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Giving birth and raising mixed babies in China: Interview with Simon Gjeroe

Updated on November 17, 2021 by Sapore di Cina Leave a Comment

Giving birth and raising mixed babies in China

Today is an honor for me to interview Simon Gjeroe, a Danish long-time ex-pat and he has written articles and books on Chinese travel, food, culture, history, and politics.

Simon lived in China from 1995 to 1998 and again from 2003 to 2013 where he got married and raised two mixed boys. From his bibliography, I would like to mention Made in China: A Memoir of Marriage and Mixed-Babies in the Middle Kingdom a must-read book for anyone interested in Chinese society or is planning to move and maybe settle down and have children there.

Made in China book

First of all Simon, I would like to thank you for agreeing with this interview and congratulate you on your book.

In my opinion, Made in China is an easy-to-read and funny piece of work that shows, from the inside, the radical changes that China has undergone during the last three decades.

Once that’s said, let’s get started:
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Learn Chinese Online: 76 Excellent Free Resources

Updated on May 3, 2022 by Sapore di Cina

Learn Chinese Online Free

This article contains a list of free resources to learn Chinese online. Click on one of the following links to “jump” directly to the section of the article that interests you most:

Free Resources to Learn Chinese Online – Index

  1. Dictionaries
  2. Grammar
  3. Audio and Video
  4. Reading
  5. Prounciation (pinyin)
  6. Characters, flashcards and SRS
  7. Motivation and advice (Personal blogs)
  8. Motivation and advice (Company blogs)
  9. HSK (standard Chinese language proficiency test)
  10. Forums and Social Networks
  11. For those looking for a specific resource
  12. Conclusions

When we first published this list, in June 2012, it contained 25 resources. However, we update it every year with the best websites and free apps that we “discover” (many of which were suggested to us by your readers).

Our goal is not to list all the free resources dedicated to learning Chinese; rather it’s to present to you the best of each of the categories listed above.

Keep reading to find a brief review and corresponding link to the web site of each resource cited.

Enjoy!

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Studying Chinese in Suzhou: A Complete Guide

Updated on March 7, 2022 by Sapore di Cina Leave a Comment

Studying Chinese in Suzhou

This article is a guide for people who want to study Chinese in Suzhou. Whether you already live in Suzhou and don’t know where to study or want to know if Suzhou is the right city for you, this article might be useful for you.

PS: if you’re interested in a more general overview of learning Chinese in China,
you can read our complete guide to it.

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Studying Chinese in Suzhou – Table of Contents

  1. The pros of studying Mandarin in Suzhou
  2. The cons of studying Mandarin in Suzhou
  3. Private schools in Suzhou
  4. The best universities for studying Chinese in Suzhou
  5. Free quotation request

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Online Chinese Lessons: Best Platforms and Schools

Updated on March 7, 2022 by Sapore di Cina 7 Comments

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Online Chinese Classes – Table of Contents

  1. The best schools in China with online lessons
  2. The best platforms for 1 on 1 online Chinese lessons
  3. Who do we recommend online Chinese lessons for
  4. How to make the most of online Chinese classes
  5. How to choose a good online course
  6. Free quotation request
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The unstoppable progress of today’s technology has been the source of significant advances in language learning, and Chinese is no exception.

Both mobile apps and online resources have led to many possibilities for improving the effectiveness of studying. However, in this article, we are going to focus on Online Chinese lessons, which constitute a veritable revolution, as they permit access to good teachers regardless of where you are.

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Chinese Courses: A Review of the Best Learning Programs and Tools

Updated on June 13, 2022 by Sapore di Cina 30 Comments

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  1. Podcasts and Videos
  2. Writing and reading Chinese characters
  3. HSK Courses
  4. Grammar Books
  5. Multimedia Chinese Courses
  6. Chinese Lessons via Video Conference

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Nowadays there is no shortage of free resources for learning a language: websites, apps, forums, videos, podcasts, you name it. However, many people are still looking for a more professional Mandarin course, the type that is generally paid. However, why should you pay for a Chinese course?

