02/16/2023
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Jok Sing Jai
Kids (and parents!) learn Cantonese better when they’re having fun 🤩 Hi, I’m Samantha, and Jok Sing Jai is my passion project.
My goal is to use this platform to improve my Chinese, teach my kids Chinese, and help other like-minded Jok Sings do the same. If you’re like me, you’ve probably been called Jok Sing 竹升 at some point in your life. The name 竹升 comes from the Chinese word for bamboo 竹, which is a symbol for being hollow. In other words, 竹升 don't really fit well in either culture. Now that I have children of my own,
02/16/2023
02/14/2023
Is it gonna be fruit or words for you? 😘
Happy Valentine's Day 情人節快樂! cing4 jan4 zit3 faai3 lok6
I Love You 我愛你! ngo5 ngoi3 nei5
I Like You 我喜歡你! ngo5 hei2 fun1 nei5
01/22/2023
Wishing you all a Happy Chinese New Year! 🧧🧧🎉🎊
Here are a few Chinese greetings to keep up your sleeve in case you need them (or simply just screenshot and send out lol)
Let's celebrate with family and friends, and enjoy all the delicious traditional food.
P.S. Don't forget ... you need to receive the red pockets with TWO HANDS!
01/22/2023
Happy Chinese New Year everyone! 🧧🧧
Don't forget to put your red pocket money under your pillows tonight. It's said that if you do, the money inside will bring you good luck and wealth in the new year.
Want to find out what goes on day by day during the 15 day celebration? Check out my latest blog post here! https://www.joksingjai.com/resources/a-day-by-day-guide-to-celebrating-chinese-new-year-traditions-and-activities-for-the-15-day-festival/
01/19/2023
Saving some screenshots from a few seconds of book fame! Featured by on today for Chinese New Year 🧧🧧
I kind of dig bing translate for canto. Not perfect but translates better than Google and reads Cantonese out loud. Win!
Bing Microsoft Translator - Translate from English to Cantonese (Traditional) Quickly translate words and phrases between English and over 100 languages.
01/03/2023
The number 8 💰 is lucky, and the number 4 💀 is not. What about the other numbers? 🤔
Head over to our blog to learn more about the meaning of numbers in Cantonese!
https://www.joksingjai.com/resources/lucky-unlucky-numbers-in-cantonese/
12/10/2022
Festive, educational, fun (and gives the grownups some free time 😬 ) Go download these FREE Chinese number holiday worksheets from Edkids Home!
11/17/2022
My latest book in a new colloquial Cantonese format is FREE FOR KINDLE DOWNLOADS today! (My inspo for this book is the fact that my entire family is pretty loud lol)
1. Share this post if you are loud too 🙈
2. Get the book if you know someone loud 😬
Head to joksingjai.com to buy the paperback, download the ebook, or watch the YouTube read-aloud. Happy reading!
11/15/2022
Unscramble these characters to read “stormy”
It seems simple to me, but these characters are a bit complicated.
What do you think … Is this too easy for 4-6 year olds?
11/10/2022
暴風雨 bou6 fung1 jyu5 means 'Stormy' ⛈
11/10/2022
Initially, I was planning on making a kids workbook and writing would have been one of the exercises.
But I come to realize how difficult writing these characters would be for beginners, and kind of want to scrap it.
Should I just focus on reading and understanding instead?
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