Sensible Chinese

Chinese Words with That’s Mandarin: Meats

I’m happy to be able to bring you another short beginner’s lesson courtesy of That’s Mandarin. Today we’ll be learning some common carnivorous meat eating words (or just animal words if you are a vegetarian! Sorry!) That’s...

sensiblechineseMay 23Comments Disabled

Classical Chinese

Classical Chinese Essentials: Mastering 之 zhī

One of the most common Chinese characters inherited from Classical Chinese is 之. Mastering this character can unlock many difficult idioms, newspaper articles, and Chinese literary texts. 之 is also used to express percentages and fractions. Understanding...

sensiblechineseMay 22Comments Disabled

Phrases

Chinese Phrases with That’s Mandarin: I want to drink a cup of tea

Today I’m happy to be able to bring you a short beginner’s lesson courtesy of That’s Mandarin. We’ll be introducing Chinese phrases character by character and then combining everything together into a whole. Today we’ll be...

sensiblechineseMay 18Comments Disabled

Outlier Linguistics

Outlier Linguistics Chinese Dictionary Kickstarter

Over the last few weeks we’ve had a couple of articles from Outlier Linguistics about their upcoming Chinese dictionary based on the use of functional components to better understand and remember Chinese characters. Some big news: 1. Outlier Linguistics...

sensiblechineseMay 15Comments Disabled

Outlier Linguistics

Chinese characters: Functional Components you must know – from Outlier Linguistics

Unlocking Chinese Characters with Functional Components – Outlier Linguistics Explains This is a guest post from the folks over at Outlier Linguistics. If you aren’t following them yet then definitely check out their work. They are working...

sensiblechineseMay 09 character components, characters, outlier linguistics, writing Comments Disabled

Habits/Motivation

Learning to Communicate in the Chinese Language: The Do’s and Don’ts

Learning to Communicate in Chinese: The Dos and Don’ts Learning any language is for the majority of us about using it to communicate in a certain, or a number of capacities or situations. For example one person may wish to learn colloquial phrases...

sensiblechineseApr 29Comments Disabled

Weekly Roundup

Openwords – Free Language Learning app with Open Data

Hi guys, I’m very happy to be able to say that SensibleChinese.com is supporting the Openwords project. I’m helping spread the word and also providing some rewards for Kickstart backers (not visible on the site yet but being added!). Openwords...

sensiblechineseApr 28Comments Disabled

Habits/Motivation

Growth Mindset: The Key to Fluency

When I tell people I am fluent in Chinese, they usually respond by saying that they have always wanted to learn a language, but that they are just naturally bad at languages or don’t have the “language gene.” Many of these people had a negative...

sensiblechineseApr 27 motivation, study habits Comments Disabled

Phrases

How to Express Your Point of View in Chinese

Being able to voice your opinion in Chinese allows you to have deeper conversations with people. There are many ways to express your point of view in Chinese other than just the plain 我觉得 wǒ juédé and 我认为 wǒ rènwéi, which gets repetitive...

sensiblechineseApr 22Comments Disabled

Weekly Roundup

Best of the Web Learn Chinese April 19th 2015

Every week we round up what YOU guys found most interesting from our social media on Facebook/Twitter as well as some stuff we just don’t want you to miss. Our aim is to provide a helpful weekly digest of everything that can help you learn Chinese....

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All Chinese characters are made up of the same 200 Chinese radicals!
This is part of our How to Learn Chinese. Check out the How to Learn Chinese series to get...
Common Chinese Characters you’ve been Reading Wrong!
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Tone Pair Drills: The Single Best Method for Learning Chinese Tones
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Learning Chinese Characters | Different Methods
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