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)’ in its original definition means ‘good’, and when it’s used as a response or reply, it automatically transforms to mean ‘fine’, ‘sure’ or ‘ok’. Yet, with various words and…
The use of ‘了’（le）in Chinese
我去了公司了。”When you first read or hear this kind of sentence, you may wonder, why do I need to use two “了” in one sentence? Do they have the same meaning?…
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…
How to Stay Motivated to Keep Learning Chinese? – Keep Calm and Learn Chinese
Let’s be honest - learning Chinese is not easy. And what could be the most difficult thing for a learner after spending several years studying Chinese? Could it be expressing…