In this quick Chinese lesson, I teach you five simple compliments you can use with friends, classmates, or coworkers. I break ...

In this short lesson I show you just how easy Chinese numbers are. By learning only the words for one to ten, you can build every number from 11 to 99. I walk you through clear examples like 11, 22, ...

Mike Hainzinger was living in Taiwan in the early 2000s and faced a choice: try to get by with a minuscule bit of Mandarin Chinese that he knew, “pointing at things and smiling,” or make an effort to ...

To a non-Chinese speaker (like me), and especially to a Westerner (like me), Chinese is the most impenetrable family of languages on Earth. While there may be only an eighth as many syllables as in ...

Whether you're new at learning Mandarin or speaking fluently, there is a wealth of online materials to help you support your learning. But another important use of the internet for learning language ...

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 ...

Editorial Note: Forbes Advisor may earn a commission on sales made from partner links on this page, but that doesn't affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. Learning a different language is tough ...

I’ve been following Mark Zuckerberg’s path to mastering Mandarin Chinese since his speech at Tsinghua University in Beijing in October 2014. At that event, Mark bravely managed to deliver his speech ...

Mandarin Chinese: coming to a school near you soon? shutterstock Mandarin Chinese is seen as being of increasing strategic importance, and in recent years there’s been a growing number of students ...