Every Monday we will be having a look at a selection of the week’s international news from Chinese language newspapers and dissecting the important keywords: 1, Global Competitiveness Report 瑞士洛桑管理學院世界競爭力年鑑十八日出爐，星、港超越美國擠上前兩名，台灣躍升至第八。 瑞士洛桑管理学院世界竞争力年鉴十八日出炉，星、港超越美国挤上前两名，台湾跃升至第八。 瑞士（瑞士） Pinyin: ruì shì Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄟˋ ㄕˋ English: Switzerland … Continue reading
When learning Chinese, or any language for that matter, immersion is the key – that is, completely immersing yourself into the language, maximising exposure and expediting the learning process. If you are learning Chinese at home, in an English speaking … Continue reading
What was hot/熱門 in the world of Chinese learning on the web this week? In this Around the Web series we will be having a weekly look at the most popular, controversial or useful blog posts and articles that are … Continue reading
It seems that Google Chrome is really growing in popularity lately – and can you blame people? It really is lightning fast in comparison to other browsers. Although, one of the things that makes or breaks a browser is extensions, … Continue reading
With mobile phones being so prevalent it’s unlikely that you will find yourself needing to use a payphone, and even if you did, payphones aren’t difficult to use in any language. So rather than focus on how to use a … Continue reading
Don’t check the dictionary on your first read-through of a text. This is something that is extremely difficult to achieve, and mainly because when learning Chinese it’s not easy to find out the pronunciation of a word without looking it … Continue reading
As a brief follow-up to our post the other day about Chinese signs, specifically the usage of “者” and “中”, this hand crafted sign found in Taiwan should reinforce their usage, while being at least vaguely amusing at the same … Continue reading
Recently featured at the Kaohsiung 好漢玩字節 (The Delight of Chinese Character Festival), was 李宇(lǐ yŭ), a student from The Arts University College at Bournemouth, UK: The Chinese reads: Seven 3-minute long short stories created using Chinese characters. The Art of … Continue reading
It’s easy to criticise English translations, but most of the time they do manage to get across the main point with minimal grammatical errors. I’m sure that soon there will be a flood of bad Chinese translations in English speaking … Continue reading
In reaction to the result of today’s UK general election here’s a brief news hack with some keywords from a Chinese news article relating to the current situation in the UK: 工黨（工党） Pinyin: gōng dǎng Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄉㄤˇ English: Labour … Continue reading
