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It seems we can’t help but keep talking about food! It makes sense, especially when we look at a Chinese saying: Mín yǐ shí wéi tiān. 民以食为天. Food is as important to people as the sky. We have endless things
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Like many other countries, in China, there are many national holidays. A huge number of people would take advantage of these holidays to travel with their family or friends. According to news reports, there are no less than 100 million
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One of the first verbs we learn in Chinese is 去, “to go”. This covers a great many everyday situations, such as “I’m going to Beijing”, “I went to eat lunch” etc. etc. But how about when the focus is
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More than 12 months ago I left China, closing a 5.5-year chapter of life in Shanghai. I abandoned almost all things China-related as I focused on getting my head around the US, another foreign country to me. Recently, though, I
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The Chinese are traditionally very family oriented. Confucius taught us to respect our elders and this sentiment still runs deep in Chinese society. It’s common for grandparents to share their children’s marital homes, cooking for their 20-something offspring and taking
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We have found that some of the most popular posts are those which help you navigate the usage of common Mandarin words and phrases and the differences between words with similar meanings. Today is an example of this kind of post. We
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I became a mother a few months ago and have since developed a new-found appreciation for sleep. Uninterrupted, quality, blissful sleep. I miss it so much. Whether we obtain it or not, quality shut-eye is generally recognized across all cultures as
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Chinese messaging apps such as QQ and WeChat (微信 / Wēixìn) have long been favored by Mandarin learners as a great way to practice reading and writing. Instant messaging allows learners to recognize and use characters (汉字 / hànzì )
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Hey good-lookin’! In this post we’re covering 颜值 / yánzhí, a popular slang word in China at the moment that breaks-down as follows: 颜 / yán = face; beauty 值 / zhí = number; value; (to be) worth. Together these
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怎么样 (zěnme yàng) is a versatile little phrase in Mandarin Chinese. You’re probably familiar with 怎么 (zěnme, how? / how come?), but as soon as you add 样 (yàng), the meanings multiply – and that can be confusing. For example,
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