Why you should listen to other podcasts (besides mine) Listening to a variety of voices is important to get better at listening comprehension. That is why I have been trying out several other Continue Reading
Translating the Chinese of Deshun Wang the 80 Year Old Model
Who is Deshun Wang? Deshun (sometimes spelled Dushun) Wang is an 80 year old Chinese actor. You can listen to his short bio on YouTube here. (disregard the Arabic, it was the only video I could find Continue Reading
Typing Real Tone Marks for Chinese PinYin on My Mac
Being able to see pinyin in its purest form helps the brain process Chinese sounds better, so I was thrilled to discover keyboard tricks for typing the tones on my Mac computer. (There is some help Continue Reading
Chinese BoPoMoFo Stickers for My Computer Keyboard
I have been using bopomofo more in my Chinese learning lately. In case you haven't heard of it, it is a phonetic system for Chinese sounds that was designed to teach Chinese-speaking children how to Continue Reading
Daoism 無為 versus Nike 做就對了 in Old Chinese Script
The photo below showed up in my Facebook feed, so I figured I would try to translate it. It looks like a photo of a section of an ancient Chinese document. (I added the text/explanations to the Continue Reading
A Simple BoPoMoFo Chart Helps Me Learn Chinese
Bopomofo or pinyin? When I was first learning Chinese, I asked a semi-native Chinese speaker what her recommendation was for learning to read and pronounce Chinese. Was pinyin sufficient or was Continue Reading
