Category: List of Chinese Learning Tips Blogs

Is It a Better Way to Learn Chinese? When it comes to language learning, almost everyone has experienced moments they ran into obstacles. It is not an easy thing for a person to endure the endless period of time remembering new words and phrases, both pronunciation and meanings. There are some tactful methods which came...

Should We Learn Pinyin First? As a total beginner to learn Chinese you may found it hard to decide where to start. Answers from people are usually Pinyin, tones or oral Chinese. To learn Chinese systematically, Pinyin would cost a huge part of your time. Well, since it plays a vital role in Chinese phonetic...

Private Chinese Class & Group Chinese Class, Which Is Better? Usually when it comes to Chinese learning course, people have to choose from group classes and private ones. How to make a decision as they both have their advantages and disadvantages? Here is an analysis of these two types of lessons for your reference. Private...

Give a Presentation in Chinese Yes you are right. This is an article about how to give a presentation in Chinese. It sounds ridiculous because you might be an expert since high school. But today what we are talking is to give a presentation not only in Chinese mandarin, also in Chinese way. So you are...

Is Learning Chinese A Waste of Your Time? For beginners it may sometimes occur that a different language is hard to start with. The answer to it depends on the circumstances you are under. If you’d like to maximum your return on investment by learning Chinese in terms of a high paid job, the answer...

Advices for Expat Teachers to Learn Mandarin Chinese Mandarin Chinese is a complex language to study. An English speaker may find it hard to distinguish the tones. A Japanese would face obstacle while curling his tongue. To most non Chinese-speaking citizens, Chinese characters are more like tattoos. For foreign teachers in China, study Chinese not...

Chinese Pronunciation Challenges Many of the sounds of Mandarin have approximate counterparts in English, but there are few sounds which are more challenging. They don’t have English equivalents and therefore need to be practiced more diligently than the other Mandarin sounds. 1. zh ch sh r These four sounds are similar to the English “j”...

Instant, Offline Visual Translation for Travelers If you’ve just moved to China without having an inkling of the Chinese language, we know how you feel. “When I started living in Shenzhen, I was looking to learn Chinese and not being able to read the characters was very frustrating,” said Thomas, one of our clients from...