Tips and tricks to help you learn Chinese
When learning a language, non-verbal cues are just as important as verbal ones. Here’s one to know: the meaning of the fist bump!
Why’s that? Well, the Chinese don’t exactly use the fist pump the same way Westerners do! Click through to learn how to use it in China!
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Cats are curious creatures! They like to play with boxes, balls and so many other things. As we love cat videos, here’s one of our favorites!
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新年快乐! 马年好!
Happy Chinese New Year!
The Year of the Wooden Horse starts today. Want to wish someone a Chinese New Year greeting that has a horse theme? Here are a few essential ones to bestow your best wishes onto your friends and family! It will works for other year too, so look closely at the chinese vocabulary for Chinese new year
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(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻! Did you know the “flipping table” meme started out in Asia (in 1968, people!)? 0_o. And that the first emojis showed up in Japan in the 1980s? Or that stickers appeared on WeChat before they showed up on Facebook? And don’t get me started on the zillion emoticons and memes you can choose from on Weibo! ^_^ One thing’s certain, they sure know their emoticons and emojis in Asia. Especially the Chinese. They even have characters that looked so much like an emoticon, it became one – we’re talking about the character/emoticon 囧 here.
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Currently studying for your exams? How’s it going? Did you plan ahead your studies or are you resorting to cramming methods to ensure you know everything you need to know to pass your exams? Well, here’s a secret Chinese technique you simply need to know. It’ll help you stay focused, study… and ace your exams! Find out what this technique is after the jump!
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When we wrote this article on video game in Chinese a few months ago, foreign consoles were banned in China. As such, many a Chinese friend we’d met hadn’t had the pleasure of meeting Mario, Sonic, Link and many more addictive videogame creatures when they were young. Poor poor them, so much to catch up!
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Ah, New Years. Resolutions are made. You feel refreshed and ready to change the world. Sadly, these good feelings never last. Well, here’s an idea to actually manage to stick to your Chinese learning resolutions: make smaller ones. Manageable ones. And no, we’re not talking about making “go grocery shopping” a resolution. You’ll see..
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With 2013 all wrapped up, and 2014 fresh and full of new opportunities, here’s a round up of our top blog posts of 2013 from Ninchanese! Cute cats, fashion, learning tips, infographics, strange buildings… there’s something for everyone!
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China’s known for developing at a breath-taking speed. Sure, there are bound to definitely be some architectural duds along the way, some building fails, some “Only in China” moments and definitely some WTF?! constructions. But from time to time, in China stunning architectural moments happen! Here are 5 architectural wonders to celebrate in China in 2013.
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