Category: Chinese

A great tutor can transform your Chinese learning, but how do you know if a tutor is good? Let’s explore the key qualities that make a tutor truly...

Chatting online is seldom considered a method for learning Chinese, but it has several unique benefits. While generally regarded as a frivolous...

Have you ever benchmarked your Chinese? If not, it’s time to do so! If you have, it’s probably time to do it again. Benchmarking is the focus of...

Hacking Chinese Challenges are about building language skills through daily practice and friendly competition. By focusing on one specific area of...

Tang Dynasty copy of 新婦地黃湯帖 by 王獻之 Let’s learn characters together! If you need to expand your knowledge of characters, fight you ever-increasing...

Learning to write thousands of Chinese characters is a daunting task, but fortunately, character writing is also one of the most hackable parts of...

Learning to write Chinese characters by hand takes a lot of time. In today’s digital era, is it necessary to learn handwriting? Let’s explore the...

When writing Chinese characters, small differences sometimes matter, but sometimes they don’t. Figuring out which details to pay attention to is...

Chinese character components are usually placed in predictable ways. If you remember the components, you can often write the character. But not...

Image source: sxc.hu/profile/cobrasoft Some people claim that classroom learning is useless. I disagree, I think taking a Chinese course is a good...