If you’ve ever looked at a block of Chinese text and wanted to throw your hands up in despair, then this article is for you. Even though the Chinese pronunciation …
If you glance through a couple of articles on China, don’t be surprised if your head starts to spin with the sheer scale of things. The Great Wall? 21,196 kilometers …
They say it’s the hardest language in the world. Tones, characters, dialects – it’s intimidating, to be sure. But it truly isn’t all that bad. The first language and lingua franca …
I’m lucky to have done a fair bit of traveling in and around China. Twice now I’ve stayed the maximum length allowed on my tourist visa, and that’s not even …
There you are: wandering through an unfamiliar Chinese town, lost and alone. It’s a scorching summer day. Your phone is out of battery. You’re staying at a nice hotel in …
For people that haven’t studied the language, rumors of the four Chinese tones are passed around like ghost stories at a campfire. “If you say one word wrong nobody will …
If you’re from North America, you might be forgiven for thinking that Chinese can be divided into Mandarin vs Cantonese. Although there are quite a few more Chinese varieties to …
Thank you is the first word I learn in any new language. It’s kind of a collection I have for myself; without consulting any notes I can come up with …
No matter where you are in your Chinese learning journey, you’ll definitely have noticed the huge variety of “dialects” that all fall under the term “Chinese.” This is a huge …
