In this article, we share our answers to the 3 most common questions we get about Chinese words. 1. How many words do we need to know? As long as you learn the highest frequency Chinese words first (preferably spoken frequency), you only need a few hundred of them before you can start communicating andRead more
How to Use 没有 We’ve talked all about how 不 bù is used to negate thing (i.e. 不怕 búpà – not afraid, 不是 búshì – is not, etc), but 没有 méiyǒu is a special case where we do not use 不. Break Down the Characters First, let’s just look at the two characters in theRead more
Can you learn how to read, write, and pronounce 105 characters in 2 days? Yes, apparently you can. The Mandarin Blueprint Method is our brand-new course curriculum designed to get anyone to literacy in Mandarin as fast as possible. It is one integrated system covering characters, vocabulary, and grammar, currently covering over 80% of theRead more
When starting to learn Mandarin, it is important to not only be aware of what to do, but more importantly what not to do. It is an achievable project for anyone, regardless of your IQ, but only if you avoid the pitfalls that most Chinese learners fall into.
“Conversation Connectors” are very useful in Chinese when you are looking for something to say and need to give yourself time to think it through.
“Conversation Connectors” are very useful in Chinese (or any language you’re learning) when you are looking for something to say and need to give yourself time to think it through.
Language learning requires a certain level of “chasing the word count”, regardless of which language it is. This is only logical, how else are you to express even remotely abstract ideas without a reservoir of words to pick from? But how many words do you actually need?
