Blog Tag - Mandarin Monday
Our Taco Fest 2024 is just under two weeks away and so what better time to brush up on some essential taco related vocab! We’ll be taking a look at...
Do you hear that? It's the sound of Chinese New Year knocking at the door, which means it's time to dust off your well-wishes and polite phrases...
English has long padded out its vocabulary by adopting so-called "loan words" from other languages, or as fiction reviewer James Nicoll put it, our...
We here at the Beijinger love to sink our teeth into a juicy steak cooked just the way we like it. However, sometimes getting it cooked the way you...
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...
Sprucing up your Chinese skills can be an exciting journey, and it gets even more fascinating when you blend language learning with music. I once...
It’s that time of the year again when we can (almost) stop worrying about smog and start worrying about sweat beads streaming into our eyes and...
As the May Holiday draws near, have you made any travel plans? I certainly have! If you're considering venturing out of town, we've put together a...
Living in China, chances are that you've acquired a couple of super-useful phrases that just don't quite translate into your native tongue. As...
Apartment hunting is arduous enough under any circumstances. Now imagine doing it in a second language. Thankfully, this trusty list of phrases will...
It is now less than a week until Christmas and, in light of the holiday, we have some Christmas vocab to help get you in the Christmas spirit. Plus,...
Learning Chinese can be a real pain in the pigu. Besides the writing system that shares no common roots with most of the languages used in the...
Although the cat was domesticated after the dog and is seemingly more independent and aloof than their rival, cat worshippers the world over can't...
The Beijinger has always been focused on bridging the gap between the capital's expat community and the city at large. Part and parcel of that was ...
Due to its size and the remoteness of many of its smaller towns and cities, China boasts a nearly endless number of dialects, so many in fact that it...