Why is classical Chinese so difficult to learn?
Because people try to read it like modern Chinese. Modern Chinese is written to be read quickly: read it as quickly as you can and …
Fans of Chinese and Mandarin
Because people try to read it like modern Chinese. Modern Chinese is written to be read quickly: read it as quickly as you can and …
The spoken Mandarin used today is based on the official pronunciation used in imperial court of the Qing dynasty during the 17th-19th century and sounds …
It’s an OK name, a bit lowbrow, but a perfectly fine name. It shares the same name with a cult, the White Lotus – Wikipedia. …
The following is a bit of a troll/famous meme. Jackie Chan has often been credited with being “the only celebrity who has invented a new Chinese character …
The Malaysian-Chinese kind: Cantonese, Minnan, and Mandarin. I am alright with these languages/dialects spoken in Hong Kong, Macau and parts of Southern China such as …
You gain access to the secret Chinese menu. What do I mean by that? Allow me to explain. I believe all of us here who …
No, Mandarin is a northern dialect that has emerged only over the last five or six hundred years. If you transported a Mandarin speaker to …
In amongst the simplified characters, there are a few ancient forms, such as 无 where traditional generally uses 無. Now, 无 appears in Shuowen as …
All languages in the world are priceless. Because it carries the culture of various ethnic groups. But when you expect to make a lot of …
Well, if the Chinese characters you refer to are these two Chinese characters circled out in the red color in the following picture, then the …