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Movist Subtitles

How to watch movies with subtitles in Mac OSX

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In a previous post we looked at where to find subtitles for Chinese movies, but once you have the subtitles you need how can you use them? In this series we’ll look at the best media players on Mac and … Continue reading

TNT Package Tracking

Tracking a delivery online in Chinese

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Whether you’re doing business with Chinese companies or living in a Chinese speaking country, there’s no doubt that at some point you will have to track a delivery online. Even though most of the courier companies have English language websites … Continue reading

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Download the subtitles for Chinese movies

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We already know that watching Chinese TV and Chinese cartoons is an excellent way to improve your Chinese, likewise, subtitled Chinese movies are also a great way to improve your reading and listening ability. Even though most Chinese movies already … Continue reading

Zuckerberg Learning Chinese

Find a language exchange partner

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It doesn’t matter if you’re learning Chinese in your own country, or you have gone abroad to learn, finding good opportunities to practice Chinese can still be a problem. If you’re at home you have the obvious problems with immersing … Continue reading

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Change the display language to Chinese in Mac OS X

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To become more accustomed to looking at Chinese characters, or even forcing yourself to have to learn more, then changing the default language on your computer is an excellent way to start – when you’re stuck looking at a list … Continue reading

Polling Station

News Hack: Hung Parliament

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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

Watch Chinese TV Online

Watch Chinese and Taiwanese Television with TVU

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Whilst learning Chinese, the opportunity to listen to people speaking Chinese is essential for increasing your listening and comprehension abilities. An obvious way to do this is by watching telly – but what if you’re not in China or Taiwan, … Continue reading

Fight to speak Chinese

Fight to speak Chinese

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Not physically fight, but rather verbally If you’re living abroad learning Chinese then you’ll find that a lot of people, especially the younger generation, will try to speak English at every opportunity when they see a westerner coming. If you … Continue reading