Learning any language can be hard. Learning Chinese is especially hard. But, you can make progress every day. In order to learn Mandarin, you must develop the discipline to consistently study Mandarin, and this article will discuss many ways that you can do that.
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Pronouns In Mandarin Chinese
[lastupdated] The pronunciation for he, she, and it are all the same in Mandarin Chinese. The pronunciation for he 他, she 她, and it (or neuter) 它 are all ta1. The way Chinese distinguishes between male, female, and it is through Chinese Characters and context.
A Great Tool To Download Tudou And Youku Videos
[lastupdated] *** Note, it is becoming much more difficult to access sites within Mainland China from outside of Mainland China. The one tool, which I have personally used, and like, is the the software called youtube-dl which is 100% open source and available for Windows and Linux. Tudou.com and Youku.com are great video sites for …
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A Script To Easily Search Simplified Chinese Words With CC-CEDICT In Linux
This article is a follow up to my article called A Script To Easily Search Traditional Chinese Words With CC-CEDICT In Linux here. This article is about how to search the CC-CEDICT Chinese-English dictionary using Simplified Characters in Linux.
A Great Free Chinese Intermediate Grammar Course
I am a huge fan of edx.org, a site that offers hundreds of courses from some of the best universities in the world. I recently discovered that there is a Chinese Intermediate Course there. The course is free to audit, but if you want to get a certificate as proof of completing the course, you can …
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Clash of Clans Chinese Vocab
Are you addicted to the super popular game called “Clash of Clans”? If so, you can learn a lot of Chinese playing the game in Chinese while still having a ton of fun. And you can make many friends doing so. Clash of Clans is very popular in Greater China, and I actually learned about …
A Chinese Bullet Train Ticket Deciphered
[lastupdated] Have you ever bought a train ticket for a bullet train in China? Or are you planning to travel in China with bullet trains? In this article, I will show you a typical Chinese bullet train ticket and decipher the ticket and vocab for you.
A Script To Easily Search Traditional Chinese Words With CC-CEDICT In Linux
[lastupdated] The CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary is incredibly useful but a little difficult to search effectively and efficiently initially. As a text file, you could use a text editor and simply search using CTRL+F, but it might be quite an inefficient way to search. As of the time of this writing, December 2016, there are 114886 …
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A Hilarious Chinese Youtube Channel
I recently stumbled upon a hilarious Chinese Youtube channel called TMD Shanghai. It is a comedy channel from Shanghai. I believe that watching videos from this channel can help motivate you to continue learning and improving your Chinese.
Growing Up With Chinese: A Great Video Series To Get Started Learning Mandarin
[lastupdated] One fantastic and free Chinese video series to watch to get started learning Mandarin is called Growing Up With Chinese (成长汉语). It is a series officially made by CCTV (China Central Television) and is quite professionally made. It starts out at the very beginning level, assuming no prior knowledge of Mandarin, and builds up …
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