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“The Lion-Eating Poet”: the meowsome one-sound poem you can only read

Ninchanese May 9, 2022

Did you know there’s a famous poem in Chinese composed of one sound and one sound only? What is this one-sound poem? How do you read a poem with only one sound? Welcome to the tale of the “Lion-Eating poet in the Stone Den”.

Advanced, Chinese culture, Intermediate Chinese characters, classical chinese, fun, modern chinese, one sound, pinyin, poem, tongue twister

Chinese Wordle: Play and Learn Chinese (chengyus)!

Ninchanese January 28, 2022

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard of Wordle, the word game taking the world by storm. Chinese learners, rejoice! We found a Chinese-language version of Wordle. So dear little dragons, read on to learn where to find Chinese Wordle and how to play it.

Advanced, Chinese culture, Chinese expression, Chinese learning tips, Popular chengyu, chinese, Chinese characters, pinyin, puzzle game, wordle

The Automatic Sound, Stars and Awesome Popup Beta Update

Ninchanese November 19, 2015

It’s been a while since our last blog article about an update, as we’ve been working on all sorts of improvements but keeping things under wraps, and silent doing little updates here and there (adding a new progress indicator, for instance). Our last major update added more content: World 2 and World 3 and plenty of new stages, wohoo!

Advanced, Beginner, Chinese learning tips, Intermediate, Ninchanese, Vocabulary beta update, chinese, Chinese character, english, help, learn Chinese, mandarin, new, pinyin, sound, stroke order