Mary's Chinese Sentences

他们一边唱歌一边跳舞。

S.+ 一边 + v.1 + 一边 + v.2

Tāmen yībiān chànggē yībiān tiàowǔ.

They sing at the same time as they dance.

句子拼图 Sentence Jigsaw Puzzle

Put the pieces of the sentence below in the correct order.

跳舞 唱歌 一边 一边 他们

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加油！

Mary’s Chinese Sentence (forthcoming) features sentences in Simplified Chinese characters for intermediate level readers of Chinese, paired with a grammar formula, pinyin, an English translation, an image that highlights the sentence’s grammar, vocabulary, a “build-a-sentence” audio recording, and a 句子拼图 jùzi pīntú Sentence Jigsaw Puzzle. The build-a-sentence recording includes Mary’s pronunciation of the complete sentence, then her pronunciation of sequential parts of the sentence for listen-and-repeat practice.

Mary is the editor of 枝丫，a serialized fantasy novel on Substack written in Simplified Chinese characters for intermediate level readers.

Mary creates teaching and learning PPT slides for 枝丫。Today’s sentence is featured in Chapter 2 PPT slide: 一边 for 第二章: 自由带来麻烦.

Mary, 侯慧颖 Hóu Huìyǐng, is a graduate of Inner Mongolia University for Nationalities, majoring in Chinese Language and Literature, and a graduate of Beijing Language and Culture University, with a major in English. She has taught in-person and online language courses for adults around the globe, both individually and in group classes, since 2019. She designs curricula for teachers of Mandarin Chinese and offers teacher training workshops. Her specialties include spoken Chinese, business Chinese, medical Chinese, HSK preparation, and Chinese characters.

Images are generated by AI using SparkDesk 科大讯飞, Midjourney 国内版, and Microsoft Designer.