What are radicals used for in Mandarin? Radicals are used to group Mandarin characters in Chinese dictionaries, but they can also sometimes help you to guess the meaning of those characters. There are ...

Unlike the English language, which uses the Roman alphabet, Mandarin does not have an alphabet. Mandarin characters have developed over approximately 4,000 years. But Mandarin characters aren't ...

Mandarin might not have gender or case endings, but there’s more to grammar than conjugations. Apple Podcasts will only work on MacOS operating systems since ...

Ivie Hunt was barely 6 last spring and had just finished kindergarten when she shocked the hostess at a Denver Asian restaurant by chatting comfortably in Mandarin Chinese. “Here was this little blond ...

The bǎ construction is central to the study of Mandarin grammar. It has received many attempts at analysis and comes up frequently as a syntactic test in discussions of other phenomena. Yet, not even ...

While learning Mandarin is a beneficial endeavour, it is not an easy one to accomplish by any means. (Freepik pic) Most Malaysians are bilingual, having a command of the national language as well as ...

This is a great opportunity to explore and learn in China. Don’t be afraid, the faculty and course assistants are warm, welcoming and helpful. Jacky Qi Zhu, University of Aberdeen, UK The two week pre ...