I remember reading somewhere that the reason Chinese is so difficult to learn is the lack of reinforcement – having now been learning Chinese for 5 years I can attest to this. With English, and other semi-phonetic languages, you are … Continue reading
After taking Chinese classes for almost 4 years I decided in February that I would stop going to class and focus more on work while studying in my spare time. That’s really easier said than done and self-study requires a … Continue reading
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
Everyone’s reason for learning Chinese is different, from going to China for business, moving to Taiwan to teach English, or just to give yourself a challenge. No matter what your reason is, one thing remains the same – before you … 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
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
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 got some great feedback from the last in this series about Chinese keywords for reading technology news, so decided to follow up with hacking keywords and examples. Hacking has become a hot topic in the news recently, from hacking … Continue reading
Not everyone has the time to take Chinese lessons, or even regularly browse the web looking for useful Chinese resource and articles, so why not have the Chinese come to you? There are many websites that feature a Chinese “Word … Continue reading
Following the recent election debate in the UK and with the 2010 election only a few weeks away, this word should be useful for reading Chinese language political news articles: 大選（大选） Pinyin: dà xuǎn Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄢˇ English: a general … Continue reading
