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

A look at our final year exams in Chinese Studies at Cambridge

final year exams at Cambridge

A simple breakdown for our final year exams in Chinese Studies at Cambridge in 2013. We have five three-hour written exam, an oral exam and a dissertation. → 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

Hutong School webinar: “Chinese for Dummies”

Hutong School

Another webinar at Hutong School, this time titled Chinese for Dummies. The webinar will cover facts and figures about the Chinese language and other stuff. → 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

Calibre is an open-source ebook program with awesome potential for language learning

Calibre

The open-source, cross-platform ebook reading and management suite Calibre is great for getting reading materials in your target language on a daily basis. → Read more

SCIM vs IBus (Linux Chinese, Japanese, Korean input method options)

SCIM vs IBus

SCIM vs IBus is a choice between the two most common input methods for Chinese, Japanese and Korean on Linux operating systems. Overall I’d say IBUs is better. → Read more

Should you learn Mandarin in a place with a standard accent? Which Mandarin study programs are good in China?

Pronouncing pinyin

Mark Lore asks about getting a standard accent when learning Mandarin Chinese, plus other issues surrounding Mandarin study programs in China, such as cost. → 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

Making a dedicated Skritter launcher in Linux Mint

Skritter launcher in Mint Menu

Encourage yourself to do more Skrittering by making a convenient shortcut launcher in Linux Mint. This works on any MATE desktop environment. → Read more