This article about wuxia is written by Sara K.. After reading this article, I wanted to read more wuxia, and I hope that you will too! Of course,...
Month: February 2026
Will Hacking Chinese help you learn Mandarin?
Is it worth spending time learning how to learn Chinese, or should you focus all your effort on engaging with the language more directly? The answer...
Why your Chinese isn’t as good as you think it ought to be
Investing time and energy into learning Chinese, but not making the progress you desire, can be very frustrating. It’s one thing to make slow...
Why you should use more than one Chinese textbook
Whether you’re learning Chinese on your own or are taking a course, textbooks can be useful resources, especially when you start out. They serve...
Why you should think of characters in terms of functional components
This is a guest article written by John Renfroe over at Outlier Linguistics. They’re working on a dictionary meant to teach us about functional...
Why you should read Chinese on your phone
Learning to read Chinese comes with several problems, many of them unique. First, if you read something before the age of electronic dictionaries,...
Why you should learn Chinese in Chinese
Relying on your native language when learning Chinese is natural and one of the main differences between adult and child language learning. As...
How I used a notebook to learn more Chinese, and why you should too
The humble notebook is a powerful tool for learners of Chinese. Whether an exquisite leather-bound journal or a digital text file, a notebook...
Why you need goals to learn Chinese efficiently
A few years ago during a lecture I held focusing on strategies for learning Chinese, a student asked me a good but unusual question: Why do we need...
Why using a good dictionary can be bad for your Chinese reading ability
Digital dictionaries make reading Chinese easier, but they might also prevent you from learning essential strategies. Let’s have a look at why using...