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Ordering Food In Chinese

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Post published:June 26, 2020
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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…

Dragon Boat (Duanwu) Festival 端午节

Post Author:Ray Banks
Post published:June 25, 2020
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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,…

Learn to Read Chinese: Pinyin Final Sounds

Post Author:Du Chinese
Post published:June 24, 2020
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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…

Ordering a hamburger in Chinese

Post Author:Du Chinese
Post published:June 19, 2020
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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…

Learn to Read Chinese: Pinyin Initial Sounds

Post Author:Du Chinese
Post published:June 18, 2020
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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,…

Ten Popular Apps the Chinese Use (Part 2)

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Post published:June 10, 2020
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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…

Ten Popular Apps the Chinese Use (Part 1)

Post Author:Du Chinese
Post published:June 8, 2020
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Do you want to make Chinese friends online, but they don’t use Facebook or Twitter? Do you want to use Google Maps so that you can find your way around,…

How to Chat with Chinese using WeChat

Post Author:Du Chinese
Post published:June 8, 2020
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Are you familiar with WeChat? WeChat is one of the biggest chat apps in China, currently boasting over a billion users. It is used similar to how WhatsApp, FB Messenger,…

Tales of the Tang Dynasty

Post Author:Du Chinese
Post published:June 3, 2020
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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…

Learn to Read Chinese: What is Pinyin?

Post Author:Du Chinese
Post published:May 22, 2020
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In the English language, and other Romance languages (Spanish, French, Italian, etc…) the phonetic and writing systems are tied together. Each letter in a word represents one of its sounds.…