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Chinese vocabulary for meat: All you need to know for Beef, Chicken, Pork and more!

Ninchanese April 27, 2021

As a meat-eater, you’ll find yourself in heaven in China. There are all sorts of meats to discover and eat! And by all sorts, we really do mean all sorts, including parts you perhaps seldom eat. So, to make deciphering a Chinese menu easier, there’s a whole new stage on Ninchanese dedicated to meats! To give you a taste, here’s a list of the essential Chinese meat vocabulary to know … and that you’ll be learning on the app. Warning: this list of Chinese words for meat may make you very hungry!

Beginner, Intermediate, Nincha Travels, Ninchanese, Uncategorized, Vocabulary Chinese food, chinese food words, chinese meat vocabulary, meat in chinese, vocabulary

New HSK Levels 2021: No need to panic! What to expect (April 28th Update)

Ninchanese April 12, 2021

It’s everywhere suddenly in your Chinese learning sphere online. The Chinese Proficiency tests are changing? There’s going to be a new HSK exam instead? And it’s going to become massive and impossible to do? Feeling on the verge of a panic attack like never before? Take a deep breath. The Nincha Team behind Ninchanese is here to help and set a few things straight. It turns out there’s no reason to panic… yet (and possibly, ever).

Advanced, Beginner, HSK, Intermediate HSK, HSK exam, HSK test, Levels, new HSK

Why learn Mandarin Chinese, the language of Confucius?

Ninchanese March 18, 2021

There are several compelling reasons to learn Mandarin Chinese that we’ll see in this article. And today, learning Chinese is accessible thanks to the Ninchanese app, where you’ll be able to learn characters and their tones in a few months and have a pretty decent Chinese level in only a year in listening, speaking, and writing. And even more, if you want to prepare for all the levels of HSK. So let’s see why learning Mandarin Chinese is advantageous.

Beginner, Chinese learning tips chinese, Chinese learning, learn Chinese, speak Chinese

Country Names in Chinese Mandarin

Ninchanese December 9, 2020

A pretty useful sentence to know how to answer in Chinese is “where are you from?” Do you know how to say your country in Chinese? Are you curious to know all the country names in Chinese? Read more to discover what your country is called in Chinese!

Beginner, Intermediate, Nincha Travels, Vocabulary countries in Chinese, country names, geography

Where are you from? Nationalities in Chinese

Ninchanese December 3, 2020

If you meet a Chinese person, there’s a good chance they’ll ask you, “where are you from”? Do you know how to say your nationality in Mandarin Chinese? Are you curious to know how to talk about where you come from in Chinese? Read more to discover all the nationalities in Chinese and how you can answer this question!

Beginner, Intermediate, Vocabulary, Wordbuilding nationalities, sentences, speaking practice

Chinese components & Chinese radicals World: Up, close and personal with Chinese characters

Ninchanese March 12, 2020

Introducing a whole new world on Ninchanese: The Rad Way to Learn Chinese Characters! It’s chock-full of rad Chinese components to discover. What’s so rad about those? Easy: they’re your key to understanding Chinese characters a LOT better. Let’s dive in.

Beginner, Chinese learning tips, Intermediate, Ninchanese, Popular, Vocabulary

Writing Chinese characters: The purpose

Ninchanese February 28, 2020

I think at one point everyone who starts learning Chinese asks themselves the same questions about writing Chinese:

Do I need to learn to write Chinese characters?
When is the best time to begin with them?
Where do you start?
How do you write Chinese characters? Are there any rules?

With this article, I want to share a bit of my experience in writing characters and maybe a helpful additional way of learning Chinese. To be clear, I’m not talking about the art of Chinese Calligraphy but just casual hand-writing. Handwritten Chinese with a pen a piece of paper.

Advanced, Beginner, Chinese learning tips, Ninchanese, Vocabulary chinese, Chinese characters, Chinese learning, chinese words, learning fundamentals, vocabulary, writing chinese

How is the Corona Virus affecting daily life in China?

Ninchanese February 7, 2020

Stefan, currently living the fear of the virus as an ex-pat in China, will give you all the tips you need to make it safe with a well-handcrafted list of vocabulary to know. Read Stefan’s story below.

Advanced, Beginner, Chinese culture, Intermediate china, coronavirus, learn Chinese

How to review words on Ninchanese when the number is too high

Ninchanese November 8, 2019

When you want to learn Chinese, you need to go for it and work on it every day. Everyone will tell you that. It’s true for every language you are learning. Regularity is the key. As is reviewing words you’ve just learned, so they go from your short-term to your long-term memory. We know, however, that it’s not always easy to stay focused and to review daily. It’s even more complicated when you’re a beginner to intermediate learner since you can’t enjoy Chinese content from TV (for example) passively yet. So, you may skip one or two days. That’s alright! But what happens when you skip learning for weeks? Or even a month? Your words to review start to pile up. Is there any way to start learning Chinese again? To handle your word reviews? The short answer is YES.

Beginner, Chinese learning tips, Intermediate, Ninchanese

5 Chinese Idioms that Sound Like English Idioms

Ninchanese October 21, 2019

If you already use these idioms in English, then you’ll be surprised how simple is it to use these Chinese idioms and sound as smart as an old Chinese uncle.

Beginner, Chinese culture, Chinese expression, Chinese quote, Expressions, Vocabulary