Confucius Institute | Friday 18, September 2020

Friday Roundup

What a beautiful sunny day to see us into the weekend. We hope you have all had a lovely week and are enjoying the warmer weather.

Today's Chinese Conversation Corner looks at popular slang in China and how it is used in the digital age. Next Friday's Chinese Conversation Corner will celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival and Confucius Day. For everyone who joins, you will also be able to come by our office and collect a FREE Moon Cake! More information below.

We have just released our next episode of Nihao Mate. Click the link below to learn how to express 'late' in Chinese.

Next week we will also be announcing our new HSK Chinese Proficiency Test program. Stay tuned for more details.

This week's image was taken by Adli of the dancing Aunties on The Bund 外滩 in Shanghai 上海 . If you have your own images of China to share with us don't forget to send them in!

What's New

Nihao 你好 Mate

Been running late recently? Learn how to say this in Chinese and the perfect word to use for different situations. Click here to view.

Chinese Conversation Corner
Tuesday and Friday, 4:00-5:00pm (ACST) via Zoom

Tuesday lesson: Team up with a language partner and get personalised help
Friday lesson: Cultural topic to learn new vocabulary

Topics:
Friday September 18 - Chinese Slang 汉语俗语表达
Friday September 25 - Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 (For those who join, you can also come by and collect a Moon Cake from our office!)

For more information about the program click here. To register email us.

Missed a week? All the worksheets from the previous topics will now be available online. Click here to view them.

Ongoing Programs

Children's Activities
We have 17 worksheets available on different language and cultural topics. To see the full range of worksheet activities click here.

Chinese Poetry Sing Along Program
June 4 - September 24

Enrolments will remain open for the duration of the program. For further information click here.

Chinese Cultural Workshop Video
To view our cultural workshop videos click here.

Private Tuition
To find out more email us.

Our full list of online programs can be found here

Chengyu of the week

Chengyu 成语 are a type of Chinese idiom which mostly consist of four characters. They were widely used in classical Chinese and are still commonly used today.

Direct Translation: not compensate loss
Meaning: the loss outweighs the gain; the gains do not make up for the losses

Click here to learn more about this chengyu and how to use it.

Covid-19 Updates

Chinese Speaking Community

For those seeking Information on COVID-19 and the changing rules and regulation in simplified or traditional Chinese, please follow the links below:

Simplified Chinese 简体中文
 Traditional Chinese 繁體中文

University

The University is closely monitoring the COVID-19 situation, and our response is being shaped by the latest advice from Australian health and foreign affairs authorities. For further information visit the University's designated page here.

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