I’ve been on vacation and haven’t thought too much about studying, which means that I have failed miserably to keep my vocabulary review queues at a...
Category: Chinese
What It’s Like to Work in a Chinese Office
What It's Like to Work in a Chinese Office <!-- Pinyin chart Video ...
Mandarin for Kids: How to Use the Mandarin Character “会”?
Huì 会 Can / Know how to Huì chàng gē 会唱歌 Can sing Huì tiào wǔ 会跳舞 Can dance Huì shuō 会说 Can speak Huì xiě 会写 Can write...
The Best Vegetarian Restaurants in Shanghai
The Best Vegetarian Restaurants in Shanghai Vegetarianism has been popular in developed...
3-Day China’s Silicon Valley-Shenzhen Highlights Tour
3-Day China's Silicon Valley-Shenzhen Highlights Tour Past Roots, Future's Edge Discover...
Chengdu Spotlight Experiences
Chengdu Spotlight Experiences As the homeland of giant pandas, Chengdu is one of the historic...
Extra course content and new-semester discount
For many of us, a new semester has just started or is about to start very soon. Since late last year, I offer a video, audio and text course...
Learning Chinese is more like walking a thousand miles than running 100-metre dash
One of the most common analogies used to talk about learning is that it’s like moving in space. You are at point A now, you want to get to point B,...
The forking path: A human approach to learning Chinese
When learning Chinese, there are three factors you need to improve to get the most out of your learning: content, method and time. The first,...
The most serious mistake students make when learning Mandarin pronunciation
When we are born, our brains are open to the world of sound and we can perceive differences between sounds we as adults have learnt to ignore. To be...
The nine principles of learning (and the mistakes from failing to follow them)
I first met Scott Young in 2014 in Taiwan when he was doing his year without English, spending 100 days learning Chinese. I gave him some advice...
Nyingchi Travel Guide: Visit Tibet’s Forested Highlands
Nyingchi Travel Guide: Visit Tibet's Forested Highlands Nyingchi (林芝, also known as Nyingtri or...