There are two main reasons for that:

  • Often, you must pay if you want the best resources. Who would take the time to develop high-quality learning tools for free?
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The Best 15 Apps to Learn Chinese on Your Smartphone or Tablet

Updated on June 14, 2022 by Sapore di Cina 71 Comments

Best apps to learn Chinese

  1. What features should have a good app for learning Chinese?
  2. Learn to write Chinese characters: Skritter
  3. Learn Chinese through videos: FluentU
  4. Learn Chinese through podcasts: ChinesePod
  5. Learn Chinese by reading the news: The Chairman’s Bao
  6. Learn Chinese via flashcards: Anki, Memrise and Duolingo
  7. Learn Chinese by talking with native speakers: Hello Talk and WeChat
  8. Chinese-English dictionaries: Hanping and Pleco
  9. Other apps
  10. Frequently asked questions

Apps have turned into one of the most useful formats for learning Chinese (and any other language), as they offer an efficient way to establish knowledge, keep motivated, and study in any place and situation.

However, today there are hundreds or even thousands of applications, and the majority of them are ineffective or even useless.

In this article, we evaluate some of the best apps for learning Chinese, depending on which aspect of the language you want to improve.

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SkritterSkritter: The best app for learning how to write Chinese characters.

FluentUFluentU: The best app for learning Chinese via interactive videos

ChinesePodChinesePod: The best app for learning Chinese through podcasts

The Chairman's BaoThe Chairman’s Bao: The best app for learning adapted reading of texts in Chinese

MemriseMemrise: The best app for learning vocabulary using mnemotechnics.

AnkiAnki: A reference app for flashcards.

HanpingHanping and PlecoPleco: The best English-Chinese dictionaries

Hello TalkHello Talk and WeChatWeChat: The best apps for chatting with native speakers.

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ChinesePod Review – An alternative way to learn Chinese

Updated on February 22, 2022 by Sapore di Cina 17 Comments

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  1. Can a podcast like ChinesePod improve your learning process?
  2. How much does ChinesePod cost?
  3. What I like about ChinesePod
  4. What ChinesePod offers
  5. Common mistakes among ChinesePod users
  6. Final considerations

This is my review of ChinesePod, my favorite podcast for learning Chinese language.

The first version of this review was published in 2012. Because the product has changed a lot since then, we update this article every so often to add new functionalities.

I will explain how a podcast is different from a traditional Chinese course, introduce the main features of the product and the prices of the different kind of subscriptions. Also, I will point out the most common mistakes that people make when they start using a podcast to learn a language. [Read more…]

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The New HSK: What Are the New HSK Levels Like?

Updated on March 9, 2022 by Raquel Leave a Comment

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At the end of 2020, a new version of the International Chinese Language Education Standards (汉语国际教育汉语水平等级标准) was published to bring the current situation up to date. This revision has caused significant uncertainty and speculation in terms of how it could affect the current official Chinese language level evaluation system, in other words, HSK exams.

  1. What are HSK tests?
  2. What are the International Chinese Language Education Standards?
  3. What is the new HSK test system like?
  4. What are the new HSK7, HSK8 and HSK9 levels like?
  5. What changes are expected for levels HSK1-6?
  6. Expected chronology of changes in HSK tests
  7. Conclusions

What are HSK tests?

Introduced in 1992, the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK, 汉语水平考试) is the official standard Chinese language level test for non-native speakers.

The HSK is designed and managed by the Hanban (汉办), a public institution working under the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China.

What are the International Chinese Language Education Standards?

The International Chinese Language Education Standards (汉语国际教育汉语水平等级标准) are a guide establishing the guidelines that apply to Chinese language learning by non-native speakers.

On the practical level, these standards are the basis for designing and evaluating the different skill levels. Therefore, they are guidelines that determine how to teach Chinese, how and what you should study, and how skill levels are evaluated. [Read more…]

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LTL Mandarin School Flexiclass Review

Updated on September 2, 2021 by Sapore di Cina Leave a Comment

LTL Flexiclass Review

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Online learning becomes increasingly popular and we’ve seen many schools popping up in the past years. LTL Flexiclass has received much attention thanks to its special way of training students.

