Fans of Chinese and Mandarin
The official standardized simplified word now appeared in 1955 and was implemented in 1956. The purpose is to increase the rate of literacy. Simplified characters …
Yes, you should. Why? There are a lot of reasons that apply generally to English speakers. Learning a language like Mandarin represents a significant cognitive …
First of all, be patient, and let’s clarify some THINGS. This will help us to understand why there are so many categories, names, or branches …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …