fu and Lu. Most
Tangzhuang are made of silk. It is now very popular to wear Tangzhuang with
jeans and mini-skirts. Go buy one now!


j x ng
take pl ace
l ngd or n
presi dent of a countr

q sh
actual l y
y nw i

su y
because

zh ngsh f zhu ng
Chi nese styl e cl othes
gu w i
abroad

t n
pattern
s ch u
si l k
ni z i k
j eansj eans

du nq n
mi ni - ski rt
sh sh ng
f ashi onabl e
h n
h n
sh

h nz
r n
z i

q ngch o

y qi n
chu n
de

y f u

y uzhe

y qi ndu ni n
de

l sh

h n
f

b y ng

ni k u

rsh
y ng

d i z

zh
sh
h n
f

zu d
de

t di n

ch l e
chu n
h n
f

y w i

r nmen

b x
d i

New sl et t er
2008
2008

- 5 -

bi de

d ngx

zh
sh
h n
de

l ngw i
g

t di n

n nx ng
chu n
h n
sh

ch ngch ng

d i m ozi

n x ng
chu n
h n
sh

ch ngch ng
d i

zh hu

d ngd ng

h

t ngzhu ng
h

q p o

b t ng

zh nggu r n

xi nz i
chu n
h n
l e
(II, III)

Hanfu, with a history of more than one thousand of
years, is the clothes which people of Han ethnic group
wore before Qing Dynasty. Hanfu is most characterized
because ties were used instead of fasteners. Another
characteristic is that people have to wear accessories
when wearing Hanfu. Men wear caps while women wear
headgears. Different from Tangzhuang and Qipao, Hanfu
is no longer worn now.

l sh
history
ni k u
fastener

d i z
tie
t di n
characteristic

ch l e

y w i
besides
l ngw i
other

zh hu
headgear
h

b t ng
different from

New sl et t er
2008
2008

- 6 -

sho

sh

m n

z

f

sh
Minority costumes
b i
sh
Bai minority costumes

b i
sh ng
hu
z i
y n
n n
sh ng

t
men
ch ng
b i
b i
s

f
zhu ng
de
c i
xi n
m ng

y u
zhe
qi ng
l i
de
du
b

b i
sh o
de
t u
sh
b o
h n
l e

f ng
hu
xu
yu
zh ng
d ng
x

f ng
hu
xu
yu

z i
h n
de
si
j i
sh

l ng
m n
de
sh

f ng

j i sh
zh
gu
z i

zu bi an
de
ch ng

l i s

h u

sh
zh
m o
sh ng
xi
zhe
de

m i l
de

sh nch hu

x u

sh
zh

m od ng
sh ng

b i s
de

r ngm o

y u

sh
zh

t ush
de

x ngzhu ng

xi ng

yu l i ng
(II, III)
ch ng
b i
adore
t u
sh
head-ornaments
l ng
m n
romantic
l i
s
tassel
xi
embroider
r ng
m o
down

New sl et t er
2008
2008

- 7 -

Bai minority who live in Yunnan province adore white color. The colors
of their costumes are bright and with intensively contrast. Young girls' head
ornaments contain wind, flower, snow and moon. The four things together in
Chinese language mean romantic. Wind, refers to the snow white tassel
swaging left side; Flower, refers to the beautiful camellia embroidered along
the crown; Snow, refers to the white down on the top of the crown; Moon,
refers to the shape of the crown like a moon.

mi o
sh
Miao Minority costumes

mi oz

sh nghu
z i

zh nggu

x b

t men
de

f sh
b i

r nch ng
w i
sh

chu n
z i

sh nsh ng
de

sh sh

su y u
de

y f u

d ush

mi oz

f n

sh ug ng

zh zu
de
,

t men
c ng
7 8
su
j i

k i sh
xu

zu zh nxi an
hu

mi oz

f n

x huan
d i

x du

y nsh

zh
sh

t men

sh nghu
zh ng
h n

zh ngy o
de

y b f en

t ngch ng

y
t o

y nsh
sh
8
d o
10
g ngj n
y n

New sl et t er
2008
2008

- 8 -

mi oz
r n

r nw i
yu
du

y nsh

d i bi o
yu
du

c i f
h

m i l
(II, III)

sh
sh
epic
zh n
xi an
hu
needle work
c i
f
wealth

The costumes of Miao Minority who reside in Western China are called
clothing epic. All the costumes are handmade by the Miao women. They start
to learn needle work around the age of 7 or 8. Miao women like wearing many
silver ornaments which is an important part of their lives. Usually, a complete
set of silver ornaments may be up to 8 or 10kg of silver. Miao believe that the
more the silver ornaments, the more wealth and beauty will be represented.
c ng

z

f
sh
Tibetan costumes

zng
huan
l i
chng
f

di
sh
p n

y
di
mo
zi

t
men
shng
shn
chun
zhu
kun
de
chng
po

wi l e

x ngdng

f ngbi n

tmen

chngchng
kng
zhe
yu

shub

kund
de

chngpo
y

ky

dngzu
sh

bi zi
(II, III)
chng
po
long gown
shu
b
arm

New sl et t er
2008
2008

- 9 -

Tibetans like to keep hairs and wear ornaments; so is a cap. They wear
in upper body with fat long gown. They often have their right arms in nude to
act freely. The long gown can be a quilt.

Do You Know The Answer?
Pl ease send your answer to NYUi nshanghai @yahoo. cn bef ore 12: 00 p. m.
Mar. 31. There wi l l be some smal l gi f ts f or the f i rst three who gi ve the
correct answers of these questi ons.
Quest i ons for Ele 1 Ele 2, Inter1
1. Can you name some traditional Chinese costumes?
2. Which color do Bai minority people adore?
yu
j i
Reading Comprehension for Inter 2, Adv1 ,Adv2

b i z

n h i

t ush
zh ng
de

f ng

n nz
sh
d ng

b d
de

r gu
d ng
l e

f ng

bi om ng
du

t ush
de

zh r n

y uy

r gu

n h i
b

f ng

w ngh u
shu i

shu m ng
du
b ng
w

h og n

r gu

n h i
b

f ng
f ng
z i

qi nmi an

shu
m ng
k n
sh ng
l e
n

r
gu
sh
y u
zh
f

n
j i
f an
l e

Quest i ons
1. What does "Feng"(wind) refer to? -2,
2. What does that mean if a man touches "Feng"(wind)? -2,

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