Why does Chinese have more collective nouns than English?
One of our users recently pointed out that the translation of certain sentences in our app could be more precise. The example pointed to was: "我想喝酒(wǒ xiǎng hē jiǔ)" which…
One of our users recently pointed out that the translation of certain sentences in our app could be more precise. The example pointed to was: "我想喝酒(wǒ xiǎng hē jiǔ)" which…
This week, I have picked a set of Chinese characters that may be easily confused by beginners. In the picture below, you will see six pairs of characters. The symbols…
“Teaching should be full of ideas instead of stuffed with facts.” “Ideal teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross.” There are…
I want to share a teaching cue I’ve been using with my students recently that’s been great for learning how to actually produce the tones. When it comes to learning…
The first thing that most beginners learn in Chinese are the four tones – how the meaning of a sound changes depending on whether you say it in a flat…
As a fellow Mandarin-as-a-second-language student, I know first-hand how challenging it can be to learn Chinese, especially if it’s your first language other than English. Fluency can frequently seem like…
Having taught Chinese for a while, we’ve noticed a lot of common errors that English speakers make when learning Chinese. This is understandable, as Chinese has very different grammatical rules…
It seems like every day a new app comes out that promises to help you learn characters easily. With a growing pool of research in memory and memory competitions on…
I’ve been learning Chinese for over 10 years and one thing I’ve seen countless students struggle with is the tones. Why is it that so many Chinese language students struggle…