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Top 5 Mistakes Students Make at Beginner Level
Using a verb “to be” connecting an adjective: Wǒ shì shuài. 我是帅。 In Chinese, “adverb + adj” can be used as a predicate directly without adding a “be” verb. Therefore, the pattern would be “Subject + Degree Adverb + Adjective”. The correct way to say I am handsome would be: Wǒ hěn shuài 我很帅。 Wrong Pronunciation This is probably the most common mistake among all Chinese learners, and one of the hardest to correct. Some words can sound very [...]
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Do I need to learn writing Chinese characters?
The first question most students ask would be undoubtedly "how many characters are there'? Altogether? More than 40,000 - though many are very rare. To be honest, only 2,000 characters are needed for literacy and even read the newspaper. [...]
Introduce Hacking Chinese
Today we would like to introduce one of the prominent Chinese blogs out there on the net - Hacking Chinese. It's easy to find Hacking Chinese online, as it's started since 2012, with Olle Linge's dedicated effort of unique [...]
How to type in Chinese on my phone or computer?
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How to write Chinese characters?
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Chinese Tones are Easy!
Believe it or not, Chinese Tones are so Easy! Most of our students can tell the difference and pronounce the four tones within 15 mins in our class. What is interesting that we found is when no one has [...]
First step to learn to speak Mandarin Chinese?
The answer is simple! You have to learn Pinyin first. Pinyin is the name of the spelling system to spell out the sounds of Chinese words in Roman letters. It's the written aid to pronunciation. Pinyin was adopted by [...]
Introduce our Bespoke Flashcards via Quizlet
Exciting to showcase our bespoke Flashcards for each of our class. Students now can review their lessons, essential vocabularies and sentences using their phone to join Quizlet, and have access to Practical Mandarin sets. Think about the 30 mins [...]
How to learn Mandarin?
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