表明，表示，表达，表现

1/18 Advance class Today,

I had class with V. She is just graduated, work in finance area, had studied Mandarin in Beijng for 6months when she was in school. She can speak, write and write Chinese pretty well. She asked me what different between “表明，表示，表达，表现” . She is the second person who asked me these.

表明：1. makeknown; make clear; state clearly; indicate; tell; say; show 2 make known one'sposition; declare one's stand It’s kind of formal word. 表明了立场：make clear on position

表示 verb: express, indicate feelings by any way(gesture, eyes,letters..) noun: attitude; 表示歉意: express regret 表示关切: show concern 友好的表示: a friendlygesture expression

表达 verb: express someone’s feelings and opinion to other’s by words ..; no noun. 表达祝福和希望: express blessings and hopes 表达谢意。express gratefulness. 用语言来表达: Words can hardly express

表现 :verb: show, conduct, show off. noun : performance 他心里很不高兴，可是没有表现出来。 He was unhappy,but he didn't show it 他在工作中的表现很好: He is doing very well in his work.

好表现: like to show off

A fresh beginner class

This week I had 3 new students to start with. A and J never had mardarin class before, S took some classes online by herself, I think her level also is almost 0.

Our first class is pinyin and greetings.

I think for most foreigners sheng mu(Consonant)is more difficult than yunmu(Vowels),the most difficult one is j,q; z,c,s, zh,ch,sh, r. They don’t know how to roll the tone.As for tone, the third and fouth tone are difficult for them. So I will spend more time on these things. I told them that use hand gesture will help them with the tones.

Different between z,c : z breath in,; c is breath out, same as d, t : d is breath in, and t is breath out. Put hand in front of month, c, t you can feel air breath hand. Z is tooth tighly close, also there is little vibration around tooth. C : there is little space between upper tooth and lower tooth, it’s why the air will go out. S: is gentle version of Z., also breath in, but tooth is not tightly close.

E sometimes people will pronounce as English e, Not Chinese “e”.

I found sometimes it's easier to teach foreigners speak mandarin than Cantonese. But for Cantonese.I don't need teach them how to read and write through.