Learning Chinese

Today we are going to look at how Chinese people talk about days in relation to each other, it is a little more specific than English.   So let's start ...

In the west we generally refer to 4 elements and treat a fifth element as some kind of ...

Now in Chinese you can basically take any character you like, perhaps combine it with another character and ...

The most significant Chinese inventions are referred to as the four great inventions 四大發明. Si is four, da ...

This is the first poem that most students learn when they begin to study classical Chinese. That doesn't ...

In English we refer to the points on the compass as North, South, East and West, in that ...

"The Fox Borrows the Tiger's Prowess" is a classic Chinese 4-character saying. 狐  hú means fox, the modern word ...

Today we are going to look at a traditional Chinese 4-character saying or Chengyu, 盲人摸象 Blind men stroke ...

Every language has tongue twisters, try saying "she sells sea shells on the sea shore" fast! Mandarin Chinese ...

Who, what, where, when and why are the most important 5 question words in any language, and in ...

The Chinese have an interesting name for people who are always glued to their smart phone: Dī tóu ...

If you have ever been to a Chinese restaurant, you will know they normally serve tea with the ...

Today we are going to look at how to say you are tired, in Chinese. The word lèi ...

Finding your way around a foreign city can be taxing, especially if you have to do it in ...

What are the 5 most important phrases to learn in order to get by in any foreign language? ...

Have you ever been in China or Taiwan and you are dying for an authentic Western style coffee? ...

The Chinese character 早 (zǎo) stands for morning, early, previous, or soon.

The Chinese character 世 (shì) stands for world, an age or era, or a generation.

The Chinese character 公 (gōng) means being fair, just, equitable, or impartial, and also describes what is public ...

The Chinese radical/character 田 (tián) stands for a farm or agricultural fields.

The Chinese character 字 (zì) stands for a word or a character.

The Chinese character 房 (fáng) stands for a house, an apartment, or a room.

The Chinese character 將 (jiāng, jiàng) stands for a general or commander and also means “will,” “shall,” “going ...

The Chinese character 相 (xiāng) stands for appearance and is also used to describe the concept of “each ...

The Chinese character 太 (tài) stands for being the highest or grandest, and gives emphasis to adjectives such ...

The Chinese character for dream, 夢 (mèng), conveys the idea of not being in the brightness of daylight ...

The Chinese character 正 (zhèng) conveys the meaning of “walking in accordance with the Dao.”