Archive for the ‘Learn Chinese’ Category

Chinesepod

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

I wanted to do a review for Chinesepod for a very long time. Then one thing has stopped me: Chinesepod is already so well known, it is hardly necessary to write a review. During the last few weeks however I bumped into some people who still didn't know about Chinesepod, ...

Cantonese learning resources

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

As I am in Hongkong, I also have to learn this language. To get started I searched for some resources on this language, which has been described as very difficult, and easy as well. Depends where You come from, I believe. Let's go over some resources: RTHK - naked Lunch: Cantonese ...

My Single Most Effective Learning Recommendation

Monday, May 26th, 2008

Previously I have given You a whole bunch of learning methods, I also recommended You to go to a Chinese university to learn Mandarin and encouraged You to talk to Chinese persons. However I wondered what method is useful in particular. Which one has the best ROI (Return of investment)? ...

How To: Using Wikipedia to translate difficult terms

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

Sometimes we come across a very specific word which is not in our dictionary. We need a translation anyway. So what can we do? Wikipedia rescues us, at least in many cases. This How To is written for the English -> Chinese translation, however it can be applied for almost ...

Is it still worth learning Chinese with the current visa policy?

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Recently I heard this this dialog: - Hey man, I want to invest in China, I want to settle here, can I do that? I mean because of visa and stuf... - Sure You can. The law states You can. But we don't know if this law still exists tomorrow. Two weeks later, ...

Putonghua enlightenment

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Yesterday I've been to the Hump Bar, which is a popular foreigner hangout. After a while I recognized a girl sitting lonely at some table so I went to her table and started a conversation in Chinese. Well I can practice my Chinese every day, but this experience was total different. ...

16 Chinese learning methods

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

Today I wanted to wash my clothes, but the weather is cold and cloudy, so there is no way to dry them until evening. So instead of going to the laundry I answered a post of Rainman on the CL forum. He said that it is important to speak some ...

Do You have a Chinese name?

Saturday, January 12th, 2008

I just got my Chinese name. It has been a long journey, but now my girlfriend gave me my new name. jùn jié. Which could be translated as very talented person. However jùn has more meanings beside talented. It also means smart or handsome. I'll go with these 2 instead of ...

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