的, 得 & 地: Three characters, three meanings, one tone If you’re still riding the Pinyin wave, the Chinese ‘de’ particles are pretty difficult to learn as they all have the same 5th ‘neutral’ tone. Once upon a time, my method was to stick a ‘de’ in every sentence just in case it was necessary… Read More
It will only take [est_time] to read this post! Dried shredded squid is a common ‘on-the-go’ type snack available in your local convenience store to a swanky bar with a $100 table charge. It’s smelly, it’s sweet, and it’s really, REALLY chewy. Sounds tempting, right? You’re right, I’m not selling it to you, but honestly,… Read More
This week our question comes from Jessica, who asks us “Does small town living exist in China?” If you want to ask us a question just go to our voicemail page and leave us your question! In This Episode, We Talk About… Nora’s fact about blocking a dam with dumplings! “I’m gay, would you hug… Read More
What are Chinese Chengyu? Chengyu 成语 (chéng yǔ) are idioms, usually made up of four Chinese characters. An idiom is a group of words that have a meaning not obviously made through the individual words. Most languages have their own idioms. For example, in English when it rains heavily we commonly say it’s raining ‘cats… Read More
This week our question comes from Daniel, who asks us “What do you think about music and tv in mainland China?” If you want to ask us a question just go to our voicemail page and leave us your question! In This Episode, We Talk About… Nora’s fact about audis A giant indoor farm in… Read More
I think it’s fair to say that just trying to recognise Chinese characters is hard enough. Even when you know your radicals inside out, have made a nice story (or mnemonic) woman 女 (nǚ) under a roof 宀 (mián) = peace 安 (ān), putting pen to paper can still be a bit of a daunting… Read More