Month: February 2026

Throughout my journey to learn Chinese, I’ve used sports to boost my learning. I’ve played badminton, football and volleyball with native...

What if I told you that there is a game that helps you speak Chinese more fluently, is great for improving communicative ability and works well...

One of my favourite games recently is called Codenames. It’s a simple word game that is as simple as it is ingenious. While the game is designed...

Last week, we looked at how understanding phonetic components can help us learn to read and write Chinese characters. That’s usually something...

When introducing characters for the first time, most teachers explain that there are six different kinds of ways that characters are composed in...

Do you know what the real challenge of learning Chinese characters is? Some people who are good at learning things but haven’t learnt Chinese ask...

Learning words is important. It could even be argued that it’s more important than anything else when learning a foreign language. Without words,...

To become literate in Chinese, you need to learn thousands of characters.  For some, characters are beautiful and alluring, rich with cultural and...

Obligatory and optional tone change rules in Mandarin | Hacking Chinese

Hacking Chinese was launched more than a decade ago with the intent to help people learn Mandarin in a better way. This means that the website has...