Can you say “Hello” in Chinese? Yes, you can - just say “ni hao (你好)”. Can you say “How are you?” in Chinese? Yes, you can - just say “ni hao ma? (你好吗)”. Who said Chinese is difficult to learn? Now you have already learned your first two Chinese sentences!
Many people believe Mandarin Chinese is […]

As China gears up to host the Olympic Games, it has created five mascots. They are cartoon figures of a fish, a panda, a Tibetan antelope, a swallow, and the Olympic flame. They represent five features of nature: sea, forest, fire, earth, and sky. Each mascot has a two-syllable name in English, and combining the […]

NO MISTAKE! Three important things for fundamental needs to every one in our daily life: food, bed and toilet, no matter you are a president of a country, or an unknown toursit around the world. The president can live well without any worries for the three necessarities in Air Force One when travelling around the world. […]

It is important to know some basic Chinese words or expressions when you travel in China. Here we make a list of the basic words and phrases for you to learn in a shorter possible time. It includes
1. Chinese Phonetic Alphabet
2. Chinese Numbers
3. Chinese Pronouns
4. Chinese Orientations / Directions
5. Polite Expressions in Chinese
6. Transportation in […]

It is essential to learn the Chinese phonetics (pinyin) first before you move on to the words or expressions. Here is the comparison between Chinese pronunciations and English syllables. Practise more often, you can do a good job too.
Pinyin is a Chinese system for transliterating Mandarin Chinese with 25 European characters (the letter “v” is […]