Blog Tag - Mandarin

Hao Laoshi: Korean-Canadian Expat Raves About The Talented Instructors at That's Mandarin
As part of the Beijinger’s Mandarin Month series ahead of our June 25 Mandarin Mixer, we present Hao Laoshi, a series of Q&As with teachers and...
Hao Laoshi: Berlitz Showcases its Teaching Ethos for Working Stiffs
As part of the Beijinger’s Mandarin Month series ahead of our June 25 Mandarin Mixer, we present Hao Laoshi, a series of Q&As with Mandarin...
Tech Savvy Student: 11 Digital Tools That'll Help Boost Your Mandarin
The Beijinger’s Mandarin Month series, running daily ahead of our June 25 Mandarin Mixer, is our attempt to whip Beijing into a Mandarin-learning...
Good Good Study: Former Editor, Current PR Guru & Longtime Taobao Dishes on Benefits of Fluency
As part of the Beijinger’s daily Mandarin Month series ahead of our June 25 Mandarin Mixer, we are profiling some of the capital's most fluently...
Learn Chinese in China with Keats School
In 2014, China surpassed the US as the world’s largest economy. Given China’s ever stronger economic position on the international scene, and its...
Experience: Learning Chinese at Culture Yard in Beixinqiao
Tomorrow. I’ll definitely do it tomorrow. And so begins the perpetual carrot-on-a-stick endeavor that is learning Mandarin, the bounty from hours of...
Scholarly Chinglish: Scottish Masters Student Studies the Semantics of Interracial Couples
Cultural differences aren’t a point of contention for Susanna Wickes. Instead, those digressions make for an inspiring chance to explore diversity...
Ten Phrases to Teach Your Buddies that Don't Speak Mandarin on National Pengyou Day
Hey, we know not all of you are Americans out there, but if you see a lot of Chinese in your English social media streams today and tomorrow, that's...
Video: How to Pronounce ü in Chinese Pinyin And Never Say Choo Choo Again
If there is one sound in Chinese Pinyin that native English speakers struggle with most, it’s got to be the ü sound. This vowel sound can be found...
Quick Language Link: Who left the water dragon head running?!
We all wrestle with the language during our time in China, and most of us are either studying or have studied Mandarin in the past. We’ve also all...
Quick Links: Is Chinese Really the Hardest Language in the World?
Here are two very different Chinese language-related links we stumbled upon this week, one serious, one not so serious. First up is a long,...