East Asia Student

孟浩然春曉 translation: Spring Dawn, by Meng Haoran

Sunday 19th February 2012

A translation of the poem 春曉, “Spring Dawn”, by the Tang dynasty poet 孟浩然 (Meng Haoran). #232 in the 300 Tang poems. Includes pinyin and literal glosses. . . . → Read More: 孟浩然春曉 translation: Spring Dawn, by Meng Haoran

NI in hiragana

Sunday 19th February 2012

How to write NI in hiragana (one of the Japanese kana syllabaries), with illustration and mnemonics. に has three strokes. Mnemonic: に is a neon light. . . . → Read More: NI in hiragana

Web programming in China sucks

Saturday 18th February 2012

A rant about how badly designed most online payment processes are in China. . . . → Read More: Web programming in China sucks

猫扑网 (MOP) is a great source of Chinese reading materials

Friday 17th February 2012

猫扑网 (MOP) is a popular Chinese bulletin board, with content covering a huge variety of topics. It makes an excellent source of fun Chinese reading materials. . . . → Read More: 猫扑网 (MOP) is a great source of Chinese reading materials

HE in hiragana

Sunday 12th February 2012

How to write HE in hiragana (one of the Japanese kana syllabaries), with illustration and mnemonics. へ has one stroke. Mnemonic: へ is a helmet. . . . → Read More: HE in hiragana

Vocabulary notify flashcards 0.1

Sunday 12th February 2012

A flashcard for 工资 showing in Linux Mint

A little Python script coded by Marc Jones. It uses your vocab list to give you little pop-up flashcards whilst you get on with other things. Suggestions welcome. . . . → Read More: Vocabulary notify flashcards 0.1

Gwoyeu Romatzyh – better than pinyin?

Saturday 11th February 2012

Gwoyeu Romatzyh is a now little-used romanisation system for Mandarin Chinese. It’s unusual in that it includes the tone in the actual spelling of each syllable, without using tone marks or numbers. . . . → Read More: Gwoyeu Romatzyh – better than pinyin?