Just as with English all of the police related words follow a common theme – they contain the word “police”, making them easy to remember. 警車（警车） Pinyin: jǐng chē English: Police car Police cars 警車（警车 jǐng chē） outside a police … Continue reading
Greetings travellers, We’ve created a new resource for your bag of Chinese study tools – a one-page printable reference of the Simplified Chinese radicals list. We couldn’t find a decent list of simplified radicals organised like this, so we made … Continue reading
The following photo was taken close to a pedestrian crossing in Taiwan. The sign in the photo shows a good example of how the word ‘pedestrian’ might be used, and asks for people not to park their vehicles here as … Continue reading
One of the best things about using an Android based mobile phone is that, unlike the iPhone, you can install your own keyboards. Recently, I came across the TouchPal keyboard, which is not only an amazing ‘swipe’ style keyboard, but … Continue reading
The General Association of Chinese Culture (GACC), a department of the Taiwanese government, today launched the Chinese Language Knowledge Database 中華語文知識庫 (中华语文知识库 zhōnghuá yŭwén zhīshì kù) – An online dictionary that details the differences between the Chinese used in mainland … Continue reading
Depending on where you are in the (English speaking) world, the box outside your house or apartment for receiving letters might be known as a mailbox or letterbox, and the Chinese equivalent is just as simple: 信箱 Pinyin: xìn xiāng … Continue reading
If you want to talk about your “dream-something” then this is the idiom for you. Whether it be your dream-job, dream-girl/guy or that dream-epic staff of the monkeyballs, why not give this bad-boy a try next time you wish to … Continue reading
If you’re looking for a case for your mobile phone, or some new headphones for your iPod then this word will come in handy. 配件（配件） Pinyin: pèi jiàn English: accessories; fittings Here you can see the word in use at … Continue reading
Thanks to RiceAgain (Nickdobson.net) for the following photo of a sexual harassment poster that was seen on the Taipei tube. 性騷擾（性骚扰） Pinyin: xìng sāo rǎo English: sexual harassment Worth noting is that the woman being harassed is saying “ㄟ” which … Continue reading
Well, this post starts the first of a new category at ChineseHacks that we’ve opted to call simply ‘Misc‘ and will contain all sorts of miscellaneous Mandarin usage. The idea is behind the category is to quickly illustrate how a … Continue reading
