Tips and tricks to help you learn Chinese
I just had to share these funny de-install pictures with you: they are too cute! They come from a Chinese software called 搜狗高速浏览器 (Sōugǒu gāosù liúlǎn qì, Sogou’s high speed browser).
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It’s 2O15 you guys! So Happy Mew Year from the Nincha team!
Here’s to hoping that this New Year 2015 will turn out to be all you want it to be!
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Hello everyone! We just wanted to wish you happy holidays and give you some news! Happy New Year!
We’re wrapping up our second month of beta and above all, we really wanted to thank you for your feedback. Your ideas and comments are spot-on and they really contribute to building the best Chinese learning experience on Ninchanese!
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Feeling sleepy? This seriously huge firecracker explosion in Taiwan is bound to wake you up!
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This year, Nincha chose to celebrate Chinese Halloween — well, to dress up in a very Chinese Halloween costume: he’s a 僵尸. Jiangshis are scary zombie-like creatures that prey on living creatures to steal their Qi! Brrr.. ^^
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The Nincha crew is ready to go trick or treating in style!
What scary things do you have planned for Halloween?
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Great news! Ninchanese is now in closed beta! ^_^
Here at our Nincha headquarters, we’re all really excited to have reached this phase. This private beta is for all of you who have signed up on Ninchanese.com. <3
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Last time, we wrote about 对不起, 抱歉 and 不好意思, the three words Chinese people use on a day-to-day basis to say sorry and apologize. How to say a little bit more than sorry?
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Yes is a very useful word to learn in any language. You use it to show you agree, to show your enthusiasm, to seal a deal and in many many different situations. As a Chinese learner, you were surely taught that while there is no direct equivalent to Yes in Chinese, 是 is an acceptable substitute. But there is more!
Just stepped on someone’s hand? What do you say? How do you apologize in Chinese? How to say sorry in Chinese? When in China, it’s important to know how to say sorry. It can get you out of awkward situations, like say, if someone starts yelling at you and you’re… well, not quite sure what they’re saying or why they’re mad. It’s amazing how saying sorry can (sometimes) immediately defuse a situation! So, think of “Sorry” as the magic word you need to know! Better yet, we’re going to show you 3 magic words to use to apologize in Chinese, so you can say sorry in Chinese when you step on someone or when you’ve just spilled this very angry-looking person’s drink….
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