So you’ve been learning Chinese for awhile, and practicing your reading skills, but you need to improve your Chinese speaking skills. Many people think that improving their Chinese skills is a hopeless task because it takes so much hard work. We all know that the best way to learn and improve in your Chinese language…
We’re happy to announce that we have new features we’re adding to help you learn more with Du Chinese. We’ll update this page with more details soon. We’re excited to be adding more features for listening to lessons in the background and offline learning. Listening Practice Listening to Chinese is a great way to help…
If you just started to grasp beginner’s Chinese, you’re no doubt looking to move on to the next step and improve your skills even more. The question is, how do you continue to improve your skills in a foreign language you just barely started learning? You do so by listening. Do some Chinese Listening Practice. If you…
Are you familiar with WeChat? WeChat is one of the biggest messaging apps in China, currently boasting over a billion users. It is similar to WhatsApp, FB Messenger, LINE, etc., but with mainly Chinese users, so you can make a lot of Chinese friends if you have WeChat. When you make a new Chinese friend…
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 to be part of the Golden Age of Ancient China. During this time, Chinese art and culture flourished, peace and prosperity were brought to the…
Update added by Du Chinese in May 2020: How do you say “please” in Chinese? When using it in a sentence you would use 请qǐng. When you want to say please in the sense of “please, I beg you” you could do it by saying 拜bài托tuō. In many cases where you would say please in…
Writing a story in Chinese is a great way to practice your communication skills. Storytelling dates back to cave drawings. People have always wanted to share their stories with others. There were oral histories that were passed down through generations, often through song. Eventually written language developed, of which Chinese is one of the oldest….
How do Chinese parents choose a name for their child? Traditionally, Chinese names consist of two, three of even four characters. Three is most common. The first character (or first two) is your family name or surname. The next character could be decided by your generation in the family. There would be a family pattern…
The 12 animals of the Zodiac are represented by Chinese zodiac characters. These characters represent the Chinese zodiac animals. Below, we’ll explain each animal and its character. We’ll also show you a popular and often slightly unusual idiom for each zodiac animal. Chinese Zodiac Characters The Chinese Zodiac are referred to as 生肖 (shēng xiào)….
Learn to count using Chinese numbers 1-100. Counting in Chinese is a delightfully simple task. Learning to count to 100 actually only requires you to learn 11 numbers! That’s because you only need to know the number 1-10 and the word for “hundred.” Actually after you learn those 11 words, you can count to 999…
