Word Structure: “Duplicated” 重叠式 This is part 7 of an 8-part series exploring all 7 types of Chinese compound word. Click below for the other parts: Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 – Part 5 – Part 6 – Part 7 – Part 8 Duplicated 重叠式 Duplicated words are the

Word Structure: Affixes 附加式 This is part 6 of an 8-part series exploring all 7 types of Chinese compound word. Click below for the other parts: Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 – Part 5 – Part 6 – Part 7 – Part 8 Affixes Affixed words divide into Prefixes,

Word Structure: Subject-Predicate 主谓式 This is part 5 of an 8-part series exploring all 7 types of Chinese compound word. Click below for the other parts: Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 – Part 5 – Part 6 – Part 7 – Part 8 Subject-Predicate 主谓式 Subject-Predicate 主谓式 words are

Word Structure: Parallel 并列式 Compound Words- Multiple Morpheme Words (合成词） This is part 4 of an 8-part series exploring all 7 types of Chinese compound word. Click below for the other parts: Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 5 – Part 6 – Part 7 – Part 8 Parallel 并列式 The two

Word Structure: Verb-How 补充式 This is part 3 of an 8-part series exploring all 7 types of Chinese compound word. Click below for the other parts: Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 – Part 5 – Part 6 – Part 7 – Part 8 Verb-How & Generalising 补充式 These words

“Jeepers! Them there Chinese squiggles sure are a head-scratcher!” They sure look like it 1960’s rural Appellation woodsman named Jasper! But you know what? You already know a lot about them! “I’ll be darn-tootin’!” Chinese vocabulary acquisition is far more straightforward than you might think so long as you follow any or all of these

Word Structure: Verb-What 述宾式 This is part 2 of an 8-part series exploring all 7 types of Chinese compound word. Click below for the other parts: Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 – Part 5 – Part 6 – Part 7 – Part 8 Verb-What 述宾式 We call this type

The Seven Types of Two-Character “Compound” Words This is part 1 of an 8-part series exploring all 7 types of Chinese compound word. Click below for the other parts: Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 – Part 5 – Part 6 – Part 7 – Part 8 (If there a

Understanding Words Through “Mini-Meanings” As many of you have already found out, we’re not fans of using academic language to talk about language learning. Yes, it is true that high-level words are precise, but being overly specific as a beginner or intermediate learner wastes time. Not until you’ve built a solid foundation should you pursue

Six Steps? Does it Really Take That Much to Learn a Word? The purpose of this article is to show you the many possible steps to learning Chinese words. However, you do NOT have to utilize every step every time you approach a new word. Instead, think of these steps as tools. In the same