In this lesson you’ll learn how to compare two things or objects in Mandarin Chinese. There is only one character which you need to learn: 比 = bǐ. Here is the basic sentence structure: Thing or Object A bǐ Thing or Object B + Adjective. Here’s our example: Canada bǐ England B + Big.

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In Chinese characters this reads: 加拿大 bǐ英国大 (jāi ná dà bǐ yīng guó dà). Translation: Canada is bigger than England. You see – you just have to memorize this simple grammatical sentence structure in Mandarin chinese -  Thing A bǐ Thing B + Adjective – and you will be able to compare any to objects or things.

Today I took a trip to Wulai Village which the home of the Atayal aboriginal tribe. I decided to teach my less on Mandarin Chinese basic sentence structure here! The village is in the mountains and is famous for its hot springs and mountain hikes. You can get there by taking the MRT transit system to Xindian station then transferring to a bus. The entire trip is only about 40 minutes from the city center!


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While many people believe that Mandarin Chinese is the hardest language in the world the basic sentence structure and grammar is actually EASY and follows a similar pattern to English: Subject, Verb, Object. There are some tricky sentence structures that come up but generally grammar is one of the easiest parts of learning the Chinese language.

Our example of a Subject, Verb, Object sentence is: I eat food, wǒ chīfàn (我吃饭). “Wǒ” is the subject, I, “chī” is the verb, eat, and “fàn” is the object, food. The character fàn (饭) literally means cooked rice or meal but actually refers to food in general!