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Year: 2026
Should you learn the pronunciation of radicals?
As an independent learner of Chinese, you need to keep three questions in mind: what to learn, how to learn it and how much time to spend on each...
Learn Chinese implicitly through exposure with a seasoning of explicit instruction
Learning about Chinese grammar in Chinese in grad school. In spite of the messy whiteboard, this course was actually very interesting. Learning...
Learn Chinese faster by leaving your comfort zone
How do you learn Chinese faster? The simplest answer to that question is to spend as much time as possible doing tasks that challenge your current...
Launching Hacking Chinese Resources
Editor’s note: This article is eight years old, but Hacking Chinese Resources is still going strong! In March 2022, we reached 500 resources, which...
Launching Hacking Chinese Challenges
Today I’m proud to launch a new section of the website: Welcome to Hacking Chinese Challenges! “Build your language skills through daily practice...
Launching Hacking Chinese: A Practical Guide to Learning Mandarin
It took five years, 300 articles and two million visits to Hacking Chinese, but now it’s finally here! I’m proud to announce the launch of… Hacking...
Chinese language question triage: When to ask whom about what
When learning Chinese, questions inevitably crop up as we encounter problems either while exposing ourselves to the language (listening and reading)...
Love and language: Challenges and opportunities in learning Chinese with a partner
Some say that dating a native speaker is the ultimate shortcut to fluency. “You’ll learn effortlessly with a teacher always by your side!” But is...
Language is communication, not only an abstract subject to study
According to Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, the word “language” is defined as follows: a system of communication by written or spoken...