The Year of Horse & The words of Horse
Do you know the Chinese Zodiac? It is a systematic plan of future action and relates each year to an animal according to a 12-year cycle. There are twelve animals…
120 Daily Used Short Sentences
Hi all, today my article is quite easy to understand and very useful for every beginner, as it contains 120 useful short sentences in Mandarin language that you can definitely…
20 Questions to Get You from Zero Chinese to Basic Fluency (Part 4)
Part 1: Questions 1 ~ 5Part 2: Questions 6 ~ 10Part 3: Question 11 ~ 15Part 4: Question 16 ~ 20 #16: How to ask How are you doing in…
20 Questions to Get You from Zero Chinese to Basic Fluency (Part 3)
Part 1: Questions 1 ~ 5Part 2: Questions 6 ~ 10Part 3: Question 11 ~ 15Part 4: Question 16 ~ 20 #11: How to ask do you have a fork…
Slang Similarities in English and Chinese
In the process of learning Chinese, you may find that many slangs or idioms between Chinese and English are similar, like in English “a piece of cake”and in Chinese “小菜一碟…
20 Questions to Get You from Zero Chinese to Basic Fluency (Part 2)
Last time we took a look at how to say, "How many people are in your family?" in Chinese. If you missed that discussion, take some time to
go back and answer the question in the reply. Today we will learn basic Chinese for Part 2
Culture Crossover: Discover 14 Chinese Loanwords in English
Borrowing words from other languages is a common linguistic phenomenon, facilitating cross-cultural exchange and enriching our vocabulary. As you may have noticed, there is a growing trend of English words…
20 Questions to Get You from Zero Chinese to Basic Fluency (Part 1)
Part 1: Questions 1 ~ 5Part 2: Questions 6 ~ 10Part 3: Question 11 ~ 15Part 4: Question 16 ~ 20 In this series we will take a look at…
Small Phrases, Big Impact: Elevate Your Conversational Chinese with 9 Simple Phrases
After studying Chinese language and culture intensively for five years, living in Singapore for a year, and living in China for three years, I found that in my everyday Chinese…