HSK Study Guide
Blog posts about Chinese learning and HSK preparation.
A lot of people practice tones individually, but the most effective way to improve your Mandarin pronunciation is by practicing the tones in combination, namely the tone pairs. Practising Chinese tones in pairs is very useful and necessary. If you don’t learn how to handle two-syllable combinations, you might not be able to speak good […]
”When in Rome, do as Romans do.” When you learn Chinese, you should know taboos in China. In Chinese culture, there are many taboos that you should never try, because they may bring BAD luck! Now, let’s begin the top 8 countdown. 1. Don’t Share Pears Sharing pears with your friends or families, especially your […]
Days of the Week 星期一 xīnɡqī yī Monday 星期二 xīnɡqī èr Tuesday 星期三 xīnɡqī sān Wednesday 星期四 xīnɡqī sì Thursday 星期五 xīnɡqī wǔ Friday 星期六 xīnɡqī liù Saturday Sunday is the 7th and last day of the week. But instead of saying “星期七(week seven)”, we say: 星期天 xīnɡqī tiān Sunday or 星期日 xīnɡqī rì Sunday […]
In our HSK grammar part, you can learn the two simple ways of asking questions in Mandarin. In this post, we will introduce another way of forming questions – using the “WH words” – 什么 (shén me), 为什么 (wèi shénme), 什么时候 (shénme shíhou), 哪里 (nǎlǐ), 哪个 (nǎ ɡè), 谁 (shuí), 怎么 (zěn me) in order […]
In the previous HSK reading lesson 十二生肖, we introduced the Chinese names of the 12 zodiac animals. Today, we’ll continue to explore the zodiac animals, what “Ben Ming Nian” is, and what personality traits each animal has. Chinese Zodiac Animals in Order The Chinese zodiac is known as 生肖(shēnɡ xiāo) or 属相(shǔ xiànɡ) in Chinese, […]
In some sentences, we can see “都 dōu”, “都不 dōubù” and “不都 bùdōu”. What are the differences among these three Adverbs? How do you use them correctly? In Chinese, “都 dōu”, “都不 dōubù” and “不都 bùdōu” are all Adverbs. They are used to refer to the elements which come before them. Therefore, the sentence structure […]
You have probably heard it time and again – With commitment and daily practice, it is certainly possible to speak Chinese fluently, but you still feel at sea. One of the reasons is that you may not know the structure of Chinese language. Chinese is a language that focuses on the meaning. If you compare […]
If you’ve just started learning Mandarin Chinese, you need to put a lot of effort into learning Chinese pronunciation. Since Pinyin is the very base of Chinese language, it’s best to learn pinyin first before you go with vocabulary or grammar. The Chinese pronunciation system is known as Pinyin, adopted as a system for representing […]
