Month: February 2026

Flashcards; some people love them, some people hate them. The goal of Hacking Chinese is to go beyond black and white and figure out how things work...

The f word is a sensitive one in language learning contexts, and can mean almost anything depending on who’s using it. Today, we’re going to discuss...

Earlier this spring, I asked an expert panel a difficult question: How should we learn Chinese grammar? As I hoped, the answers were as insightful...

The question of how long I have studied Chinese has followed me almost from day one. I have been asked this question a lot, I have asked others the...

A few weeks ago, I posted an article about study time and why it should be counted in hours and not the more commonly used unit: years. I received...

Ideally, all students would acquire perfect pronunciation in Chinese by listening to and mimicking. Sadly, this is only guaranteed to work for...

I remember the first time I took an advanced proficiency test in Chinese. I remember sitting down with the reading part of the exam, starting to...

I started studying Chinese in Sweden in 2007 and have been learning ever since: online and offline, at home and abroad, in formal courses and on my...

It’s time to continue the story of how I learnt Chinese. Last time, I talked briefly about why I started learning, and in this second part I want to...

I often receive questions from readers about my personal journey. Why did I start learning Chinese? What phases did I go through and what did I...