What is Mid Autumn Festival?After Spring Festival, 中秋节 (zhōng qiū jié) Mid Autumn Festival is the 2nd most important Traditional Chinese festival. Mid-Autumn Festival is also called Moon Festival, Mooncake Festival, and Zhong Qiu Jie. While this observance of the moon is traditionally a Chinese festival, it’s also celebrated in Japan, Vietnam and Korea. Table of Contents… Read More
If you are new to Chinese characters and want a place to start, you’re at the right place. Our will help you get started on your journey. MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) created an algorithm that calculated the most often seen Chinese characters in written Chinese in order of how frequently they are used.Jump to the… Read More
A novel way to learn that left me hungry for more Eggbun: Chat to Learn ChineseEggbun is a basic app for beginners with a cute design and a novel way to learn: text to learn a language.FOCUS: Basic communication (listening, reading, and writing)LEVEL: BeginnersCOST: Free, w/in-app purchases1-month – $3.993-months – $14.996-months – $19.9912-months – $29.99PLATFORMS:… Read More
So you’re looking for a gift for Chinese friends, but you’re just not quite sure what’s right? We’ll guide you through some Chinese gift ideas along with some to avoid, including how gifts should be wrapped, given and opened. Table of Contents Gift in ChineseTraditional Chinese Gifts1. Chinese Tea Sets 茶具 (chá jù)2. Tea 茶 (chá)Chinese… Read More
Table of Contents Basic Chinese greetingsHow to say hello in Chinese1. 你好 (nǐ hǎo) – Hello2. 您好 (nín hǎo) – HelloHow to say hi in Chinese3. 嗨 (hāi) – Hi4. 哈喽 (hā lou) – Hello5. 嘿 (hēi) – HeyAsking ‘How are you?’ in Chinese6. 你好吗？ (nǐ hǎo ma) – How are you?7. 吃了吗? (chī le… Read More
Hollie and Nora here! We’ve been in China for a long time and have spent many years learning Chinese. Today we wanted to create a list of DON’Ts when learning this language that we wish we would have had at the beginning. This is a spin-off post from our recent podcast episode TWCC145, so if… Read More
