Follow Us! FacebookFollow on FacebookInstagramFollow on InstagramYouTubeFollow on YouTubeTwitterFollow on TwitterLinkedInFollow on LinkedInPinterestFollow on PinterestFacebookFollow on FacebookInstagramFollow on InstagramYouTubeFollow on YouTubeTwitterFollow on TwitterLinkedInFollow on LinkedInPinterestFollow on Pinterest In our time living in China, the concept of 关系 guānxi has proven to be a rich insight into Chinese culture indeed. What is Guanxi? There are many

Want to Know How to Speak Chinese? Stop Trying to Speak Chinese. OK, we recognize that the title of this article and first heading comes off like the clichéd and over-used “turns out” pieces. “Everyone thought dietary fat was bad, but wait…gasp…TURNS OUT it isn’t so bad OMG IS YOUR MIND BLOWN?!?!” Will counter-intuitive truths

We all know that Chinese is ‘the hardest language to learn in the world’ (poppycock!). What is the tricky part about it  really? Is it that it’s so “foreign”? Is it that it’s illogical? Is it that it’s technically more difficult to understand? Nope. It’s the map. “Cartographers” have struggled mightily to map the landscape

Word Structure: “Biased” 偏正式 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 Biased 偏正式 The second morpheme in a “Biased” word is the more important of the two. The first morpheme is

In our years of Chinese teaching, we’ve come to realize that the vast majority of people would rather pay for someone else to take the responsibility of charting their study map. It’s a big time saver, after all figuring it out on your own is tricky & time-consuming. So after you crack open the wallet,

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, Infixes, and Suffixes. Chinese has fewer affixes than other languages. Think of these like

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 4 – Part 5 – Part 6 – Part 7 – Part 8 Parallel 并列式 The two morphemes in a Parallel word have equal value. The meaning