As increasingly more Chinese-learners want to know more about LTL Flexiclass, I decided to write this article where we review the following topics:

  1. What is LTL Flexiclass?
  2. How much does it cost?
  3. The best things about LTL Flexiclass
  4. Who do I recommend it for?
  5. Suggestions for getting the most out of the course

What is LTL Flexiclass?

LTL Flexiclass offers online-based courses and offers both fixed- and flexi-classes. In short, flexi-classes means that you participate in classes with 3 and a maximum of 6 students, for maximum quality and attention.

The fixed classes include group classes, 1-on-1 classes, HSK classes, kids classes. Everything is online. In addition, they are most famous for the flexi-classes that include different levels, spoken only classes, and online meetups. [Read more…]

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How to Learn Cantonese: Best Courses and Apps

Updated on May 2, 2022 by Sapore di Cina Leave a Comment

How to Learn Cantonese

  1. Learning Cantonese with Online Courses
  2. Learning Cantonese with Online Private Lessons
  3. Apps to use when Learning Cantonese
  4. Textbooks

Cantonese isn’t as big as mandarin, nor is it that popular among foreign learners. However, some people still want to learn the language, might they plan to relocate to the Southern Chinese areas, or have a family that speaks the language.

Cantonese is spoken in Macau, Hong Kong, and in the Guangdong province, including cities like Shenzhen and Guangzhou. Also, you’ve probably noticed that many Chinese communities overseas also speak the language in cities like San Francisco and London.

The reason is that many immigrants from Guangdong previously settled in larger cities in Europe and the US, preserving the language in these areas. Truth be told, Cantonese is not the easiest language to learn due to the many tones, for many people difficult pronunciation, and characters.

But, it’s still possible and something you should try if you are interested in the language!

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How to Translate Chinese into English: The Complete Guide

Updated on February 22, 2022 by Aldo Terminiello 1 Comment

How to translate Chinese into English

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This guide was written by our two experts in Chinese: Aldo Terminiello and Armando Turturici. The first part was written by Aldo, while the second was from Armando. Enjoy the read!

  1. Introduction: Translation in China
  2. Translating from Chinese
  3. Phase one: understanding the text
  4. Phase two: rewriting the text
  5. The patient work of the translator
  6. Translating from Chinese: suggestions for translation
  7. Frequently asked questions

Introduction: Translation in China

In China, translation was of vital importance at key moments in history. For example, in the second century A.D., when Buddhism reached the Middle Kingdom and it was necessary to translate the sacred texts from Sanskrit; in the eighteenth century, when Christian missions (especially the Jesuits) translated the holy texts into Chinese and the key texts of the boundless Chinese literature into Latin in order to get to know the civilization they were trying to convert to Christianity.

In the nineteenth century and the first few decades of the twentieth century, China realized it was technologically underdeveloped compared to the rest of the world, and felt the need to import lots of scientific and literary texts, setting off a third great wave of Chinese translation.

During the first half of the twentieth century, the translation of Russian revolutionary texts had a great impact and could be considered the fourth period of Chinese translation.

As a common factor during these periods, there was a need to import knowledge and make it available to Chinese people in their own language: translations for religious, ideological or cultural purposes, rather practical goals that also reflect the translation theories created during those periods, which were manuals that simply explained: “how to translate well”.

The urgency of communication nowadays makes the situation is very different: translations are more and more often conducted in both ways, in Chinese, and from Chinese.
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Study Chinese in China in a Private School or University – The Guide

Updated on March 7, 2022 by Sapore di Cina 49 Comments

Study Chinese in China

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Study Chinese in China – Index

  1. Study Chinese in a private school
  2. List of private schools in China
  3. Study Chinese at the university
  4. Do an internship in China
  5. Private Chinese tutor
  6. Language exchange
  7. Online Chinese courses
  8. Guides to study Chinese in the main Chinese cities
  9. Frequently asked questions
  10. Free quotation request

If you’re interested on studying in a specific city, click here to find the list of cities that we have already published a specific guide.

