Mastering Mandarin tones takes time, and different learners face different challenges. Understanding what kind of problem you face and how to fix it...
Month: February 2026
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;...
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6 challenges students face when learning to read Chinese and how to overcome them | 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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5 websites to help answer your questions about Chinese | Hacking Chinese
5 levels of understanding Chinese characters: Superficial forms to deep structure
Learning characters is the most obvious challenge for students of Chinese. It’s obvious because no other world language requires you to learn...
5 insights from the first year of a master’s program in Taiwan
I have now completed my first year in 華語文教學研究所 (Graduate Institute for Teaching Chinese as a Second Language), a program which is primarily aimed at...
4, 3, 2, 1: Fluency! A great technique to boost your Mandarin speaking ability
Do you want to speak Mandarin fluently, no matter what your level is? Use the 4/3/2 technique to build confidence and flow! Becoming fluent in...
36 samples of Chinese handwriting from students and native speakers
Unlike most other languages, handwriting in Chinese can be regarded as a separate skill. Learning to write by hand is not easy; learning to write...
31 Twitter feeds to help you learn Chinese
This week’s topic is fairly straightforward: How can we use Twitter to help us learning Chinese? This can be divided into three separate...