There’s been a resurgence of retro gaming recently with lots of game publishers releasing updates of 8 and 16bit classics through Wiiware and Xbox Live Arcade. I even dusted off the Wii that I bought back in 2006 during a … Continue reading
Today I saw this truck selling pizza from a wood fired oven and had to find an excuse to post the image, so here we have it, a list of a words that all mean pizza. This truck turned up … Continue reading
If you have any familiarity with Taiwanese culture or television programming then there’s a phrase that you have undoubtedly heard people say that translates directly as “you’re so motorbike” or “you’re such a motorbike”. Being that Chinese Hacks is based … Continue reading
Right, the next riddle in this series of posts – by the way, if you’re a die hard Hobbit fan you’ll notice these are out of order, so apologies ahead of time! First off, here is the riddle in it’s … Continue reading
From being able to tell someone that you know what they are talking about, to asking someone when the next train is coming, it’s important to be able to express the idea of understanding. In this post we take a … Continue reading
So a good few months ago now I decided to buy the Chinese version of The Hobbit (哈比人歷險記) in an almost last ditch attempt to find a novel I could enjoy reading in Chinese. Fiction can be pretty tough going in … Continue reading
We’re always pushing news as a great way to learn Chinese and see how the words you’re learning are actually used by native speakers, and the Taiwanese newspaper The Liberty Times seems to be feel the same way about English. … Continue reading
Thanks to reader Pavel Dvorak for this tip! In a previous post we mentioned the website MandarinSpot that will annotate Chinese texts with pronunciation and translations of words and phrases. Great! The only downside is that each time you want … Continue reading
When browsing Chinese websites, you might come across some sites that appear to be just a garbled mess of random characters. This is really annoying, especially if you want to look words up in an online Chinese dictionary. Take the … Continue reading
Say you are explaining to a friend about the latest film you have seen, you really enjoyed the film but it isn’t your absolute favourite, though it is one of your most favourite films. So, how can you express this … Continue reading
