What does Mandarin sound like to foreigners?
When I was a kid, I associated Chinese with sounds like bing, tong, ting, ching, chung; a bit like playing golf in a room full …
How does it feel to learn Mandarin Chinese outside China by yourself?
It’s hard, yet it’s very satisfying. My first language is Indonesian, which has no similarity at all with Mandarin Chinese. The easiest part is reading …
Is it difficult travelling to China without knowing Mandarin?
Well, I am living in Suzhou. I have traveled to 46 cities in China. Always been a solo wandering soul. I can confirm that your …
What does the Chinese name “Yuxi” mean?
Your question is almost impossible to answer. Chinese has a vast number of homophones. So when you say “yuxi,” it could have dozens of meanings. …
How do Chinese people study?
I can’t give you a definitive description, but I can show you some pictures! The “Chinese way of studying” can be summed up by the …
Chinese language: Why does 東西 (dongxi) means “things” in Chinese?
The word “東西“ meaning ”things” came from “买東西“ which came from 买東又买西 which is preceded by 买了東又去西买 meaning after shopping from the east, go to …
Can you provide some examples of Chinese words that have different meanings when spoken with different tones?
The word ”中国”. As you can see,the ”Zhong” with the first tone and the “Guo” with the second tone in Mandarin combined as a word …
Is it true that it takes 4 times longer to learn Chinese than Spanish?
It depends on your original native language. I assume you are a native English speaker since the question was in English. If you study full …
What is the meaning of Wang (王) in Chinese? Are there any other meanings beside “king” or “royal”?
There is no doubt that the character “王” (Wang) originated from the pictograph of an axe. This is a large axe from the Shang Dynasty, …
I’m learning Chinese but the vocabulary is quite complex, what methods can help me learn them?
To be honest? I think you are making this difficult for yourself. You say the vocabulary is complex. In what way? I don’t know what …