Continuing our series on basic Chinese in this post we’ll be looking at frequency adverbs. There are essential for being able to describe how often you do something, or the frequency that something occurs. Always If you need to express … Continue reading
Greetings travellers, Today I thought I’d do a write-up of James Heisig and Timothy Richardson’s “Remembering the Hanzi”. In the world of Japanese language learning, Heisig’s original “Remembering the Kanji” is a popular choice for those wishing to, you guessed, … Continue reading
If you’re in China and learning Chinese, or even outside of China and need a benchmark of your Chinese ability then you’ll no doubt be taking the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi exam, or HSK 汉语水平考试（hàn yŭ shuǐ píng kǎo shì）. It’s … Continue reading
The last year really has flown by! When Chinese Hacks began I had no idea what it would evolve into, from basic tips for learning Chinese, to what software and apps to use to learn Chinese, to Chinese lessons and … 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
A useful word for reading news, and one that will come in handy when you are out and about is the word for ‘provide’. Using this word you’ll know that something is on offer and you won’t miss out on … Continue reading
The first few weeks or months of learning Chinese is inevitably spent studying a phonetic alphabet that will enable you to pronounce the new words you will be learning. This process isn’t easy and presents a barrier to entry to … Continue reading
We got some great feedback for the first 5 Essential Sentence Patterns post, so here is part two with 5 more essential sentence patterns. Each of these sentence patterns are in common use in Chinese texts and formal speech, and … Continue reading
The following is a short excerpt from a TechBang report about the imminent release of the iPad 2: It’s finally here, Apple is about to hold their first event of the year. Although presently there isn’t any explanation about what … Continue reading
If you’re looking for a place to find and share links about learning Chinese and Chinese culture then Social Mandarin is a great resource. Along the lines of Digg or the Hao Hao Report, Social Mandarin allows users to submit … Continue reading
