Category: Chinese

I’ve taught many introduction courses in Chinese. Each time, I’ve felt the lack of a beginner-friendly list of the most common Chinese radicals. I...

What’s the best way to learn Chinese characters as an adult foreign learner? This is a complex question we definitely don’t know the full answer...

The f word is a sensitive one in language learning contexts, and can mean almost anything depending on who’s using it. Today, we’re going to discuss...

Flashcards; some people love them, some people hate them. The goal of Hacking Chinese is to go beyond black and white and figure out how things work...

As anyone who has tried using mnemonics to learn something knows, some concepts are easier to link together than others. In general, the more...

People who know nothing about Chinese often ask me how to write their names in Chinese characters. The answer is that you can’t. Names in...

  Listening is in my opinion the most important skill to focus on when learning Chinese. Listening not only provides the input you need to learn...

A great tutor can accelerate your learning, but finding one isn’t easy. To get the best results, you need to be patient and try many options....

This month’s challenge is about reading Chinese, and that seems to be as good a reason as any to publish an article about habit formation and...

Something I hear learners ask about often is the so-called learning plateau. There is no standard definition of this, but it usually involves...