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Chinese Grammar Explained – Our Complete Guide

Updated on February 4, 2022 by Armando Turturici 2 Comments

Chinese Grammar

This article is a collection of all the articles on Chinese grammar that we’ve published here on this site.

General characteristics of the Chinese language

In this article we’ll explain what counts as so-called “Mandarin Chinese”, how many dialects are spoken in modern China, what the Chinese writing is and the word in Chinese; how Chinese phrases are usually structured will also be explained.

In the final analysis, we’ll jump into the language, starting with personal pronouns, the numbers 1 to 10. To conclude we’ll explain how to ask questions and make simple negations.

Click here to read the article on the general characteristics of the Chinese language.

Classifiers

In this article, we explain a class of grammar that we don’t have in the Italian language: so-called classifiers (as sinologists call them) or numerators (as Japanese linguists call them) that are there, even with differences, much more so in Chinese than Japanese.

In brief, classifiers (in Chinese) are inserted between the number and noun so as to formulate the numeral or quantitative constructions (10 pens, 5 books, etc). For each class of nouns, there’s an appropriate classifier that unfortunately you need to know and study.

Click here to read the article on classifiers. [Read more…]

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Chinese Level Test – Determine Your HSK Level

Updated on February 4, 2022 by Sapore di Cina 13 Comments

HSK Chinese Level Test

Welcome to SDC’s Chinese level test. Before you start, it’s important that you read the instructions closely so that the test is as accurate as possible.

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    • Test for levels HSK1, HSK2 and HSK3: This test is especially designed to assess Chinese levels up to HSK3 (or A2 of the European Reference Framework). We are currently working on offering other tests for more advanced levels that will soon be available on our website.
    • Maximum duration of one hour: Even though the majority of people can finish the test in a bit more than 30 minutes, we have limited the test time to one hour so that results are as accurate as possible (simulating an official exam). Make sure you have enough time to complete the test!
    • The level test has eleven exercises: We have divided the level test into four listening exercises, three reading exercises, two grammar exercises and two writing exercises.

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    How to Learn Chinese Fast – Best Tips To Improve Your Language Skills

    Updated on February 11, 2022 by Sapore di Cina 45 Comments

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    that we recommend at the moment!

    Before you begin

    Update: We’re republishing an updated version of this article, which was originally published in 2012.

    This article introduces my plan to learn Chinese fast, where “fast” doesn’t mean that I hope to learn how to speak Mandarin within two months. Conversely, I intend to optimizing my time and efforts to learn Chinese by only studying an hour per day.

    My goal is to be able to read Chinese newspapers, understand a talk show and have a “normal speed” conversation with any Chinese person. I want to achieve this purpose within one year.

    Chinese is the sixth language that I’m learning so this plan is based on my past experience.

    Also, I’m a big fan of SRS (spaced repetition software). If you are just starting to study Mandarin or you never heard the word “SRS” before, you should definitely keep reading!

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    Learn How to Write Chinese Characters: Skritter Review & Discount

    Updated on August 5, 2020 by Sapore di Cina 18 Comments

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    1. What is Skritter?
    2. Why do you need a software to write characters?
    3. How much does it cost?
    4. How to use the software
    5. The advantages of learning how to write characters
    6. Common mistakes
    7. Other features of Skritter

    What is Skritter?

    Skritter is, in my opinion, the best way to learn how to write Chinese characters.

    I used it ten minutes per day for about one year and I managed to learn how to write more than 1,000 characters (all the characters on the HSK4 list, to be precise). Also, I learned the meaning and pronunciation of those characters.

    Why do you need a software to write characters?

    If you watched the video at the beginning of this post you already know that the software is pretty cool.

    But the real reason for using Skritter is the algorithm behind the software, which allows you to remember more than the 90% of the characters that you are studying (in the photo below you can see that in 30 days I was able to remember the 92.9% of the characters that I studied, [Read more…]

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    Review of Hacking Chinese Language Courses: Learn How to Learn Chinese

    Updated on August 20, 2020 by Sapore di Cina 1 Comment

    Hacking Chinese Review

    Today I want to talk about the new Chinese language courses “Hacking Chinese – A practical Guide to Learn Mandarin” and Unlocking Chinese – The ultimate course for beginners created by Olle Linge, author of the well-known blog, “Hacking Chinese.”

