The 在 (zài) character has several different uses, and since it’s a character that will appear soon after you begin learning Chinese, it’s a good idea to get yourself accustomed to its different functions. Most of them have to do with location, as primarily, 在 (zài) is used to express the phrase ‘to be located…’… Read More
It will only take [est_time] to read this post! If you don’t have time to read this post now, you can and read it later! Unlike in English, the form of a Chinese verb never changes, regardless of whether it is present, past, or future tense. For example, whereas in English the verb ‘eat’ will… Read More
This is the second article in our series of blog posts focusing on specific characters or grammar patterns that can often confuse learners of Chinese. This post focuses on the two bigrams, 认识 (rèn shi) and 知道 (zhī dao). First, let’s take a look at the dictionary definitions of 认识 (rèn shi) and 知道 (zhī… Read More