You may be into HSK2 or HSK3, or even further — and wondering about some seemingly very basic questions, yet are a bit afraid to ask. In any case, these are frequent questions in our classes online or in Shanghai, or on Reddit. Actually, most of these questions are a yes and no! 1- Should […]
What’s the difference between Simplified and Traditional Chinese characters? Why are there two types of Chinese characters? Which one should you learn? All is covered in this article here! Traditional versus simplified characters They are somewhat similar! Today, traditional characters are commonly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. Simplified characters were introduced in China […]
Let’s just get straight to the point: yes, you can, for sure, you can learn the Mandarin Chinese language on your own. But things can be very much different when learning with or without a teacher. The two ‘If’s’ for learning Chinese on your own When learning Chinese on your own, it could still be […]
There are many ‘best ways to learn Chinese’, but here’s one tip from us after thousands and thousands of hours of teaching the Mandarin Chinese language. Practicing Chinese daily is better than long weekend stints Many Chinese language students spend hundreds of hours on the Chinese classes, but spend little extra time after their Chinese […]
Beginning Chinese language students at GoEast Mandarin sometimes ask “Can you learn Chinese from talking to people on the streets?” We think: No. While you can improve your Mandarin by speaking to Chinese people on the streets, you can’t — as a foreigner — learn this way from scratch. In other words: You can probably […]
How to improve your Mandarin Chinese fast? In more than one language, the expression “It’s all Chinese to me” is used for showing someone’s confusion, which, in a sense, indicates the difficulty of the Chinese language. And yes; Chinese really is hard, even for Chinese people. But things have changed quite a lot, since more […]