I’ve heard many stories about people in East Asia who try to learn English by memorising dictionaries. Even if it’s true that some people actually...
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Using memory aids and mnemonics to make Chinese easier
In other articles on Hacking Chinese, I discuss how you can learn characters, words or grammar patterns more efficiently. Since all these articles...
Improving your Chinese pronunciation by mimicking native speakers
Mimicking native speakers is the single most powerful way of improving your pronunciation in Mandarin and other languages. By listening attentively...
My best advice on how to learn Chinese characters
Learning Chinese characters is not easy, but it is certainly possible. With the right method, anyone can become literate in Chinese, it just...
16 myths about learning Chinese that are holding you back
Believing the wrong things about learning Chinese can waste time and lead you astray. Let’s explore sixteen myths that might be holding you back!...
How narrow reading and listening can help you bridge the gap to real Chinese
Varying your diet of Chinese reading and listening practice is often considered good, indeed necessary, for your learning, but this could be wrong....
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New text game for Chinese learners: The Magistrate’s Gallery
Reading is one of the best ways to develop vocabulary and grammar. Unfortunately, this comes with two problems for learners of Chinese. First, the...
On accuracy, communication and comprehensibility when learning Chinese
This text contains twelve errors. Do you find it hard to read? Can you find all the errors? The goal of studying foreign languages used to be...
One year of language challenges on Hacking Chinese
Roughly a year ago, I launched a new subsection of this website, called Hacking Chinese Challenges. In this article, I’d like to both evaluate the...