Author: Lei

The Ultimate Chinese PinYin Guide| Everything about Learning Chinese PinYin

If you just started to learn Chinese Mandarin, or you already know some Chinese but thinking about learning Chinese PinYin. There must be many questions in your mind. What is PinYin? Do I really need to learn PinYin? Do Chinese even learn PinYin? What is PinYin for? Is it useful? How to learn Chinese PinYin? When should I learn PinYin? Resources to learn PinYin? In this Chinese PinYin ULTIMATE guide, let’s cover all your questions, so you can start your Chinese PinYin learning without any question or doubt! [1] What is PinYin? Pinyin, or Hànyǔ Pīnyīn, is the official...

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How to Learn Chinese Depends on Why You Want to Learn Chinese!

Find you WHYS? There is a reason behind everything! Making a decision to study a totally foreign language is not a small deal! Before you truly commit, ask yourself, why do you want to learn Chinese?   [1] Learn Chinese to Do Business and Make $ If you want to learn Chinese, because you want to do business with Chinese people in a very professional environment, then you need to think about what type of business you are going to do? What scenarios are you going to face on regular basis? What kind of vocabulary will be the most...

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What’s the best Chinese to Learn?Confused!

There’re many accents and dialects in China. So how do you tell which is the one? I recommend you to learn Chinese Mandarin. Mandarin is the standard, most common used language in China Mainland like Beijing, Shanghai and all the major cities. If you watch Chinese TV, or listen to radio, that is the standard Chinese Mandarin, the one you should learn! If you are going to use a private tutor, make sure your tutor doesn’t have a strong accent or teach you an uncommon dialect. You can watch the video by clicking the link below to listen to...

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Chinese PinYin 101-Do I have to learn Chinese PinYin?

Do I have to learn Chinese PinYin?–One of the most common asked questions when it comes to Chinese Mandarin learning. The Answer is: You don’t have to, but You better! You don’t have to learn Chinese PinYin, but it is better for your language learning in the long-term process. As a beginner, you can just mimic the sound and mark it with similar English sounds to help you memorize the sound. You can totally do that when you just start. As you learn more, you’ll need to have a more official phonetic system to learn better and faster, that’s...

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What’s the different between Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese Characters?

Many students are attracted to Chinese characters because they look sooo beautiful and artistic. Before you start to learn how to write Chinese characters, one very important question to ask:” Simplified or Traditional?” If you ever heard of the 2 types of Chinese characters, you would wonder what is the difference? Which one is better? Let me answer your questions so you won’t waste your time exploring and figuring out yourself. APPEARANCE DIFFERENCE: Basically, you can tell the difference between the terms, one is called simplified, so Simplified Chinese is easier and less complicated compared to traditional Chinese characters. For...

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