"O'Kane admits he is a little uncomfortable about [the attention]. For him, the popularity of his blog is more a demonstration of the "talking dog effect" rather than his excellence in Chinese writing."
According to The Economist, Chinese may be a fad for misguided fools. The tonal intricacies and delicate inflections of the Tang tongue are too much for those more accustomed to the Romance languages.
You registered for the HSK and start to feel nervous as the test is drawing nearer and nearer? Or you consider your Chinese acceptable, but you believe that you are a horrible test taker? Here are some advices and test taking strategies to succeed during the HSK. This post is not about the preparat
There have been a few posts about curse words in Chinese, but this is the first to my knowledge that actually has audio on how to say them - you don't get that on ChinesePod ;-)
Think Chinesepod should be scared?
I haven't tried this one out yet, but it's good to see more Chinese study sites popping up.
They claim to have you speaking "common" chinese withing 30 days.
Peering into the Precipice shares online tools for the Chinese learner. Some you may already know of, but there are a few gems you may not have seen before...
A little insight into the rather topical and useful Chinese slang term: chaozuo, or fried work. As the article states, 'chao' is used in a number of common slang terms, but chaozuo in particular has an ever-increasing meaning in how it relates to Chinese media.
"Chao is now often combined wit
In six years of studying 3 languages, this is my favorite studying tactic.
An American consular officer's take on a Taiwanese judge declaring an American Woman's English grammar to be "wrong" and deciding against her.
You know counterfeiting has gotten out of hand when "Don't Be Evil" Google starts lifting things from other companies. Check out Ya, I Yee's post for full details.
Google has released a Pinyin-based character-input method for Windows systems. It offers a number of special features … download the program from this page.
The Manchu language is dying. Once a mainstay of Qing Dynasty elite, it will in all likelihood become extinct when the handful of native speakers in Northeast China--all over 80 years old--are gone. Jeremiah picks this one apart nicely.
