If you’re involved at all in the online Chinese learning community then you will have no doubt heard of Confused Laowai (also known as Niel de la Rouviere), and if not by name then you’ve certainly used one of his … Continue reading
The General Association of Chinese Culture (GACC), a department of the Taiwanese government, today launched the Chinese Language Knowledge Database 中華語文知識庫 (中华语文知识库 zhōnghuá yŭwén zhīshì kù) – An online dictionary that details the differences between the Chinese used in mainland … Continue reading
We’re a couple of weeks late on this, but the PeraPera Chinese Pop-up Dictionary, which has been a Firefox favourite for a long time, has finally made its way to Google Chrome. Here’s what the developers had to say: Yes … Continue reading
Recently we’ve looked at Chinese idioms, or 成語 （成语 chéng yŭ）(see 10 Chinese idioms to do with animals), but other than this it’s been a part of learning Chinese that we haven’t covered in great detail. So it’s about time … Continue reading
Reading and comprehension is an important part of the language learning process, but something that shouldn’t be overlooked is listening ability. The only way you can improve you listening is by exposing your ear to more speech, if you have … Continue reading
