If you’re just getting started with Pinyin, start with our first three posts, What is Pinyin?, Pinyin Initial Sounds, and Pinyin Final Sounds. As mentioned previously, Pinyin uses Roman letters…
Do you find it difficult to order food in China? Have you ever had to eat very spicy food just because you didn't know how to express the spiciness you…
The Duanwu or Dragon Boat Festival has been celebrated on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month for millennia. The celebrations last for three days. In the Gregorian calendar,…
If you’re just getting started with Pinyin, start with our first two posts, What is Pinyin? and Pinyin Initial Sounds As mentioned previously, Pinyin uses Roman letters to transcribe Chinese…
Chinese food is great, but sometimes you just want a juicy hamburger. Has this ever happened to you living in China? There is only problem though: how do you order…
If you’ve started reading this post and are wondering what Pinyin is, start with What is Pinyin? As mentioned previously, Pinyin uses Roman letters to transcribe Chinese sounds. In Chinese,…
In our earlier blog post Ten Popular Apps the Chinese Use (Part 1) we introduced 5 well known Chinese apps. Have you tried them out yet? After you get the…
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If you were to ask which Chinese dynasty inspires the most nostalgia in Chinese people today, many would answer: the Tang dynasty. The Tang Dynasty (618–907) is considered by most…