Check out Episode 6 of WCC Scavenger Sunday with our glamorous hosts Allen and Nora. Watch it on Youku here if are unable to access YouTube! This week our lovable duo talk about the character 手 (shǒu), including some practical phrases and common uses of the character. A: Hey everyone, I’m Allen. Welcome back to… Read More
There’s been one area of my Chinese studying that I’ve found pretty confusing, at times quite annoying, but inevitably (once the penny dropped) rather interesting. For me, Chinese measure words became an added challenge when learning an already intriguing language. But it has to be said, they are an essential part of learning Mandarin. As… Read More
This week Nora and Allen look at the 大 character. Watch the video below to see how you can win one of our NEW Written Chinese T-Shirts! Also, if you can’t access YouTube, you can always watch the video on Youku! N: Hi everyone, I’m Nora and welcome back to Scavenger Sunday! A: Hey, don’t you… Read More
Written by Hollie at WrittenChinese.Com So you may have read recently that the popular English-Chinese dictionary, Nciku was taken offline. Regular users are now redirected to Line Dictionary; a ‘fresh start’ for Nciku. Sadly though, people moving to Line will find many of the functions that they loved about Nciku are now gone. Perhaps finding… Read More
Welcome to Episode 4 of our Scavenger Sunday video series, were we ask YOU to send us your character pictures and videos! This week Nora and Allen look at the character 心 (xīn). You can check out the great user created videos and photos AND some 心 example sentences to try out! You can check… Read More
It will only take [est_time] to read this post! Written by Nora at WrittenChinese.Com At first glance the Wubi method looks completely intimidating. Take it from me, who has been staring at a printed copy of the Wubi keyboard guide for about an hour attempting to make sense of it. I have been using Pinyin… Read More