Watch and learn some Chinese verbs.

Watch and learn some useful phrases to describe your emotions.

Learn some useful words to describe stationery such as ruler, pencil, eraser, tape, etc.

This video tells the legend behind the Chinese firecracker.

In this episode, the origins of the Chinese characters for "illness" are explained.

This video explains how the character for illness evolved into its present form.

This video explains the origins of the Chinese character for pain.

Knowing the basis of the Chinese character for illness opens the door for learning many more characters.

The video describes the many ailments that can be treated with pine and cedar trees, the origins of Chinese medicine.

Learn the Chinese terms for shapes in this video.

This video continues with the different shapes.

Now let's learn about some of the things that you will wear in the winter.

This video continues with terms for clothing.

It's time to learn about different occupations.

Let's continue with the different occupations.

When you combine different Chinese characters, you can make different words. Let's now learn some terms for modes of transportation.

This video continues with transportation terminology.

Let's learn the names of home appliances.

Let's learn some more home appliance terms.

The Chinese characters for animals oftentimes look like the animals themselves.

As a pictographic language, Chinese characters often look like the objects they represent.

If you look at the character for elephant, one might see a representation of the elephant with a long trunk, four legs and a tail. This is why Chinese is known as a "pictographic" language.

In the Chinese language, you can combine characters together to form a different word.

This video talks about the Chinese words for plants.