Chinese Culture

Ever seen someone with a Tattoo that is supposedly written in Japanese "Kanji"? Ever been to a Chinatown, and wondered if the sign you see is written in Korean or Chinese? Using these...

Proper pronunciation is perhaps the most important part of learning Chinese, whether you are learning Mandarin or Cantonese. But, of course, in order to properly learn a language, you must master...

Chinese is one of the earliest writing systems, dating back over 4,000 years. Though the characters have evolved a great deal over the millennia, and have undergone a great many simplifications to...

No one knows exactly when the Chinese people first started to write, though people have lived in China for more then 250,000 years. Painting and calligraphy have from early times been among the...

Chinese characters began as pictures of objects or illustrations of ideas around 3,000 years ago. The current character set is around 6,000 for simplified characters and 13,500 for traditional...

I don't read or speak Chinese, but I know a little about Chinese writing and Chinese names. To most Westerners, Chinese is extremely difficult to comprehend, for a variety of reasons. Here is a...

Chinese writing is a complex system of communication and an art form in and of itself. Chinese characters can be beautiful and ornate, especially in stylized calligraphy. Each character is made up...

Learn the Chinese radical of the heart character with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language teacher in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn the Chinese radical of water character with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language teacher in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn the Chinese characters for “zan 3” with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

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Learn the Chinese characters for “zuan 4” with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

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Learn the Chinese characters with a radical of erect hand with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

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Chinese symbols for months and years combine number characters with month characters to form a date. Learn the Chinese symbols for "years," "months" and "dates" with tips on writing and...

Learn the Chinese characters for “ou 3” with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

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Learn the Chinese characters for “lei” with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn the Chinese characters with a radical of person with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn the Chinese characters for “ju 4” with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn the Chinese characters for “chang 3” with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn the Chinese characters for “hou 2” with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn the Chinese characters with a radical of person with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn the Chinese characters for “pian 1” with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

Learn the Chinese characters for “jia 3” with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language specialist in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.