173 Chinese economic terms (general economic vocabulary)

Chinese economic terms (经济)

A list of 173 Chinese economic terms, including only general economic vocabulary and excluding specialist terms. TXT, CSV, Skritter formats available. → Read more

美国想打谁就打谁 (America hits whoever it wants): versatile Chinese question words

美国想打谁就打谁 - Chinese questions words are vesatile

A little joke about the behaviour of various countries shows how Chinese question words are very versatile and easy to use, e.g. 谁 is “who” and “whoever”. → Read more

Get daily Chinese handwriting practice with Google Pinyin IME on Android

Handwriting 修

Install Google Pinyin IME on your Android phone to get daily Chinese handwriting practice. It’s a bit slower than pinyin input, but you’ll remember the hanzi. → Read more

Why I deleted the pinyin field from my Mandarin Anki deck

Anki!

I deleted the pinyin field from my Mandarin Anki deck because I think I learn better without being able to see pinyin for every sentence. → Read more

Some fun with Mandarin homophones

誓言 / 失言

I just came across this list of Mandarin homophones, kind of amusing. The tones of the word pairs are different, but the pronunciation is otherwise the same. → Read more

Use pinyin from Google Translate to practice writing Chinese characters

Practice writing Chinese characters with Google Translate's pinyin generator

If you need another way to practice writing Chinese characters, give Google Translate’s pinyin-generation feature a try. It’s a nice way to practice hanzi. → Read more

Chinese opposites words

真假

Chinese opposites words are words like 真假, 大小, 左右 and 快慢 etc. where each part is the opposite of the other. They’re pretty interesting and work in a few different ways. → Read more

Hutong School webinar: “What’s in a Chinese name?”

Hutong School

Hutong School are running a free webinar on 23rd October 2012, titled “What’s in a Chinese name?”. Head there to register for a place while you can! → Read more

坎坎 爱情啊 translation: Oh Love, by Kan Kan

坎坎

A translation of the lyrics for the song 爱情啊 (‘Oh Love’) by the Chinese singer-songwriter 坎坎 (Kan Kan). Includes pinyin transcription. → Read more

颠覆M – 蒙古精神 lyrics translation: The Spirit of Mongolia, by DianFu M

蒙古精神

A translation of the lyrics for the song 蒙古精神 (‘The Spirit of Mongolia’) by the Mongolian death metal band 颠覆M (aka Ego Fall). → Read more