Today we will use memes to learn Chinese. Who is in this photo? – 这张照片上是谁？- Zhè zhāng zhàopiàn shàng shì shéi? Fēicháng gǎnxiè. – 非常感谢 – Thank you very much! Nǐ jiào shénme míngzì? – 你叫什么名字？- What’s your name? 笑一个笑话 – xiào yí gè xiàohua – to laugh at a joke duì shēntǐ hǎo –  good for one’s body – 对身体好 Have any suggestions for other ones that would … Continue reading Mandarin Memes – y u no learn? Chinese Language Learning Memes

Today I’m going to share a really awesome tool for learning Chinese characters, it’s called Zhongwen, it’s a mandarin chinese pop-up dictionary and it looks like this: Click here to get more Mandarin Chinese Lessons! Zhongwen integrates as a google chrome extension. Its function works almost flawlessly, if you hover over something you can learn what the characters are and what their definition is. The … Continue reading Learn Chinese While Surfing the Web – Zhongwen Pop-up dictionary

Here is a video of me introducing myself in Mandarin! It has english subtitles for those of you that don’t speak mandarin. Continue reading Sam introducing himself in Mandarin!

It was a dark and stormy night, and I was hoarding torrents…. when I chanced upon…… Han Zi Gong – 汉字宫 Han Zi Gong seems to be a show aimed at chinese kids to help them study characters. It features a young brother and sister as they stumble upon the magical character learning cave of some old chinese dude with a long white beard. It’s … Continue reading Learn Chinese Characters with Video – 汉字宫 – Han Zi Gong

You want to learn Chinese. You don’t have any money, so you can’t afford classes. That’s okay… you don’t really need to.  There are many free resources and programs that can get you started on your language learning journey. When you’re learning Chinese, you’ll need 3 things…. Grammar, Vocabulary, and Practice. The best way to learn  grammar is through language learning Podcasts, like http://www.chineseclass101.com or http://www.chinesepod.com In … Continue reading How you can learn Chinese FAST, without taking classes.