Mike Hainzinger was living in Taiwan in the early 2000s and faced a choice: try to get by with a minuscule bit of Mandarin Chinese that he knew, “pointing at things and smiling,” or make an effort to ...

In this short lesson I show you just how easy Chinese numbers are. By learning only the words for one to ten, you can build ...

To a non-Chinese speaker (like me), and especially to a Westerner (like me), Chinese is the most impenetrable family of languages on Earth. While there may be only an eighth as many syllables as in ...

In this short video, I break down the four tones in Mandarin Chinese using an easy rap rhythm and hand movements. I show you how to say ā, á, ǎ, à with clear examples so you can hear and feel each ...

Mandarin Chinese is spoken by over a billion people across Asia and around the globe, making it a useful language for travelers to know. Learning pinyin, which romanizes Chinese characters, can ...

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