Blog Tag - Mandarin Monday

Mandarin Monday: A History of the Word "Hutong"
Ever wondered why hutongs are called hutongs, and not just plain old alley or lane? Well, if any 胡同串子 hútong chuànzi (hutong wanderer) among you have...
Mastering These Lantern Festivals Vocabs
Although we've all headed back to work following the Spring Festival holiday, another closely related holiday is coming up. Commonly referred to as...
Mandarin Monday: Mastering Your Chinese New Year Greetings and Well-Wishes
It's Chinese New Year's Eve, which means it's time to dust off your well-wishes and polite phrases before you get knocked upside the head with food...
Mandarin Monday: 2025's Top Ten Chinese Buzzwords
Mandarin Monday is a regular series where we help you improve your Chinese by detailing fun and practical phrases and characters.  For our first...
Mandarin Monday –Vocab To Get You in the Christmas Spirit
Mandarin Monday is a regular series where we help you improve your Chinese by detailing fun and practical phrases and characters.  Christmas is just...
Mandarin Monday: All Your Essential Winter Vocab
Mandarin Monday is a regular series where we help you improve your Chinese by detailing fun and practical phrases and characters.  Following on from...
Mandarin Monday: Cocktails & Spirits in Chinese
Mandarin Monday is a regular series where we help you improve your Chinese by detailing fun and practical phrases and characters. Following our...
Mandarin Monday: Essential Words for Wine Lovers
Mandarin Monday is a regular series where we help you improve your Chinese by detailing fun and practical phrases and characters. Following on from...
Mandarin Monday: All About Beer in Chinese
Today, we are diving into the world of beer in Chinese, covering everything from the basics to different types of beer, as well as some common...
Mandarin Monday: Getting Your Coffee Fix in Chinese
Although it was brought to China's southwestern Yunnan provinvce in the 1880s by French missionaries, coffee consumption in China didn't really take...
Mandarin Monday: A Cheat Sheet for Ordering in Mandarin for Newbies
Some of us local Chinese and grizzled expat veterans of many a Mandarin class forget that a significant portion of the expat population recognizes...
Mandarin Monday: How to Get Costumed Up for Halloween in Chinese
Trick or Treat 不给糖就捣蛋 bù gěi táng jiù dǎodàn! Boo! It's that time of year again! It's the time when spirits come out in their physical forms, for...
Mandarin Monday: 15 Essential Autumnal Words and Phrases
Mandarin Monday is a regular series where we help you improve your Chinese by detailing fun and practical phrases and characters. We’ve already...
Mandarin Monday: All Your Moony Vocabulary
Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节快 (Zhōngqiū Jié), the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, which is when the moon is at its roundest and brightest,...
Mandarin Monday: Chinese Phrases to Know While House Hunting
Mandarin Monday is a regular series where we help you improve your Chinese by detailing fun and practical phrases and characters.  Apartment hunting...