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New article and podcast episode: How to stop translating in your head and start thinking in Chinese: hackingchinese.com/how-to-st…
#learnchinese #speaking #translation #listening
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My storytelling game is now on Amazon!
Nostalgia is a storytelling game for 2+ players. Play old, retired heroes who have lost much of their greatness, and some of their wits, but still remember the thrilling adventures and epic journeys of their youth.
link.amazon/B06GxrfJ7
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Hacking Chinese contains over a million words about how to learn Mandarin better. I’ve distilled the most useful information and advice into four courses.
Get $31 off any course or $128 off when buying 3, through September 9!
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#learnchinese #discount
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New podcast episode: Why you should listen to the Hacking Chinese Podcast: hackingchinese.com/podcast/
This also means The Hacking Chinese Podcast is in its 7th year of weekly episodes!
#learnchinese #podcast #hackingchinese
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New book: Hacking Chinese: The Snake Collection: hackingchinese.com/new-book-…
#learnchinese #anthology #hackingchinese #snake
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New podcast episode: Dealing with Chinese characters you keep mixing up: hackingchinese.com/dealing-w…
#learnchinese #characters #vocabulary #forgetting
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New article and podcast episode on Hacking Chinese; share and enjoy: How to make Chinese easier by using mnemonics and memory techniques: hackingchinese.com/memory-ai…
#learnchinese #mnemonics #memory #vocabulary
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New article and podcast episode: Learn Chinese by playing Chinese chess (象棋, xiàngqí): hackingchinese.com/learn-chi…
#learnchinese #xiangqi #chinesechess
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Some Chinese characters don’t explain more.
They just add more.🔥🔥
A second piece feels like a clue.
A third piece starts to feel like a crowd.🌲🌲🌲
Chinese can be surprisingly visual once you stop treating every character like a random drawing.✨
[Word List]
• 林 (lín) — Tree ×2 → Grove
• 炎 (yán) — Fire ×2 → Flames / heat
• 从 (cóng) — Person ×2 → To follow
• 竝 (bìng) — Standing ×2 → Side by side
• 森 (sēn) — Tree ×3 → Forest
• 众 (zhòng) — Person ×3 → The masses
• 鑫 (xīn) — Gold ×3 → Prosperous wealth
• 蟲 (chóng) — Insect ×3 → Insects / bugs
• 燚 (yì) — Fire ×4 → Blazing fire
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Chinese tones are not as “fixed” as they look on paper 🤯
Put words together, and the melody starts adjusting itself:
你好 gets smoother, 一 changes outfits, 不 dodges another falling tone.
It is less about memorizing exceptions and more about noticing how Chinese protects the rhythm.🎵
Your mouth will thank you later.✨
[Word List]
• 你好 (nǐ hǎo) — Hello
• 很好 (hěn hǎo) — Very good
• 很忙 (hěn máng) — Very busy
• 老师 (lǎo shī) — Teacher
• 我们 (wǒ men) — We / us
• 一 (yī) — One
• 一样 (yí yàng) — Same
• 一定 (yí dìng) — Definitely
• 一天 (yì tiān) — One day
• 一年 (yì nián) — One year
• 一起 (yì qǐ) — Together
• 不 (bù) — No / not
• 不去 (bú qù) — Not go
• 不是 (bú shì) — Is not
• 不忙 (bù máng) — Not busy
• 不好 (bù hǎo) — Not good
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i found this compilation of easily confused chinese words compared side by side in pdf format.
feel free to download it here: drive.google.com/file/d/1VjZ…
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Hacking Chinese Pronunciation: Speaking with Confidence is now open for registration! This is a full video course, covering everything you need to know about the sounds and tones of Mandarin.
hackingchinese.com/courses/m…
#learnchinese #pronunciation #course
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New article and podcast episode: How learning some basic theory can improve your Mandarin pronunciation: hackingchinese.com/how-learn… #learnchinese #pronunciation #theory #phonetics
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New article and podcast episode: Learning Chinese is more like walking a thousand miles than running 100-metre dash: hackingchinese.com/learning-… #learnchinese #journey #sprint #longterm #goals
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New article and podcast episode: Beyond tīng bu dǒng, part 5: Becoming a better listener as a student of Chinese: hackingchinese.com/beyond-ti… #learnchinese #listening #difficulty #learnerfactors
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My course Hacking Chinese Pronunciation: Speaking with Confidence is now open for registration! More information her,e, including sample videos and testimonials: hackingchinese.com/courses/m… #learnchinese #pronunciation #course
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New article and podcast episode: Can ChatGPT pass the HSK? hackingchinese.com/can-chatg… #learnchinese #chatgpt #hsk #exam #ai #reading
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New article and podcast episode: Best of Hacking Chinese 2022: hackingchinese.com/best-of-h… #learnchinese #bestof #hacknigchinese
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New podcast episode: 8 tips for learning Chinese as an introverted student: hackingchinese.com/learning-… #learnchinese #introverted #languagelearning
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New article and podcast episode: 500 articles and 125 podcast episodes on Hacking Chinese, but how is this content created? And what do you think about it? hackingchinese.com/hacking-c… #learnchinese #survey








