It doesn't haven't to be as daunting as it seems. The idea of learning Chinese likely strikes fear in your heart — or just completely mystifies you. And understandably so. It’s not an easy language to ...

There are more than 80,000 Chinese characters in existence, though a non-native speaker can get by with 1,000 of the most commonly used ones. To make matters more complicated, the characters that make ...

Chinese Animal Idiom cards remind us that we can fly free, yes, and we should, but we eventually need somewhere to land. The cards come in a two-tiered black box, with instructions for divination on ...

In this short clip I play the dramatic friend who refuses to let you stay in bed while teaching simple Chinese phrases. I shout 起床 qǐ chuáng or get up and then build on it with questions like whether ...

The Great LOL of China, made in conjunction with Asia Society's China Learning Initiatives, is a bilingual video series starring Beijing-based American comedian Jesse Appell. The bi-weekly episodes ...

In this short skit, I play both a Chinese mom and a Chinese kid to teach you how we stay polite in everyday Mandarin. You will hear and see key phrases like 对不起, 我没钱, 谢谢, and 请我吃饭, with pinyin and ...