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Placo (Dictionary) Website | iOS | Android ✅繁體 ✅简体 Pleco is the most extensive Chinese dictionary app, with features like handwriting recognition, flashcards, and text translation. Basically free, but if you want to use those extension functions, then you need to pay a little bit. How to use Placo Download and open it! Functions Anyway, all my students are using…
Before we look up people and occupation words in Chinese, I want to introduce you to one person, Audrey Tang. She is the Minister of Digital Affairs of Taiwan. In an IQ test she took at elementary school, Audrey scored “160 or above,” the highest score possible on the Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children. She made…
If you are not at B2 level, I suggest you do not read it; otherwise, you are going to confuse yourself a lot. This article is written for students who have learned many different usages of direction complements from A2 to B2. If you are not familiar with what a direction complement is, I suggest you…
Language Reactor Chrome ✅繁體 ✅简体 Language Reactor is a super powerful toolbox for learning Chinese. It can use on Netflix, Youtube, books, and websites. I use it for my English and Korean learning, and I feel this can make studying language more effective, interesting, and enjoyable! How to use Language Reactor Really easy!! Right now it’s only…
Before we look up food and clothes words in Chinese, I want to tell you one thing. Bubble tea comes from TAIWAN!!!! Hahahaha I get a little too excited…The first bubble tea shop, 翰林hànlín, opened in October of 1986. The most famous bubble tea shop in Taiwan is 春水堂chūnshuǐtáng, but my favorite bubble tea shop is 50嵐lán….
Final Particles in Mandarin Chinese is a nightmare for most Chinese learners. In this article, we will be learning about five final particles: 啊 a, 呀 ya, 哇 wa, 哪 na, and 啦 la. However, in reality, they are just variations of the same particle.” Just in case, I provide an audio file to help…
If you are not at B2 level, I suggest you do not read it; otherwise, you are going to confuse yourself a lot. This article is written for students who have learned many different usages of direction complements from A2 to B2. If you are not familiar with what a direction complement is, I suggest you…
Let’s talk about the most important meat – pork in Chinese. Pork is the main meat in China’s food history; therefore, there are many Chinese dishes that simply use “meat” to represent pork. Cuts of Pork in Chinese Simplify China Traditional Taiwan English Korean Japanese 1 猪头 zhūtóu 豬頭 zhūtóu Head 돼지 머리 豚の頭 2 猪颊肉…
Final Particles in Mandarin Chinese are a nightmare for most Chinese learners. In this article, we are going to learn喔 o, 嘍喽 lou, 耶 ye and 嘛 ma. Just in case, I provide audio files to help you know how we change intonations without changing any tones. Please make sure you’ve read the entire article before…
Grammar Point:There are three ways to express “no matter” in Chinese. 不管 bùguǎn, 無論无论 wúlùn, and 不論论 búlùn. 不管 bùguǎn and 不論论 búlùn are less formal than 無論无论 wúlùn. Structure Adding Question Word 不管bùguǎn/ 無論wúlùn/ 不論búlùn … + Question word ， 都dōu… 不管bùguǎn/ 无论wúlùn/ 不论búlùn … + Question word ， 都dōu… 不管bùguǎn/ 無論wúlùn/ 不論búlùn天氣tiānqì怎麼樣zěnmeyàng， 他tā都dōu會huì去qù遛狗liùgǒu不管bùguǎn/ 无论wúlùn/…