Mandarin Chinese is spoken by over a billion people across Asia and around the globe, making it a useful language for travelers to know. Learning pinyin, which romanizes Chinese characters, can ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Setting out to learn Chinese is no easy feat, but that shouldn’t stop you from at least trying out the basics. To help curb some ...

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 ...

Chinese language teaching is increasingly about memorising and repeating sounds and signs, without the meditative beauty that underlies the language. Pronunciation is not a relevant variable in a ...