Tin-Chau Tsui

Tin-Chau Tsui ( Chinese  徐 天 就 , Pinyin Xú Tiānjiù , W.-G. Hsü T'ien-Ch'iu , Zhuyin ㄒ ㄩ ˊ ㄊ ㄧ ㄢ ˉ ㄐ ㄧ ㄡ ˋ , Jyutping ceoi ⁴ tin ¹ zau ⁶ , Yale chèuih tín jauh ; * 1958 in Hong Kong ) is a Dutch sinologist with Chinese roots who is well known in the Chinese community. In 1972 he emigrated to the Netherlands.

Life

After high school he studied at the “Katholieke Pedagogische Academie” in Maastricht and at the “ Rijksuniversiteit Leiden ” with a focus on the languages ​​and cultures of China .

Tsui is a college lecturer in Chinese and a secondary school teacher. He also develops teaching materials and teaching methods for his Chinese lessons and for Chinese (Saturday) schools in the Netherlands. He is known for his Dutch course “Chinees? 'n Makkie ”(in German:“ Chinese? It's easy. ”). Until 2010, Tsui was a teacher at the Eijkhagencollege / Charlemagne College in Limburg .

Tsui is mainly known in the Chinese community in the Netherlands through the Chinese broadcast from the Dutch NTR , Snelle reports Nederland-China. From 1996 to 2005 he held the Dutch course: "Aa Laa (all) things Yeung Yeung Sóow" / 阿 啦 things 樣樣 數. He also held the “Dag in dag uit Nederlands” / 荷 语 日 日 讲 course. Together with Yiu-Fai Chow, Tsui continued to present entertaining summer programs, as well as Yauw Moow Kôk Tsôh有冇 搅 错.

Publications

Aside from teaching methods and materials, Tsui has published the following Dutch-written works:

• TC Tsui: Chinese Wijsheden en parallelle Nederlandse gezegdes in twee talen . 1995
• P. Geense, TC Tsui: Chinees . In: G. Extra, JJ de Ruiter (red): Babylon aan de Noordzee. Nieuwe talen in Nederland . 2001