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 level of spice you wanted? Let’s learn how to order food in Chinese. In this lesson, we learn how to call for the waiter, specify the level…
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, it varies every year, generally falling in June. In 2020, the Dragon Boat festival falls on June 25th and festivities will continue through the 27th….
If you’re just getting started with Pinyin, start with our first two posts, What is Pinyin? and Pinyin Initial Sounds RECAP: As mentioned previously, Pinyin uses Roman letters to transcribe Chinese sounds. In Chinese, each character corresponds to one syllable (which can be one word, or part of a word). Chinese syllables consist of three…
Chinese food is great, but sometimes you just want a juicy hamburger. There is only problem though: how do you order a hamburger in Chinese?Has this ever happened to you while you were in China? In this post, we give you the complete guide on how to order a hamburger in China. Hamburger in Chinese…
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, each character corresponds to one syllable (which can be one word, or part of a word). Chinese syllables consist of three elements: an initial sound,…
In our earlier blog post Most Popular Apps in China (Part 1) we introduced 5 well known Chinese apps. Have you tried them out yet? After you get the hang of those 5 apps you’re ready to move on to our next top five popular apps used in China. We hope that you will find…
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, but you can’t access it from China? Do you want to buy something online, but found that the Chinese do not often use Amazon? In…
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…
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. It is often difficult for speakers and readers of English to learn to read Chinese because Chinese writing is a pictographic system. Chinese uses Han…
