Here’s some advice about learning that sounds like it doesn’t make sense: understand before you learn.
Tag: Chinese Characters
How to Learn to Write Chinese: Introduction
Anyone can learn to write Chinese if they have the right knowledge and the right approach. Even with poor knowledge and a bad approach, it’s still totally possible for anyone to learn to write Chinese. In fact, I would say that most people do it with poor knowledge and a bad approach, at least at first.
How to Learn to Write Chinese: The Method
The final article in this series on how to learn to write Chinese covers the actual method I would recommend for learning to write Chinese characters. If you haven’t already, read the other two articles first.
How to Learn to Write Chinese: Key Concepts
Once you’ve read the introduction on how to learn to write Chinese, it’s time to get on with learning the essential concepts. This is the middle article in my series on how to learn to write Chinese. The whole series has three posts which I’d recommend you read in order.
Set Up Lifelong Chinese Character Learning in 10 Minutes
With just ten minutes of work, you can set yourself up with a Chinese character learning system that will keep your hanzi up to scratch for a lifetime. Here’s how.
The 10 best free resources for learning Mandarin Chinese
I’ve gathered here what I consider the best free resources for learning Mandarin and ranked them in order of usefulness. I reckon you could learn Mandarin very effectively, for free, using only these resources.
10 Things You Can Do to Improve Your Chinese Right Now
One of the most important aspects of learning Chinese is making the best use of your time. It can be easy to waste all of the little five-minute chunks of time that appear throughout your day, but if you can put them to use, the benefits add up fast.
Asking Yes / No Questions in Mandarin Chinese
There are two ways to ask yes / no questions in Mandarin: with the “ma” particle, or by using a positive / negative sentence structure.
Alchemy
Alchemy was a special superstitious art practiced in ancient China, also known as "the golden touch". The basic idea of alchemy was to make divine pills that could make human beings "live forever" and turn common metals like copper and iron into gold and silver.
Jiangzhai Site in Shaanxi
Geographical Location: Lintong County, Shaanxi Province Period: 4600-4400 BC Excavated from 1972 to 1979
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