    Who is Olle Linge and what is his philosophy on learning?

    Olle Linge is a Swedish young man who, after studying for almost a decade, obtained a masters degree for teaching Chinese as a second language in Taipei. Besides teaching Chinese privately and managing “Hacking Chinese”, which is in my opinion one of the two or three best websites around, Olle has also created two courses that promises to teach you how to learn Chinese.

    Olle sums up his philosophy on learning through an ancient proverb:

    “授人以魚,不如授人以漁.”

    “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” [Read more…]

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    Study Chinese in Hong Kong – Best Private Schools and Universities

    Updated on February 23, 2022 by Sapore di Cina Leave a Comment

    Study Chinese in Hong Kong

    Study Chinese in Hong Kong – Index

    1. Pros of Studying Chinese in Hong Kong
    2. Cons of Studying Chinese in Hong Kong
    3. Private Schools in Hong Kong
    4. The Best Universities for Studying Chinese in Hong Kong

    Studying Chinese can be a great choice as you’ll stand apart from foreign job-applicants that merely have a “B.Sc or M.Sc” on their CVs. Truth be told, if you can speak Chinese you’ll find job opportunities, not only in Asia, but in Europe, the US, and plenty of other places.

    If you read this article, I assume that you’re interested in pursuing Chinese language studies in Hong Kong.

    Today, I will explain both the benefits and disadvantages of studying Chinese in Hong Kong and also what some of the best universities schools are. Let’s start and have a look at some of the pros of studying Chinese here.

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    Study Chinese in Singapore: Best Schools and Universities

    Updated on February 23, 2022 by Sapore di Cina Leave a Comment

    Study Chinese in Singapore

    Study Chinese in Singapore – Index

    1. The cons of studying Mandarin in Singapore
    2. The pros of studying Mandarin in Singapore
    3. Private Schools in Singapore
    4. Universities for studying Chinese in Singapore
    5. Get a free quote to study Chinese in Singapore

    Singapore is one of the most developed and well-functioning states in the world. It’s not strange that numerous foreigners wish to relocate here to study or pursue career goals.

    Many foreigners who move to Singapore never look back and decide to stay here for years, not rarely over a lifetime. What makes this small nation stand out is its multicultural environment, cultural heritage, and ease of doing business. Quality of life is high and the food amazing.

    Having said that, Singapore has some notable pros and cons if you plan to study Chinese there. In this article, we review what the main benefits and drawbacks are. I will also list universities and private schools that offer programs and courses in Chinese and how much it costs.

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    The Best Way to Learn Chinese Through Videos: FluentU

    Updated on February 24, 2020 by Sapore di Cina 7 Comments

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    FluentU: Learn Chinese Through Videos – Index

    1. What is immersion and why is it so important?
    2. How can I achieve “immersion” in my own country?
    3. What is FluentU?
    4. Why do I like FluentU?
    5. What I don’t like about FluentU
    6. How much does FluentU cost?
    7. The FluentU app

    In this article, I am going to review FluentU, a database of YouTube videos in Mandarin with subtitles (and much more).

    Why?

    Because I think videos are the best way to achieve “immersion” while studying a foreign language. Admittedly, talking with native people on a regular basis is even better; however, it’s not always possible and, at least when you are starting out, it’s extremely difficult.

    What is immersion? And why is it so important?

    You can’t learn a new language by just “studying.” In the end, mastering a language comes down to being able to communicate effectively with native speakers. The language you can learn through books is usually quite different from the spoken language, and with Chinese, the gap is even larger than with English or French, for example.

    During the time I spent in China, I met many people who, after studying Chinese in their country for several years, came to China and became completely frustrated. Why? Because Chinese people were unable to understand them and, even worse, they couldn’t understand what Chinese people were saying. Even if they had good grammar and vocabulary basics, they had never been in contact with the “real” language. [Read more…]

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