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#6. Without characters, it’s hard to tell homophones apart blog.chinese-me.com/do-you-r…

Testimonial from a Chinese teacher at Uppsala University: "[...] ChineseMe is a wonderful blend of practical skills and academic rigour. [...] this course goes in-depth to provide an accessible presentation of what makes Chinese so unique and interesting." chinese-me.com

New Video - Chinese consonant pairs and Aspiration Learn the difference between d- and t- in Chinese! chinese-me.com/blog/chinese-…

#5. Learning characters helps you master the tones blog.chinese-me.com/do-you-r…

We just released a PDF version of our Mandarin Chinese course. It is designed for complete beginners and provides a clear, comprehensive and entertaining introduction to the language. Tell us what you think! chinese-me.com/blog/learn-ch…

The "dot" is one of the most common and versatile brush strokes. In 六 (six), all strokes except the "horizontal" are dots. These dots are written differently depending on where they appear in a character. #书法

#4. Knowing characters helps you understand and learn new words blog.chinese-me.com/do-you-r…

#3. Without characters, you live the life of a five-year-old blog.chinese-me.com/do-you-r…

New pronunciation Rule (added to S1E7): Three Tone 3's in a row become Tone 2, Tone 1 and Tone 3. Example: 我属马。 wǒ shǔ mǎ => wó shū mǎ - I am born in the year of the horse

The character 人 person contains two strokes: the "left" and "right downward" strokes. 人 is also the radical of 你 (you). But here, the "right downward" stroke changes to a "vertical" stroke. #书法"

#1. Learning characters is easier than many people think blog.chinese-me.com/do-you-r…

New article: Do you really need to learn Chinese characters? blog.chinese-me.com/do-you-r…

Why tones matter: 数学 (shùxué) - "mathematics" 输血 (shūxuě) - "blood transfusion"

Very common in conversations with native Chinese speakers: Using 的 to define characters in a word. 书法：“一本书”的“书”，“法国”的“法”。 Shūfǎ: yì běn shū de̊ shū, fǎguó de̊ fǎ. "Calligraphy" is written “shu” like in “a book” and "fa" like in France.

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Why tones matter: 过奖 (guòjiǎng) - "you flatter me" 果酱 (guǒjiàng) - "fruit paste"

榀 (pǐn), classifier for a roof truss If you and your Chinese friends are building a house and you suddenly want to discuss something about the roof, don’t forget to use the correct classifier! blog.chinese-me.com/5-ridicu…

Many uses of 把 今天下雨，我骑车差点摔倒，好在我一把把把把住了！ 我一把（一下子/ all of a sudden） 把（将 / particle marking direct object） 把（车把 / handlebar ） 把（抓 / to grasp）住了。

Definitely not the most common character: 蔸 (dōu), classifier for one or a bunch of Chinese cabbage, salad or grass ( 一蔸白菜 ) blog.chinese-me.com/5-ridicu…