Chinese is a tonal language, which means that the tone or pitch you use when you say a word determines its meaning.
It might sound intimidating, but I promise it’s simpler than you’d expect. After all, we use tones in …
Textbook Chinese dialogues are the worst.
It doesn’t matter how many times you read through the conversations—once you go to a restaurant in China, you’ll likely be thrown for a loop within a sentence or two.
That’s because we …
If you’re starting to learn Chinese, you’ve probably realized that there are a lot of differences in pronunciation.
Using a different tone or inflection can completely change what you are trying to say.
Lucky for you, we have created …
Using Chinese for the first time with a native can be a wake-up call for some learners.
For example, maybe you feel like you’ve mastered how to ask for directions.
You ask a passerby for directions, and they reply—but …
Tones are one of the biggest challenges beginners face when they start learning Chinese.
But the good news is, you definitely don’t need to visit or be in China to get this linguistic feature down pat.
In this post, I’ll …
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