Tones Prefer Company! – A New Way to Practice Chinese Tones
When you hear someone discuss the basics of Mandarin pronunciation, they usually start with the four tones and give an example like the famous (mā má mǎ mà). To be…
Monthly Digest of Chinese Learning – September 2014
There is an abundance of wonderful Chinese learning blogs and articles on the Internet. Sometimes it is just impossible to filter through every single one. Don’t you wish you had…
The Importance of Learning Mandarin Chinese Pronunciation
So, you’ve started the long interesting path called ‘learning Mandarin Chinese’, but what should you learn first? Characters and how to write them? Or would spoken Mandarin serve better? Really,…
8 Common Homophonic Puns in Chinese Spring Festival – The Must-eat Lucky Food Checklist
Chinese New Year, known in China as the Spring Festival, has an abundance of unique traditions associated with it. Some of these traditions are more widespread than others. Among the…
Setting Foot Towards Your Wonderland
In the northern hemisphere, July usually means summer. China is no exception. When the time comes many people put their work aside to start some trips simply because it’s easy…
From Frustration to Fluency: Master Chinese Pronunciation with 6 Techniques
For many language learners, achieving fluency in Mandarin can seem like a distant dream. Tones and sounds are tricky, even for experienced learners The journey to mastering Mandarin pronunciation is…
How to Express Your Feelings in Chinese
If you have ever been to China in June, then you have probably seen this before. One minute the sun is shining, and the next minute it starts to rain…
How to Improve Your Mandarin Chinese Pronunciation
When you are learning Mandarin Chinese, one of the most important yet challenging things is to learn to pronounce the language. Mandarin is actually made up of individual syllables. Every…
‘Survive in Chinese’ Review
Today I will write a review of the ‘Survive in Chinese’ videos on FluentinMandarin. The website comes from the very admirable vision of 25 year old Chris parker to “share…