Ideographer is a Taipei-based developer of small but useful Max OS X apps with a heavy focus on the Chinese language. I use their apps a lot during my day-to-day Chinese studies and writing here on ChineseHacks so I’d like … Continue reading
This seems obvious, but think about it – how much time learning Chinese is spent on words that you actually use? Words that you know is one thing but here I’m talking about words for the equivalents that you use … Continue reading
When we met with the people behind Mandarin Poster last year we really liked the idea they had for creating a giant poster of the most frequently used Mandarin Chinese characters. In fact, we liked it so much so that … Continue reading
We talk a lot of varied and diverse study plans and about not wasting time by writing line after line of words in repetition, but maybe at the earlier stages of learning Chinese this kind of practice is necessary. Like … Continue reading
No matter how you approach it, learning Chinese is difficult and can get the best of you sometimes. For those times when you need a break from reading boring textbooks or looking at Chinese news snippings there is Horse Dragon … Continue reading
We have some great news, ChineseHacks has officially partnered with ChineseTeachers.com, the best online platform that connects students from around the world with world-class teachers. This means that you’ll be able to study our specially adapted lesson materials right from … Continue reading
Learning Chinese is supposed to be fun, right? So why does it not always feel that way? Something that often affects language learners, myself included, is that we impose a lot of rules or restrictions on ourselves in terms of … Continue reading
A comment by Nick on the post Learning Chinese – in for the long haul? started me thinking about how much time per day is adequate to effectively learn Chinese, yet without burning yourself out. The Law of Diminishing Returns … Continue reading
Following a recent MandMX comic that use various facial expressions to represent different feelings and emotions I was reminded of the famous Taiwanese artist Wan Wan （彎彎）, who is renowned for her blog and series of MSN emoticon animations. A … Continue reading
Recently, we were lucky enough to be interviewed by Radio Taiwan for Shirley Lin’s People programme. People focuses interviewing people that are living in Taiwan about their life in Taiwan: Meet Taiwanese people or foreigners living in Taiwan from all … Continue reading
