Apparently, aside from learning the Chinese language itself, the favorite occupation of Mandarin students seems to be laughing at memes about learning the Chinese language. There are memes on the measure words, the impossible difficulty of the language, the tones, or the Beijing accent (儿). Nearly every Mandarin education company participates in sharing memes on […]
Hello new Mandarin learner! Welcome to the first lesson in Chinese language learning. Chinese language is often seen as one of the most difficult languages to speak, but to learn Chinese may be less difficult than you think it is. What? I already know how to speak these Chinese words!? Can you guess the meaning […]
Chinese Hanzi character course By the end of this Chinese Hanzi characters course course, you’ll be able to read 365 Hanzi characters, and write common characters from HSK1 and HSK2. Available as private or group class. Inquire Chinese Hanzi character course By the end of this Chinese Hanzi characters course course, you’ll be able to […]
Many Chinese verbs don’t have an end result. We say ‘看’ to look, ‘吃’ to eat, ‘听’ to listen, etcetera. But how do we express the results of the verbs in Mandarin Chinese? Let’s have a look at verb complements in Chinese. Resulting Complements With resulting compliments we mean the resulting of a performance, an […]
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 […]
Getting started learning the Mandarin Chinese language online can be difficult: there are so many online Chinese courses and Chinese learning apps. Here we list five options for you to learn Chinese online, no matter you want to learn from a website on a laptop or tablet, or on an Apple or Android smartphone. (Click […]
For all Mandarin Chinese language learners, speaking Chinese fluently is a hugely important learning goal. And trust us: for everyone, being able to speak Chinese fluent, confident and naturally is an achievable goal. Yet every Chinese language learner is different: some people find the pronunciation is difficult; some people think the grammar is difficult to […]
Our Chinese teachers and staff Our Chinese teachers are what make GoEast Mandarin loved by thousands of Chinese learners around the world. Since 2012, students have continuously given us high-reviews and renewed their classes with us. To support our Chinese language teachers, we have a team of course and curriculum developers, language consultants, and other […]
Best resources to learn Mandarin Chinese Learning Mandarin Chinese is a long journey, one that doesn’t just use one resource but many. Think about podcasts, movies, TV series, and of course textbooks. There are also some resources tailor-made for Mandarin learners, such as graded readers or character & pinyin tools. We’ll take you through our […]
HSK is how your Chinese language skills are officially graded, and as such, they’re often seen as the only way to learn Chinese. Which is a pity, because every Mandarin student’s goals are different. For some Chinese learners, HSK5 & HSK6 are perfect, for others, not so much. Try to see the Chinese language as […]