New Zealand Chinese Language Week
Come and celebrate New Zealand Chinese Language Week with Christchurch City Libraries.
基督城市图书馆与您共庆新西兰中文周
New Zealand Chinese Language Week (NZCLW) is a initiative designed to increase Chinese language learning in New Zealand. NZCLW seeks to bridge the cultural and linguistic knowledge gap between China and New Zealand by delivering fun and practical initiatives that assist Kiwis to learn Chinese. New Zealand Chinese Language Week 2024 is on from 22 September to 28 September. 2024 is the tenth anniversary of the celebration.
The events and programmes held at Christchurch City Libraries for NZ Chinese Language Week will be mainly delivered in Mandarin, with some featuring Cantonese rhymes / songs. Other Chinese languages spoken in Aotearoa include Hokkien, Hakka, and Teochew. Find out more about Chinese languages in Aotearoa.
Find out more: A Brief History of Chinese Language in NZ by Nigel Murphy.
Welcome to Christchurch City Libraries. We have resources in Chinese for you and your family and friends. Join the library, it’s free. 欢迎您加入基督城市图书馆。我们为您，您的家庭和朋友提供免费中文资源。
Events
Chinese translations of library information
We have translated some key documents:
New Zealand Chinese Language Week
Learn some everyday phrases in Mandarin and Cantonese
Chinese Paper Cutting 中国剪纸
成语Chinese idioms
智趣文化-中国的传统服饰 - Chinese traditional clothing
New Zealand Chinese Language Week Craft – Chinese Fan
So Many Stories - Chinese phrases
September 2023 episode of So Many Stories
Multicultural Liaison Coordinator Amber Li and Library Assistant Pangwei look forward to New Zealand Chinese Language Week.
Interview with Amber and Pangwei, 3.5MB, 3 minutes 45 seconds
Phrases, 754KB, 48 seconds
September 2022 episode of So Many Stories
Hello 你好
How are you? 你好吗？
Nice to meet you 很高兴认识你
You are welcome 不客气
No problem没问题
Thank you 谢谢
Goodbye再见
Chinese language scavenger hunt
Find Chinese language resources in our collection
Chinese Fish and Backwaters: WORD Christchurch 2024
QUIZ: Chinese in Aotearoa New Zealand
Enjoy traditional erhu music by a local Chinese musician
Dorothy and Wallingford Chan: Picturing Canterbury
New Zealand Chinese language classes and events at the library
Browse our events and classes in Chinese, including:
- Bilingual English / Mandarin Wā Kōrero: Storytimes
- Chinese book club.
Chinese language resources
The Chinese language has a reputation for being one of the most difficult languages in the world to master. If you have learned Chinese, you can talk with nearly 1.2 billion people, which is around 16% of the world’s population. There are a number of dialects of Chinese spoken such as Cantonese, with Mandarin being the "standard" dialect.
- English-Chinese dictionaries
- Chinese language courses with audio
- Mandarin Chinese Conversation and Phrase books
- World Languages Collection find libraries with Chinese language books and magazines: Chinese, Chinese (children's titles)
- Blog posts in Chinese
eResources
- Overdrive Read over 200 Chinese eBooks.
- Mango Languages Learning Chinese made easy.
- PressReader Read newspapers from China and around the world.
