This is a guest post about reading comics in Chinese, written by Sara K. It was written as a natural follow-up to her previous article, but instead...
Month: February 2026
A guide to Pinyin traps and pitfalls: Learning Mandarin pronunciation
Learning to pronounce Mandarin Chinese properly comes with a number of challenges. Some of these are relevant for learning any foreign language,...
9 answers to questions about Pinyin and pronunciation
There are several ways of finding answers to questions about learning Chinese. Some of them promote discussion, others are more strictly trying to...
866 digital textbooks for expanding your Chinese
For the last four years, I’ve been teaching various Chinese courses for engineers. These courses are meant to take students from not knowing any...
8 great ways to scaffold your Chinese listening and reading
Listening and reading in Chinese can be a challenge, especially when your level is not high enough. To understand more and thereby also learn more,...
7 ways to write Mandarin tones
The sounds of Mandarin and the symbols we use to write them down are two different things. We can see this reflected in the different systems used...
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...
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 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 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...