Category: Chinese

“早饭吃完了”(The breakfast has been eaten) – Learn All About the Unmarked Passive Sentence in Chinese Passive sentences make up a...

How do native speakers talk about Chinese characters? The writing system is not phonetic, so you can’t spell out words, but it is still possible to...

This is just a small post to inform you that my restructuring of Hacking Chinese is now complete. This is cooler than it sounds, because it actually...

你真帅 (Nǐ zhēn shuài) – You’re really handsome 你也太帅了吧！ (Nǐ yě tài shuài le ba) – You’re so handsome 帅到不行 (Shuài dào bù xíng) – Crazy handsome 帅爆了...

中文书信的称呼(Zhōngwén shūxìn de chēnghū) Salutations in Chinese letters Zhōngguó bèi yùwéi “lǐyízhībāng.” 中国           被   誉为 “礼仪之邦”。 Wúlùn zài...

Nǐ zěn me le? 你怎么了？ What’s wrong? Wǒ yǒu diǎn bù shū fu. 我有点不舒服。 I don’t feel very well. Nǎ lǐ bù shū fu? 哪里不舒服？ Where...

Peeling the Chinese Onion – Practical advice on how to approach the study of Mandarin As a student of the Chinese language, I...

Various ways to say “Hello” in Chinese The common expressions 你好 / 您好 (nǐ hǎo/ nín hǎo) 嗨 (hāi) / 嘿 (hēi) / 哈喽...

The Best Resources to Improve your Chinese Handwriting Writing anything down helps us to remember it better. A quick web search...

A Comprehensive Guide to Chinese Characters Chinese characters are a fascinating and integral part of the Chinese language....

Basic Verbs that are Different in Chinese and English Part II Although I always know Chinese and English were poles apart, I...

Various ways to say “do you have” in Chinese The common expressions and their uses in sentences 你有……吗？ (nǐ yǒu……ma？) ...