The Ultimate Business Chinese Test (BCT) Guide
When it comes to entering a professional Chinese business setting, it is crucial to have sound knowledge of the language used in business contexts. Ordinary daily expressions will fall short.…
A Review of the Best Online Chinese Grammar Checkers
Recently, we have received many inquiries about if there are any good Chinese grammar checkers for learners to use in their daily studies. They want something like Grammarly for English,…
Commonly used Chinese Grammar Particles
One of the various misconceptions about the Mandarin Chinese language is that it has no grammar. However, despite not having noun declension, verb conjugation, and many other types of typical…
15 Types of Common Euphemisms in Modern Chinese
You may have mastered tons of Chinese words and know all the key sentence structures, but sometimes you still can’t understand much of what you hear or read. For example,…
A Collection of Resources for Learning Chinese Characters– Books, Videos, Courses, Apps, Tools
Quite a sizeable portion of Chinese learners avoid learning Chinese characters from the very beginning. And due to the difficulty of Chinese characters, most Chinese learners’ character recognition and writing…
Resources for Improving Chinese
Although Chinese is a very difficult language, I’ve found that with hard work and motivation, you can reach your Chinese goals! Despite only starting Chinese a few years ago, I…
Responding with ‘好的’(hǎo de), ‘好啊’(hǎo a), ‘好吧’(hǎo ba), ‘好嘛’(hǎo ma), ‘好啦’(hǎo la)
‘好(hǎo)’ is frequently one of the first characters that learners encounter when they begin studying Chinese, and anyone can tell you that it means ‘good.’ When used as a reply…
A Comprehensive Guide to Using “了” Correctly in Chinese
The sentence "我去了公司了。" may make you ask, "Why do I need '了' twice in one sentence? Do they mean the same thing? What do they do? How do I even…
Top 20 Common Mistakes Chinese Learners Make
Today we are going to talk about mistakes, specifically the 20 top mistakes that Chinese learners are prone to making or make repeatedly, so that we can help you avoid…