If you are a beginner or intermediate Chinese learner trying to learn Chinese grammar, you might get confused with words...

Do you know what’s the difference (区别 qūbié) between 时候 (shíhou) and (时间 shíjiān)? As both of them denote “time”,...

Chinese food is famous for its diversity. Foreigners are often surprised by what Chinese people eat. They didn’t even realize...

What Do Chinese People Eat for Breakfast? Food culture is an indispensable part of Chinese people’s daily life. Color, smell,...

What do Chinese usually eat for breakfast? It’s true that a good breakfast will provide you with enough energy and...

3 Chinese Wedding Facts Explained Superstition, Honour and Tradition all play their part at a Chinese wedding. Here’s 3 Simple...

3 Ways to use 的 (de) in Chinese Language Today we are giving beginners and elementary Chinese learners a mini-lecture...

In our previous article, we have explained how to ask a general question in Chinese. However, that’s not enough to...

A yes-no question represents itself as a grammatical structure, the answer to which is expected to be either yes or...

There is a special group of Chinese characters which consist of three identical parts. This character structure is called 品字结构...

As shopping plays such an important role in Chinese people’s daily lives, it’s not surprising that there are several ways...

In this article, we will have a look at three common ways to say “change” in Chinese.   Chinese Paronyms...

Chinese learners often struggle with polyphones – characters with two or more pronunciations. In this article, we will look at...

Very often in Chinese, you will come across words that share the same pronunciation, but are written using different characters...

Sometimes, you can create two different words by putting two of the same Chinese characters into a different order.  In this...

A modal or exclamative particle is an important grammatical concept in Chinese. Adding different exclamative particles at the end of your sentences can...

If you had a chance to talk to many Chinese locals, you might have noticed that people from different regions...

Even if you started to learn Chinese yesterday, you must have already picked up the famous Chinese greeting which means “hello”: 你好 nǐ...

In this article, we will take a look at some of the typical and most common Chinese radicals. Importance of...

Foreigners in China often experience a cultural shock, because some Chinese habits and ways of living are just beyond their understanding. For example, Chinese people’s...