This is episode 7 of our video series Scavenger Sunday. This week Nora and Allen talk about the 花 (huā) character and get excited about Christmas! A: Hi everyone, welcome back to Scavenger Sunday! N: 欢迎大家收看我们的节目 A: Today’s episode is all about the 花 character. N: Awww Allen – this is for you. A: Er,… Read More
Continuing on with our ‘radical’ series, I decided to give you some more information about 草字头 (cǎo zì tóu), the grass radical. 草字头 (cǎo zì tóu) means ‘grass on the head’ and is always found on the top of a character. I really like 艹 because unlike some radicals, most of the characters featuring this radical… Read More
Check out Episode 6 of WCC Scavenger Sunday with our glamorous hosts Allen and Nora. Watch it on Youku here if are unable to access YouTube! This week our lovable duo talk about the character 手 (shǒu), including some practical phrases and common uses of the character. A: Hey everyone, I’m Allen. Welcome back to… Read More
There’s been one area of my Chinese studying that I’ve found pretty confusing, at times quite annoying, but inevitably (once the penny dropped) rather interesting. For me, Chinese measure words became an added challenge when learning an already intriguing language. But it has to be said, they are an essential part of learning Mandarin. As… Read More
This week Nora and Allen look at the 大 character. Watch the video below to see how you can win one of our NEW Written Chinese T-Shirts! Also, if you can’t access YouTube, you can always watch the video on Youku! N: Hi everyone, I’m Nora and welcome back to Scavenger Sunday! A: Hey, don’t you… Read More
Written by Hollie at WrittenChinese.Com So you may have read recently that the popular English-Chinese dictionary, Nciku was taken offline. Regular users are now redirected to Line Dictionary; a ‘fresh start’ for Nciku. Sadly though, people moving to Line will find many of the functions that they loved about Nciku are now gone. Perhaps finding… Read More
