Learning Chinese characters can be a challenging but rewarding experience. With over 50,000 characters in the Chinese language, it’s no wonder why many students find it overwhelming. But with the right techniques and strategies, mastering Chinese characters can become an achievable goal. At GoEast, we’ve spent years developing the best methods to help students master […]
Today is United Nation’s Chinese Language Day (联合国中文日Liánhéguó zhōngwén rì). It’s set up in 2010 by UNESCO, to celebrate one of the six official working languages of the United Nations. It’s for Chinese as a whole: Mandarin, Cantonese, or any of its hundreds of varieties. Picking a day is arbitrary, but it does provide a […]
“If the character looks the same, why does it matter with what stroke order you wrote it?” A fair question, a fair question indeed. Well, here are three reasons why you should learn Chinese character stroke order: Knowing the stroke order will make it easier to remember characters. Especially when your vocabulary increases, more and […]
Which Chinese Hanzi character for a tattoo? Any do’s or don’t’s? Although tattoos are highly personal, here is some context and tips for picking Chinese characters for tattoos. Chinese tattoo culture In Chinese tattoos are called 纹身 wén shēn or 刺青 cì qīng. They’re more acceptable now than before, but still many parents do not […]
Why it is difficult for foreigners to remember Chinese words? Memorize Mandarin words and characters with these tips. Have you ever worried about how to remember Chinese vocabulary? Have you tried to memorize a word over and over again, but it didn’t help a lot? Why did that happen? There may be the following reasons: […]
There are many Chinese Hanzi characters that look the same as their meaning. Chinese Hanzi characters were originally pictograms and evolved later to also depict abstract meanings. Even later, other characters such as pronouns were added. Later, Chinese characters were redesigned and redesigned, to be more simple and readable, with the radical and component system. […]
Many language learners think that Chinese characters are the most difficult part of Chinese language learning. But if you find a way to learn Chinese Hanzi characters efficiently, learning characters will be the most interesting part of Chinese language learning. And at the same time, Chinese character learning is very important because it can help […]
Hanzi, or Chinese characters, are easier to learn with the right study material and learning tips. Aside from learning them with GoEast’s Hanzi course, that is… Scroll down for the history, how to memorize and write Chinese characters. How many Chinese characters are there? Here’s a graph with some important numbers. >50,000 Hanzi characters is […]