This is the first part in our no frills series of vocabulary and phrase lists especially for beginners of the Chinese language. Each Chinese character, bigram or phrase is linked to our Online Dictionary. Click on the red links to see more information about the character, including pronunciation audio and stroke animations to help you… Read More
We’re back for another episode of Two White Chicks in China! This week our question comes from Ann, who asks us “Are paid scholarships to study Mandarin in China legitimate?” 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…… Read More
Conjunctions are words that connect phrases and clauses together to form a sentence. In English, some examples of conjunction words are ‘and’, ‘but’, ‘if’ and ‘because’. These words are very similar within the Chinese language, but often follow specific rules and patterns for them to make sense. Below is the first half of our lesson… Read More
We’re back for another episode of Two White Chicks in China! This week our question comes from Haley, who asks us “Do you think that Chinese people are introverts, compared with people back home?” If you want to ask us a question just go to our voicemail page and leave us your question! In This… Read More
It will only take [est_time] to read this post! When I began planning for my own wedding, I became curious about traditional Chinese weddings and how different they are in the modern day. In preparation for my own wedding, Nora and I went to a bridal ‘convention’ at the Shenzhen exhibition centre, it was full… Read More
We’re back for another episode of Two White Chicks in China! This week our question comes from Christian, who asks us “What’s the difference between international and standard schools 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… Read More