Learning characters is the most obvious challenge for students of Chinese. It’s obvious because no other world language requires you to learn...
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5 websites to help answer your questions about Chinese | Hacking Chinese
500 resources for learning and teaching Chinese, tagged by level, topic and type
Before the digital age, it was hard to find resources for learning Chinese; nowadays, the problem is instead that there are too many resources to...
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6 challenges students face when learning to read Chinese and how to overcome them | Hacking Chinese
6 things in Chinese that are harder to learn than they seem
It is often difficult to gauge the difficulty of tasks before you have already mastered them. Some things seem hard, but are actually quite easy;...
7 kinds of tone problems in Mandarin and what to do about them
Mastering Mandarin tones takes time, and different learners face different challenges. Understanding what kind of problem you face and how to fix it...
7 mistakes I made when writing Chinese characters and what I learnt from them
One of the interesting, and sometimes frustrating, things about learning Chinese characters is that there’s always more to learn. While it’s true...
7 things Chinese students should do during the winter vacation
The academic year looks different in different parts of the world, but for many readers, a semester will end soon if it hasn’t already. For some,...
7 things you were taught in Chinese class that are actually wrong
Learning Chinese by enrolling in a course and using a textbook is a great way to provide structure to your learning. Sure, it’s possible recreate...
7 ways to learn to write Chinese characters
Learning to write characters is an integral part of learning Chinese, but how do you practise writing them? Do you type? Write on paper? Or… on the...