NinchaneseWe all want a model Chinese learner, right? Well, every Chinese learner should follow this cat. It’s playing a role model to those who are intense, dedicated and motivated in their learning. 😀
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Tips and tricks to help you learn Chinese
Like Chinese massages? This infographic of human body parts in Chinese will be very useful to explain where you’d like to get a massage. Comes in handy in other situations too! Learn how to describe your body from head to toe in Chinese with this handy worksheet.
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Chinese wedding: four words for ultimate good-luck
Ninchanese April 9, 2013So you’re marrying into a Chinese family. Congrats! Do you know what’s likely to show up on your bed on your Chinese wedding day? Fruit. Lots of it. Sound strange? It isn’t, really, once you understand why some fruits are associated with good luck and babies. So how did four fruits come to be seen as the ultimate Chinese wedding good luck charm?
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Easter! Happy egg-hunting!
Ninchanese March 30, 2013The Nincha Team and its newest team member wish you a happy Easter weekend!
Easter isn’t really celebrated in China but here’s how to say Easter in Chinese anyways:
Easter in Chinese is 复活节 (fùhuó jié)
祝你 复活节 快乐! = We wish you a happy Easter (zhù nǐ fùhuó jié kuàilè)
read more 祝你 复活节 快乐! = We wish you a happy Easter (zhù nǐ fùhuó jié kuàilè)
Bamboo rafting: Splash your way down the river
Ninchanese March 25, 2013Spring officially started last week, but it has yet to prove it’s not exactly the same season as winter in our parts of the world. So to keep spirits high until warmer days show up, we wanted to introduce one of the best water activities we’ve encountered in our travels in China : 竹筏漂流 (Zhú fá piāoliú), bamboo rafting.
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Efficient learning Strategy – Can statisticians determine the best way to learn Chinese?
Ninchanese March 18, 2013Scientists in China believe they have found the way to make learning Chinese a lot more efficient than any other method currently on offer. They say you’ll learn more useful Chinese characters in less time or with less effort. So what is their method all about? Networking Chinese characters together —using the simple characters to learn the more complex ones— and mixing them with frequencies of use. Is this the key to optimal Chinese learning? Could this be an efficient learning strategy for learning Chinese?
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Chinese family tree made easy: all the vocabulary you need in this infographic
Ninchanese March 15, 2013Describing your family tree in Chinese ain’t no easy feat: what you call your relatives depend on whether they’re on your dad’s side or on your mom’s side, and on the order in which each relative was born! So to make explaining your family tree to your Chinese friends a lot easier, we created this awesome-looking infographic.
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Liu Hui – 3.14 is Pi Day, of course!
Ninchanese March 14, 2013Liu Hui was the first Chinese mathematician to provide a rigorous algorithm for calculation of π to any accuracy. Liu Hui’s own calculation with a 96-gon provided an accuracy of five digits: π ≈ 3.1416.
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Too much hard work for Nincha!
Ninchanese March 12, 2013Nincha is working hard on writing his story!
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Listening to Chinese music is a great way to learn Chinese. It helps you get a feel for the language, its rhythm, hear and learn new words in (song) context… But where do you go to listen to Chinese music online? Asian number one popsongs aside (think we’re all about Gangnam style-d out), up and coming Asian and Chinese artists aren’t always easy to find on our western-centric music sites. So, to keep you from missing out anymore on great Chinese and Asian artists, and to give you a new way of learning Chinese, here’s the top Chinese music site.
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