Long long ago, there was a man from Chu selling a 矛 máo (spear/lance/ pike) and a 盾 dùn (shield). He boasts of his 盾 dùn (shield) that it is the hardest one in this world and that it can't be broken by any sharp things! He then also boasts that his 矛 máo (spear/lance/ pike)…

Stories for this week - each post has an article summary and a selection of business Chinese vocabulary.

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Last time I was here I posted a question about using a Weibo to study Chinese. Now the problem with lazy learners like me (who never bother to try and learn to read Chinese is that signing up for such services can be a bit tricky (although one…

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I write a blog about my learning journey of Chinese, called Chinese Mandarin Learner. I am learning at the University of New England and am in my first year of study.

Recently we have changed text books to…

Today I want to add some more daily expressions, hope they would help you with your Chinese learning! :)

Here we go:

1. Nancy will retire next year．

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Call me slow, but I have recently discovered the Weibo 微博 phenomenon that is happening in China. Notably QQ Weibo (tencent) and Sina Weibo are amazingly feature rich communication tools that make twitter seem like a small…

Here is an explanation for the tone changes for 一 yī and 不 bù, which both follow a similar pattern.

一 yī is first tone whenever it is used as a number but changes based on the tone immediately following it, in the following pattern.…

I found a very interesting phenomenon that some movie's names Chinese translations are very different from their English names. Today I will show you some, hope you enjoy them!

1. <Up>    …

Since there are like 20 different ways to say 'cold' in Chinese, I thought it would…

Today's post is pretty easy to understand and remember, but the phrases I will post are used so much in movies, even in our real life. I really hope this helps! :)

Here we go!…

China Mobile frequently sends out random text messages to subscribers.  I got this one the other day for a new service to get a second phone number for your one mobile plan.  That way you can give out your phone and if it gets leaked to spammers you can just cancel it but keep your main phone number.

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Stories for this week - each post has an article summary and a selection of business Chinese vocabulary.  

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Stories for this week - each post has an article summary and a selection of business Chinese vocabulary.  

You can also join the Learn Business Chinese Group here on StudyMoreChinese.…

There's a good article over on Sinosplice that I wanted to share.  John Pasden writes about a recent appearance of an American on the Chinese reality TV show 非你莫属 - Only You. Read the full post here - contains Chinese, English & some analysis /…

At 57 strokes, this is a really cool character that doesn't show up in any 输入法 shū rù fǎ - character input method.

From wikipedia:

Made up of 57 strokes, the Chinese character for "biáng" is one of the most complex Chinese characters in contemporary usage, although…

I decided to write this post because I was getting confused with the different ways of using 好 hǎo to reply in Chinese.  

It wasn't so much that I was slow to reply but rather I would say the most recent 好+ word that I had heard as a response and I was not really taking into account the…

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Well, they are really "little", I mean the nuances of the characters in each following set that I've collected in my notebook. But, in fact, they did make me "sweat" for quite a little time. 

- The first set:

田 [tián] field

由 [yóu] oil

申 [shēn] express

甲 [jiǎ] shell/armour

- The second set:

百 [bǎi] hundred

目 [mù] eye

日 [rì] day

自 [zì] oneself

白 [bái] white

- The third set:

己…