Mandarin is no longer confined to just China, as it’s increasingly spoken all across the world. In the ‘Chinese is a World Language’ series, GoEast follows some native as well as foreign Mandarin speakers. This time, Morris Long (龙鳞 Lóng Lín), teacher of GoEast in Shanghai and online, who taught in Valdivia, Chile. A few […]
The Chinese language has an insane amount of idioms: 50,000! Not that much are part of daily life. For instance, ‘博士买驴’ (The scholar buys a donkey), isn’t very widely known (It means someone who talks very long without getting to the point). In this article (and video below) we share over 30 commonly used Chinese […]
Mandarin is no longer confined to just China, as it’s increasingly spoken all across the world. In the ‘Chinese is a World Language’ series, GoEast follows some native as well as foreign Mandarin speakers. This time, Sarah Johnson (江 淼 Jiāng Miǎo) from the USA, after having lived in Shanghai for three years. She writes […]
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 […]
Do you know what a 熊孩子Xióng háizi is? Or how to describe exceptional people? This is what GoEast’s Beyond Class series is for: to teach you Mandarin Chinese words you won’t learn in class — such as “you’re out of your mind”, “I’m done for” and “nonsense!” All by Ellie & Michael, and sometimes a […]
Come learn the Chinese language in Shanghai. Aside of learning at our campuses in the former French Concession or Yangpu, there are plenty of other reasons. International city It’s jokingly said that Beijing makes foreigners more Chinese, while Shanghai makes Chinese people more foreign. While an international city may not appeal to you at initially […]
Jane Luo is one of three co-founders of GoEast Language Center. She reflected on the importance of community for teachers and students at this Mandarin school in Shanghai, and the challenges of bringing GoEast to North America, and her hopes for continued growth and success. Jane Luo, GoEast Co-Founder and General Manager of North America, […]
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 […]
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This article is about the best books for learning the Chinese language. Because no matter how fancy apps or YouTube channels are, books are amazing learning materials. Click here if you want to find more about: Specialized Graded Readers for Chinese language learning Books about Chinese culture Mandarin Chinese children’s books Best books for learning […]