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Sign up to get the FREE PDF & Trial Class Family and Coffee in Chinese This is a beginner Chinese 50-minute TutorMandarin lesson about the title, “My family members all like coffee.” Beginner 1 level is for learners who cannot or speak a little bit of Chinese. Hence, we’ll teach you basic but useful words[…]
Greetings in Chinese This is a beginner Chinese 50-minute TutorMandarin lesson about the title, “How Are You?” Beginner 1 level is for learners who cannot or speak a little bit of Chinese. Hence, we’ll teach you basic words in life, simple conversation and how to express your needs in this level. Also experiencing the student-centered[…]
Sign up to get the FREE PDF & Trial Class This is a beginner Chinese 50-minute TutorMandarin lesson about the title, “How Many People in Your Family?” Beginner 1 level is for learners who cannot or speak a little bit of Chinese. Hence, we’ll teach you basic words in life, simple conversation and how to express[…]
Are You Interesting Chinese Culture Facts? Are you curious about interesting Chinese culture facts? You may know that China has the world’s largest population, about 1.38 billion people, followed by India and US. For the record, one in every five people is Chinese. As the most-populated country, China owns a wide variety of cultures, traditions[…]
Before going abroad, we usually try to learn the basic foreign language phrases in order to communicate more efficiently with locals. The following are some useful Chinese sentences that tourists must prepare when going to Chinese-speaking countries. From food, clothes, housing, transportation, and entertainment, we will show you the sentences and phrases you may use in[…]
Choose Chinese Gifts Gift giving etiquette varies in different cultures. Usually, in Chinese gift-giving culture, the “meaning” of the gift is more valuable than the “price”. Therefore there’s a Chinese proverb “千里送鹅毛，礼轻情意重 (Qiānlǐ sòng émáo lǐ qīng qíngyì zhòng)”, meaning to sent goose feather from afar, it’s a light gift with heavy meaning behind it.[…]
Chinese Table Manners When visiting your Chinese friends, it’s very likely to have a meal with them, or even with their family! There are some rules in Chinese table etiquette. Although Chinese would not be strict on you because you are from different cultures, you should know some dos and don’ts to prevent any embarrassment.[…]
15 Funny Chinese Words Some Chinese learners may think learning Chinese is too hard, not if you know the funny sides of this language! There are lots of funny Chinese words that you cannot easily guess the word meanings only from their surface.However, after you know their meanings and why, you will be impressed and[…]
Chinese Medicine Treatments Scorching summer’s coming, and that means ice cream, beaches, sports, and, unfortunately, heat stroke! More people got heat stroke when they were active under high temperature for long hours and lack of water. The treatments for heat stroke can simply drink more water and move to a cooler place. While in Chinese[…]
When is typhoon season? “Typhoon”, also known as “Hurricane” in North and South America, refers to“Cyclone” in India. It is one of the most famous natural disasters in Asia! Usually, the typhoon season starts from mid-June to August or even early September. It is estimated that there are around 26 typhoons or more per summer,[…]
Have you ever receive a Taiwan typhoon alert before? Just got an alert on your phone in traditional Chinese characters and don’t know what it means? No worries, we’ve got you covered. See below for the translation and background of the emergency alert system. Check out here for our post about emergency contact numbers[…]
Asking for Directions For travelers visiting China, Taiwan or other Chinese speaking countries, you might face the problem of getting lost and needing to ask for directions. Even though smartphones and the internet are really common nowadays, still, people might travel without the internet as well. Today we’ll teach you how to ask for[…]