Fans of Chinese and Mandarin
China adopted the Pinyin system in 1958 as the system for representation of pronunciation tone for Putonghua, which is Mandarin. Prior to this, Mandarin pronunciation …
Yes, you are right. I live in Johannesburg and can see more and more people around me learn Chinese language. They have different purposes. Some …
Build upon the basic elements that people already taught you. Almost everything can be understood as a combination of elements. 林 – two trees = …
The answer is yes. Chinese, unlike many other language, doesn’t have some names so you can choose. When parents in China named the babies, they …
In my experience, no. At least, not compared to learning other languages as a second or other language. Mandarin has no gender, no case, no …
Well, Mandarin is the standard spoken Chinese language. And when Chinese people from different regions talk together, they could use Mandarin as the bridge of …
I started learning Mandarin few years ago myself and have found these resources to be quite helpful: Learning Chinese Online Page – a great website with …
Well, since you didn’t mention your full name, I just view this Chinese name that your Chinese teacher gave to you. With regard to Huang …
打酱油, which literally translates to “buy soy sauce” can be used in two context. Context 1, which is perhaps the most common one. It means …
I see you are using simplified Chinese. If you use traditional Chinese, you wouldn’t get confused, because they are two different characters: 幹 (bad word) …