Chinatown is a great way to begin looking for Chinese characters in your home country. You’ll find useful characters or bigrams (2-character combinations) repeated frequently, which is handy if you’re a beginner studying Written Chinese! Most of these common Chinese symbols are found as traditional Chinese characters, but it’s often helpful to look at the… Read More
During and after the Chinese New Year, it is common to open new businesses, buy a new home, or get married in China. Since it’s that time of year again, you can try out some of these phrases to celebrate and congratulate people on their prosperous New Year to come. Of course, many of these… Read More
It will only take [est_time] to read this post! I understand that for some students of Chinese, visiting China and spending time with a Chinese family may not be possible. But I’m hoping to convince those of you out there who have considered coming to China, whether to travel, work or just have some fun,… Read More
It will only take [est_time] to read this post! Chinese Zodiac As you may already know, the Chinese calendar is based on the phases of the moon. and when a new year begins, it brings with it one of the 12 Chinese zodiac. Every 12 years, the sequence begins again. This year (2018) for example,… Read More
Spring Festival is almost upon us, so it’s the perfect time to learn how to say some Chinese New Year greetings! How do I say Happy New Year in Chinese? There are lots of different Chinese New Year greetings, but the most important one to know is 新年快乐 (xīn nián kuài lè) which means Happy New Year! You can also… Read More
Posted by Allen (郑伟杰 Weijie Zheng) from WrittenChinese.Com As the Chinese New Year approaches, the holiday spirit in China grows stronger and stronger. You may see or hear a lot of phrases including the character “马” (mǎ=horse) because the coming year will be the Year of the Horse. “马上(mǎ shàng)” means “immediately”, so phrases such as “马上有钱（mǎshàng… Read More